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US 11,699,348 B2Granted
Air traffic tolling system
AssigneeClass G Incorporated
InventorJason J. Crist
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for managing air traffic and tolling for a plurality of unmanned aircraft system. Various embodiments include terrestrial and unmanned aircraft system based tracking modules for tracking a plurality of unmanned aircraft systems and reporting flight data to a tolling entity for collection from operators.
Claims19
A system for managing tolling for aircraft systems and transmitting flight data to a toll collecting entity comprising:
- an aircraft system module comprising;
- a processor having a concomitant memory device that stores a set of instructions and stores flight data relevant to said aircraft system;
- a global positioning system for determining the location of said aircraft system at predetermined intervals and the proximity of a proximal terrestrial module;
- an altimeter for monitoring the altitude of said aircraft system;
- a communications receiver and transmitter for transmitting and receiving said flight data;
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- a terrestrial module comprising;
- a processor having a concomitant memory device that stores a set of instructions and stores said flight data relevant to said aircraft system;
- a communications receiver and transmitter for transmitting and receiving said flight data and for receiving notification of the presence of a proximal aircraft system;
- a camera for capturing an image of proximal aircraft systems;
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- wherein the instructions for said terrestrial module processor cause said processor to take and store a photograph of each aircraft system at a point where said aircraft system is proximal each terrestrial module and calculate a total distance travelled for each detected aircraft system and transmit said total distance to the toll collecting entity.
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A system for managing tolling for aircraft systems comprising:
- an aircraft system module having a processor having a concomitant memory for storing a set of instructions and flight data relevant to said aircraft system, a global positioning system for determining the location of said aircraft system at predetermined intervals, said location being stored in said memory, an altimeter for monitoring the altitude of said aircraft system at predetermined intervals and storing said altitude in said memory, a communications receiver and transmitter for transmitting and receiving said flight data, and a global positioning system sensor for determining the proximity of a proximal terrestrial module;
- a terrestrial module having a processor having a concomitant memory that stores said flight data relevant to said aircraft system, a communications receiver and transmitter for transmitting and receiving said flight data, and a camera for capturing an image of proximal aircraft systems;
- wherein said camera captures and stores a photograph of each aircraft system at a point where said aircraft system is positioned proximal to said terrestrial module;
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- wherein said processor calculates a total distance travelled and total time travelled for each detected aircraft system and transmits said total distance and said total time travelled to a toll collecting entity.
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