Aircraft Behavior Prediction Model for Flight Safety

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems fail to effectively predict and mitigate abnormal aircraft behaviors, such as flight cancellations, route changes, delays, and diversions, which impact flight safety and passenger comfort, despite ongoing research by airline companies.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a prediction component that constructs a data space based on multiple dimensions of flying behaviors, generates a prediction model, and identifies high percentage regions of abnormal behaviors, allowing for adjustments to flight operations to avoid these regions, thereby reducing the likelihood of abnormal events.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If abnormal flying behaviors are predicted and avoided, then flight safety is improved, but flight operations become more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflight safetyVSAvoidoperation adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary prediction of abnormal flying behaviors by constructing a data space based on historical flight data and generating a prediction model before actual flights occur. This allows airlines to pre-identify high-risk flight conditions and adjust operations in advance, improving safety without requiring complex real-time interventions during flights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The prediction model automatically analyzes flight data and generates predictions for abnormal behaviors without requiring manual analysis. The system serves itself by continuously learning from historical data and automatically updating prediction accuracy, reducing the need for complex human intervention while maintaining high reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If flight operations are adjusted to avoid abnormal behaviors, then flight safety is improved, but passenger comfort decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflight safetyVSAvoidpassenger comfort
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial adjustments to flight operations only when and where abnormal behaviors are predicted, rather than implementing blanket restrictions on all flights. By targeting specific high-risk conditions identified through the prediction model, the system improves safety for affected flights while minimizing disruptions to normal operations and maintaining passenger comfort for unaffected flights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If multiple data dimensions are analyzed for prediction, then prediction accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex prediction task by constructing a multi-dimensional data space where each dimension represents a specific flight parameter (weather conditions, aircraft type, route, time of day, etc.). This segmentation allows the prediction model to systematically analyze each dimension independently and combine results, improving prediction accuracy while maintaining manageable data processing complexity through structured organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP2767878B1System and method for improving the flight safety
Publication Date: 2018.04.11 AIR CHINA LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a system for improving the flight safety, comprising: a prediction component which predicts behaviors of an aircraft; and an indication component which indicates adjustment of an operation of the aircraft to reduce the possibility of occurrence of abnormal flying behaviors.