System and method for guiding an aircraft to a stopping position

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7702453
APP PUB NO 20080229525A1
SERIAL NO

11727010

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A method for guiding an aircraft toward a stopping position within an aircraft stand of an airport includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that is carried by the aircraft. The RF signal comprises aircraft-type data that is retrievably stored in an integrated circuit of the RFID tag, the aircraft-type data being indicative of a type of the aircraft. A current location of the aircraft is sensed, and based on the aircraft-type data and the sensed current location of the aircraft, instructions are determined for guiding the aircraft from the current location thereof to a predetermined stopping position for the type of the aircraft. Using a visual docking guidance system (VDGS) associated with the aircraft stand, the instructions are displayed in human-intelligible form for being viewed by a user aboard the aircraft.

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DEW ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT ULC3429 HAWTHORNE ROAD OTTAWA K1G 4G2

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hutton, Neil Ottawa, CA 53 454

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