ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,485, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).
"Autonomous taxiing method and apparatus" was invented by James Austen Harrison (Rochester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to autonomously taxi an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processing means, a route intended for the aircraft 310. Obtaining, by the processing means, a route line based on the route 320. Determining, by the processing means, at least one route feature along the route line 330. Determining, by the processing means, a deviation of a nosewheel of the aircraft from the route line based on a current posi...