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US 10,241,203 B2Granted
Weather radar integrating system combining ground-based and aircraft-based weather radar data
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDonald C. Kauffman, Kenneth R. Jongsma
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and devices for integrating weather radar data from both ground-based and aircraft weather radar systems. An example system is configured to receive weather radar data from a first weather radar system. The system is further configured to receive weather radar data from one or more additional weather radar systems. The system is further configured to combine the weather radar data from the first weather radar system and the weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems into a combined weather radar data set. The system is further configured to generate an output based on the combined weather radar data set.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
- receive first weather radar data from a first weather radar system;
- receive second weather radar data from one or more additional weather radar systems;
- integrate the first weather radar data and the second weather radar data into a combined weather radar data set;
- convert the first weather radar data and the second weather radar data into a uniform data format;
- select weather radar data from the second weather radar data that corresponds to substantially a same time and volume of airspace as the first weather radar data;
- generate the combined weather radar data set from an initial integrated data set comprising a plurality of horizontal and vertical volume cells, wherein the one or more processors fill each volume cell of the plurality of volume cells from either the selected weather radar data or from the first weather radar data based on predetermined criteria;
- and
- generate an output based on the combined weather radar data set, wherein the output comprises a weather radar map, wherein the weather radar map comprises:
- a horizontal weather radar output and a vertical weather radar output;
- the first weather radar data in volume cells lacking data from the selected weather radar data;
- the selected weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems in volume cells lacking data from the first weather radar data;
- and
- both the first weather radar data from the first weather radar system and the selected weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems in volume cells with coverage from both the first weather radar system and the one or more additional weather radar systems.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, first weather radar data from a first weather radar system;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, second weather radar data from one or more additional weather radar systems;
- converting, by the one or more processors, the first weather radar data and the second weather radar data into a uniform data format;
- selecting, by the one or more processors, weather radar data from second weather radar data that corresponds to substantially the same time and volume of airspace as the first weather radar data;
- integrating, by the one or more processors, the selected weather radar data into an initial integrated data set comprising a plurality of horizontal and vertical volume cells, wherein the one or more processors fill each volume cell of the plurality of volume cells from either the selected weather radar data or from the first weather radar data based on predetermined criteria;
- combining, by the one or more processors, the initial integrated data set into a combined weather radar data set;
- and
- generating, by the one or more processors, an output based on the combined weather radar data set, wherein the output comprises a weather radar map, wherein the weather radar map comprises:
- a horizontal weather radar output and a vertical weather radar output;
- the first weather radar data from the first weather radar system in volume cells lacking data from the selected weather radar data;
- the selected weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems in volume cells lacking data from the first weather radar data;
- and
- both the first weather radar data from the first weather radar system and the selected weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems in volume cells with coverage from both the first weather radar system and the one or more additional weather radar systems.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
- receive first weather radar data from a first weather radar system, wherein the first weather radar system comprises a ground-based weather radar system;
- determine a region of interest;
- identify one or more aircraft in flight proximate to the region of interest;
- transmit a request for weather radar data to the one or more aircraft;
- receive second weather radar data from one or more aircraft weather radar systems, wherein the second weather radar data from the one or more aircraft weather radar systems is received in response to the request for weather radar data to the one or more aircraft;
- convert the first weather radar data and the second weather radar data into a uniform data format;
- select weather radar data from the second weather radar data that corresponds to substantially the same time and volume of airspace as the first weather radar data;
- generate a combined weather radar data set from an initial integrated data set comprising a plurality of horizontal and vertical volume cells, wherein the one or more processors fill each volume cell of the plurality of volume cells from either the selected weather radar data or from the first weather radar data based on predetermined criteria;
- generate an output based on the combined weather radar data set, wherein the output a comprises a horizontal weather radar output and a vertical weather radar output.
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