Runway incursion detection and warning system
AssigneeOmaha Airport Authority
InventorDonald L. Smithey
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An airport runway incursion detection and warning system for monitoring ground traffic in he vicinity of a runway or taxiway of an airport. The system utilizes a microwave radar transceiver, commonly referred to as a motion detector, connected to a voice annunciator to provide a verbal warning of aircraft or ground vehicle runway incursion. In one embodiment, the microwave transceiver is integrated into a runway lamp and includes a transformer to all w the transceiver to operate from an existing runway lamp power system.
Claims22
An air port runway incursion detection and warning system for monitoring ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, the system comprising:
- a plurality of microwave radar transceivers, the transceivers set to selectively detect incoming or outgoing traffic, wherein each transceiver transmits a signal upon detecting the incoming or outgoing traffic;
- an annunciator, wherein the annunciator plays a prerecorded voice warning message in response to each of the signals transmitted by the microwave radar transceivers.
An air port runway incursion detection and warning system for monitoring ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, the system comprising:
- a microwave radar transceiver, the transceiver set to selectively detect incoming or outgoing traffic, wherein the transceiver transmits a signal upon detecting the incoming or outgoing traffic;
- an annunciator, wherein the annunciator plays a prerecorded voice warning in response to the signal transmitted by the microwave radar transceiver.
An airport runway incursion detection and warning system for monitoring ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, the system comprising:
- a plurality of microwave radar transceivers, the transceivers set to selectively detect incoming or outgoing traffic, and to transmit a signal upon detecting the incoming or outgoing traffic, wherein each transceiver is integrated with a runway or taxiway lamp;
- an annunciator, wherein the annunciator plays a prerecorded voice warning message in response to each of the signals transmitted by the microwave radar transceivers.
An airport runway incursion detection and warning system for monitoring ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, the system comprising:
- a plurality of microwave radar transceivers, the transceivers set to selectively detect incoming or outgoing traffic, and to transmit a signal upon detecting the incoming or outgoing traffic;
- each transceiver being integrated with a breakaway or runway or taxiway lamp, and each transceiver including a step-down transformer, wherein the transformer allows the transceiver to operate from the same power source as the lamp;
- each transceiver fur her including a time delay relay, wherein once the transceiver is triggered, the relay maintains the transceiver's signal for a predetermined period of time;
- and
- an annunciator, wherein the annunciator plays a prerecorded voice warning message in response to each of the signals transmitted by the microwave radar transceivers, and wherein the voice warning message is unique to each particular transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.