US Patent 8221122 System and method for aircraft mission modeling

Patent 8221122 was granted and assigned to Analytical Graphics Inc. on July, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Analytical Graphics Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8221122

Date of Patent

July 17, 2012

Patent Application Number

11740456

Date Filed

April 26, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Xuan Thai

Patent abstract

An expert system and method for aircraft mission modeling using a matrix application, a preferred embodiment of which is incorporated into Mission Modeler software used in conjunction with Satellite Toolkit (STK) software. More generally, the invention is an expert system that draws on an extensive set of basic building blocks that represent standard aircraft maneuvers and concepts, and assembles those building blocks into complex and realistic sequences that represent aircraft motion with very high fidelity. One benefit of this invention is that it provides a simple system and method for users with no piloting experience to generate highly realistic flight paths.