Systems and methods for identifying air traffic objects
AssigneeSensors Unlimited, Inc.
InventorCurt Dvonch
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Abstract
An identification system for a digital air traffic control center includes a sensor with a field of view and having a pulse detection array, a user interface to display air traffic objects in the field of view of the sensor, and a controller. The controller includes a pulse detection module disposed in communication with the pulse detection array to identify an air traffic object using pulsed illumination emitted by a pulsed illuminator carried by the air traffic object within the field of view of the sensor. Digital air traffic control centers, airfields, and air traffic object identification methods are also described.
Claims20
An identification system for a digital air traffic control center, comprising:
- a sensor with a pulse detection array and having a field of view;
- a user interface to display air traffic objects in the field of view of the sensor;
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- a controller having a pulse detection module disposed in communication with the pulse detection array, wherein the pulse detection module is configured and adapted to identify an air traffic object using pulsed illumination emitted by a pulsed illuminator carried by the air traffic object within the field of view of the sensor.
An air traffic object identification method, comprising:
- emitting pulsed illumination from a pulsed illuminator carried by an air traffic object;
- receiving the pulsed illumination at a sensor with a pulse detection array from within a field of view of the sensor;
- identifying the air traffic object using the pulsed illumination;
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- displaying the identity of the air traffic object on a user interface disposed in communication with the sensor, the user interface remote from the field of view of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.