Light signal digital enhancement for widening pool of potential pilots
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJason Bold
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Abstract
A detection system for detecting one or more air traffic control (ATC) light gun signals produced by an ATC light gun is provided. The detection system includes an interface subsystem operable to receive one or more ATC light gun signals from at least one camera; a controller operable to command a display unit to communicate information on a display; and a comparison module operable to generate the information in response to detecting data within the signal corresponding to visible light emitted in at least one predetermined frequency range.
Claims20
A detection system for detecting one or more air traffic control (ATC) light gun signals produced by an ATC light gun, the detection system comprising:
- an interface subsystem operable to receive one or more ATC light gun signals from at least one detector;
- a controller operable to command a display unit to communicate information on a display;
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- a comparison module operable to generate the information in response to detecting data within the one or more ATC light gun signals corresponding to visible light emitted in at least one predetermined frequency range,
- wherein the information comprises an operational state, a condition, or a presence of the one or more ATC light gun signals, and
- wherein the comparison module is operable to determine a predetermined pattern in a series of time-related ATC light gun signals corresponding to one or more known ATC light gun signal patterns.
A method for detecting one or more air traffic control (ATC) light gun signals produced by an ATC light gun, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an interface subsystem of a detector system, one or more ATC light gun signals from at least one detector;
- commanding, by a controller of the detector system, a display unit to communicate information on a display;
- determining, by a comparison module, a predetermined pattern in a series of time-related ATC light gun signals corresponding to one or more known ATC light gun signal patterns;
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- generating, by the comparison module of the detector system, the information in response to detecting data and determining the pattern within the one or more ATC light gun signals corresponding to visible light emitted in at least one predetermined frequency range,
- wherein the information comprises an operational state, a condition, or a presence of the one or more ATC light gun signals.
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that when executed by a hardware processor performs a method for detecting one or more air traffic control (ATC) light gun signals produced by an ATC light gun, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more ATC light gun signals from at least one detector;
- commanding a display unit to communicate information on a display;
- determining a predetermined pattern in a series of time-related ATC light gun signals corresponding to one or more known ATC light gun signal patterns;
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- generating the information in response to detecting data and determining the pattern within the one or more ATC light gun signals corresponding to visible light emitted in at least one predetermined frequency range,
- wherein the information comprises an operational state, a condition, or a presence of the one or more ATC light gun signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.