Technology segments an input flight path into segments based on terrain data, identifies target altitude heights of endpoints of the segments based on the terrain data and a target cruise altitude of an aircraft, identifies local maximas associated with the segments that are arranged in an order along the input flight path, identifies one or more local maximas of the local maximas that represent a dip in altitude from a previous one or more of the local maximas, removes the one or more local maximas from the plurality of local maximas to generate a reduced list of local maximas, sets a plurality of waypoints as the endpoints and the local maximas in the reduced list of local maximas, generates a flight path based at least in part on the plurality of waypoints, and causes the flight path to be provided to the at aircraft.


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    Title :

    TERRAIN FOLLOWING ALTITUDE PROFILE GENERATION FOR ROUTE PLANNING


    Additional title:

    ERSTELLUNG VON HÖHENPROFILEN FÜR DIE ROUTENPLANUNG IM GELÄNDE
    GÉNÉRATION DE PROFIL D'ALTITUDE SUIVANT LE TERRAIN POUR LA PLANIFICATION D'UN ITINÉRAIRE


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    Publication date :

    2024-02-28


    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 / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS





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