ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,193, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Systems and methods for determining a phase of flight of an aircraft" was invented by Ralf Rene Shu-Zhong Cabos (Hainburg Hesse, Germany), Andreas Sindlinger (Weinheim Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) and Marko Zoricic (Dreieich Hesse, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method include a phase determination control unit configured to receive position data of an aircraft. The position data includes height of the aircraft, altitude of the aircraft, and distance of the aircraft from one or more locations. The phase determination control unit is furthe...