Aerial traffic presentation device and methods

A method for reporting aerial traffic performed by an aerial vehicle (AV) controller comprised of at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code, comprising:

• generating and providing flight control commands to an AV being commanded;
• receiving navigation data representative of a plurality of first messages from a plurality of first aerial vehicles (AVs), where
• the plurality of first AVs includes the AV being commanded, and
• each of the plurality of first messages is received from one first AV of the plurality of first AVs and comprised of first elements
• identifying the one first AV, and
• specifying at least a geographic position of the one first AV in a format different from formats specified in an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system and a traffic information service-broadcast (TIS-B) system;
• generating message data representative of at least one second message in response to receiving the navigation data and comprised of second elements
• identifying at least one first AV of the plurality of first AVs, and
• specifying at least the geographic position, a speed, a direction of travel, and an altitude of the at least one first AV;
• and
• providing the at least one second message represented in the message data to at least one second AV different from each first AV of the plurality of first AVs, such that
• the at least one second message is provided to at least one user.

A method for presenting aerial traffic information performed by an aerial vehicle (AV) controller comprised of at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code, comprising:

• generating and providing flight control commands to an AV being commanded;
• receiving navigation data representative of a plurality of first messages from a plurality of first aerial vehicles (AVs), where
• the plurality of first AVs includes the AV being commanded, and
• each of the plurality of first messages is received from one first AV of the plurality of first AVs and comprised of first elements
• identifying the one first AV, and
• specifying at least a geographic position of the one first AV in a format different from formats specified in an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system and a traffic information service-broadcast (TIS-B) system;
• receiving message data representative of at least one second message from a traffic information service (TIS) provider comprised of elements required in a TIS-B system that include
• identifying at least one first AV identified by first elements,
• identifying at least one second AV different from the at least one first AV identified by the second elements, and
• specifying at least a geographic position, a speed, a direction of travel, and an altitude for each one of the second AV;
• generating image data as a function of at least one first message and at least one second message and representative of an image depicting
• at least one first AV identified by the first elements, and
• at least one second AV different from the at least one first AV identified by the second elements, where
• the function excludes each one of the at least one second messages identifying at least one first AV identified by the second elements;
• and
• providing the image data to a display system, such that
• the image represented in the image data is presentable to at least one viewer.