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US 10,948,601 B2Granted
Recording system and apparatus including geofencing
AssigneeInvisible Intelligence Incorporated
InventorsRonald Paul Cote, John Guimond
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for recording and archiving diverse communications over radio transmissions. The system and apparatus enables unattended airports within a geofenced area to generate a useful archive of all radio communications made by Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped aircraft and ground personnel. A combination of hardware and software components are provided to record and store radio transmissions in computer files. Once stored, the computer files may then be replayed for training and investigation purposes. Likewise, users may generate custom reports based upon the data embodied in the computer files.
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A system for unattended airport management, the system comprising:
- a geofenced area denoted by a virtual boundary defined in a physical environment surrounding an unattended airport, the virtual boundary including a mathematically predetermined airspace of horizontal and vertical extent;
- one or more radio transmission sources located within the geofenced area;
- a radio device for receiving multiple radio transmissions from the one or more radio transmission sources,
- wherein at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is an audio radio transmission and at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is a radio transmission that includes a unique signature element, the unique signature element corresponding to aircraft identity data from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) equipped aircraft, uniquely trackable within the geofenced area;
- a signal interface connected to the radio device, the signal interface including an ADS-B receiver capable of receiving the unique element including the aircraft identity data from the ADS-B Out equipped aircraft;
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- a computing device connected to the signal interface, the computing device generating an output report corresponding to each of the multiple radio transmissions;
- wherein the output report indicates operational counts within the geofenced area of the unattended airport based on the aircraft identity data from the ADS-B out equipped aircraft and audio radio transmissions from aircraft within the geofenced area, and
- wherein ADS-B Out GPS and altitude information in the ADS-B Out data is used to exclude operational counts outside of the virtual boundary of the geofenced area.
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A system for unattended airport management, comprising:
- a geofenced area denoted by a virtual boundary defined in a physical environment surrounding an unattended airport, the virtual boundary including a mathematically predetermined airspace of horizontal and vertical extent;
- one or more radio transmission sources located within the geofenced area;
- a radio device for receiving multiple radio transmissions from the one or more radio transmission sources,
- wherein at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is an audio radio transmission and at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is a radio transmission that includes a unique signature element, the unique signature element corresponding to aircraft identity data from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) equipped aircraft, uniquely trackable within the geofenced area;
- a signal interface connected to said radio device, said signal interface including an ADS-B receiver capable of receiving the unique element including said aircraft identity data from said ADS-B Out equipped aircraft;
- a computing device connected to the signal interface, the computing device generating data corresponding to each of the multiple radio transmissions,
- a server storing the data along with similar data related to additional unattended airports, and wherein
- the computing device generates an output report from accumulated data stored at the server and the output report indicates operational counts within the geofenced area of the unattended airport based on the aircraft identity data from the ADS-B out equipped aircraft and audio radio transmissions from aircraft within the geofenced area, and
- wherein ADS-B Out GPS and altitude information in the ADS-B Out data is used to exclude operational counts outside of the virtual boundary of the geofenced area.
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A method for unattended airport management, comprising:
- providing a geofenced area denoted by a virtual boundary defined in a physical environment surrounding an unattended airport, the virtual boundary including a mathematically predetermined airspace of horizontal and vertical extent;
- receiving, from one or more radio transmission sources located within the geofenced area, radio transmissions from the one or more radio transmission sources,
- wherein at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is an audio radio transmission and at least one of the multiple radio transmissions is a radio transmission that includes a unique signature element,
- the unique signature element corresponding to aircraft identity data from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) equipped aircraft, uniquely trackable within the geofenced area;
- receiving, at a signal interface connected to the radio device, the unique element including the aircraft identity data from one or more ADS-B Out equipped aircraft;
- receiving, at the signal interface, one or more radio transmissions from the one or more other radio devices;
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- a computing device connected to the signal interface, the computing device generating an output report corresponding to each of the multiple radio transmissions;
- wherein the output report indicates operational counts within the geofenced area of the unattended airport based on the aircraft identity data from the ADS-B out equipped aircraft and audio radio transmissions from aircraft within the geofenced area, and
- wherein ADS-B Out GPS and altitude information in the ADS-B Out data is used to exclude operational counts outside of the virtual boundary of the geofenced area.
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