US 2014/0195077 A1 · Systems and Methods for Runway Condition Alert and Warning

Abstract

Systems and methods for runway condition alert and warning. The system can include a first measurement system disposed on a first aircraft, the first measurement system adapted to gather telemetry inputs associated with a braking action value of the first aircraft on an airport runway. The system can also include a second measurement system disposed on a second aircraft, the second measurement system adapted to gather telemetry inputs associated with a braking action value of the second aircraft on the airport runway. The system can also include a computer adapted to receive and sort the telemetry inputs from the first and second aircraft. The computer can be adapted to utilize the telemetry inputs to predict an expected future braking action value for a third aircraft scheduled to utilize the airport runway.

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A system for alerting or warning aircraft, comprising:

a first measurement system disposed on a first aircraft, the first measurement system adapted to gather telemetry inputs associated with a braking action value of the first aircraft on an airport runway;
a second measurement system disposed on a second aircraft, the second measurement system adapted to gather telemetry inputs associated with a braking action value of the second aircraft on the airport runway;
and
a computer adapted to receive and sort the telemetry inputs from the first and second aircraft, wherein the computer is adapted to utilize the telemetry inputs to predict an expected future braking action value for a third aircraft scheduled to utilize the airport runway and to selectively transmit, to a communication device, an alert notification if at least one alert threshold is met and a warning notification if at least one warning threshold is met,
wherein the computer is adapted to utilize a first data smoothing factor and a first trend smoothing factor to predict the expected future braking action value.

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A method for communication of an airport runway condition, comprising:

comparing a first aircraft braking action value, for an airport runway, determined from a first telemetry input from a first aircraft, to a braking action alert threshold and a braking action warning threshold;
selectively transmitting, to a communications device, an alert notification if the first aircraft braking action value meets or exceeds the braking action alert threshold;
selectively transmitting, to the communications device, a warning notification if the first aircraft braking action value meets or exceeds the braking action warning threshold;
predicting an expected future braking action value for the airport runway based on the first telemetry input from the first aircraft and a second telemetry input from a second aircraft;
selectively transmitting the alert notification to the communications device if the expected future braking action value meets or exceeds the braking action alert threshold;
and
selectively transmitting the warning notification to the communications device if the expected future braking action value meets or exceeds the braking action warning threshold.

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A method for an aircraft operational monitoring system, comprising:

searching one or more flight records for one or more destination airports and one or more alert or warning notifications associated with one or more runway identifiers;
selecting one or more flight records containing a match between the destination airport and the one or more runway identifiers;
updating the selected one or more flight records with an alert or warning notification in a field of each of the selected one or more flight records;
transmitting one or more updated selected flight records to a user application;
and
selectively displaying the alert or warning notification to users by associating the alert or yearning notification with aircraft having planned landings at the destination airport.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and Methods for Runway Condition Alert and Warning

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Systems and Methods for Runway Condition Alert and Warning

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Abstract

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