US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 7 for "Automated runway occupied alert" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,075, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Automated runway occupied alert" was invented by Lance Olney (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing an automated runway occupied alert comprises receiving, from a location sensor on board an aircraft, location sensor data for the aircraft. Location data is received for target traffic. Based on the location sensor data for the aircraft, a location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined for the aircraft. Based on the location data for the target traffic, a location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined for t...