Dynamically Monitoring Airborne Turbulence
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew W. Ganz, Charles B. Spinelli
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Abstract
A method for monitoring for turbulence. Data is received from a motion sensor system in a portable data processing system in an aircraft while the aircraft is in operation. The portable data processing system is configured to be moved by a single person. A number of pieces of data is identified in the data received from the motion sensor system in which the number of pieces of data indicates a presence of turbulence encountered. Turbulence information is generated using the number of pieces of data. The turbulence information identified is sent to a remote data processing system outside of the aircraft.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a portable data processing system comprising a portable housing configured to be moved by a single person;
- a processor unit associated with the portable housing;
- a motion sensor system associated with the portable housing, wherein the motion sensor system is configured to generate data about movement detected for the portable data processing system;
- a wireless communications unit associated with the portable data processing system;
- and a storage device;
- and
- program code stored on the storage device, wherein the processor unit is configured to run the program code to receive the data from the motion sensor system, identify a number of pieces of data in the data received from the motion sensor system in which the number of pieces of data indicates a presence of turbulence encountered by an aircraft in which the portable data processing system is located, generate turbulence information using the number of pieces of data, and send the turbulence information identified to a remote data processing system outside of the aircraft.
A method for monitoring for turbulence, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a motion sensor system in a portable data processing system in an aircraft while the aircraft is in operation, wherein the portable data processing system is configured to be moved by a single person;
- identifying a number of pieces of data in the data received from the motion sensor system in which the number of pieces of data indicates a presence of the turbulence encountered;
- generating turbulence information using the number of pieces of data;
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- sending the turbulence information identified to a remote data processing system outside of the aircraft.
A computer program product for monitoring turbulence, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer recordable storage medium;
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for receiving data from a motion sensor system in a portable data processing system in an aircraft while the aircraft is in operation, wherein the portable data processing system is configured to be moved by a single person;
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for identifying a number of pieces of data in the data received from the motion sensor system in which the number of pieces of data indicates a presence of the turbulence encountered;
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for generating turbulence information using the number of pieces of data;
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- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for sending the turbulence information identified to a remote data processing system outside of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.