A method of calculating a smooth analytical flight trajectory from a series of position measurements on a real flight path comprises the steps of applying Kalman smoothing to the measurements to provide track vectors (18, 20), and fitting a special continuous polygon (22) first to the track vectors and in further iterative steps to the position measurements. The special continuous polygon allows the generation of a continuous and differentiable analytically-defined flight path. The invention allows a smoothed flight path to be calculated, the path having a lower noise level than that achievable using Kalman smoothing alone. The invention provides an improved flight path for certain safety-relevant calculations and other tasks which require a high level of reliability.


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    Title :

    Method of calculating an analytical flight path


    Additional title:

    Verfahren zur Berechnung einer analytischen Flugbahn
    Procédé de calcul d'un chemin de vol analytique


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    Publication date :

    2015-11-18


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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