ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,004, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Stopping indicator system on three-dimensional vehicle display" was invented by Jacob K. Maxfield (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of displaying a preferred stopping distance comprising: receiving a current location of an vehicle relative to a landing pad; calculating a deceleration of a lower bound of the preferred stopping distance symbol; calculating a deceleration of a upper bound of the preferred stopping distance symbol; calculating a predicted stopping ground location of the upper bound and lower bound; and displaying the p...