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US 7,890,248 B2Granted
Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Poe, Scott R. Gremmert, Kevin J Conner
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Abstract
A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict awareness advisories as a function of determining that a conflict exists.
Claims4
An airport conflict awareness method comprising:
- receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an installation aircraft;
- receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an aircraft external to the installation aircraft;
- retrieving runway survey data from a database;
- determining simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway based on the position data of the installation aircraft, the position data of the external aircraft, and the runway survey data;
- generating conflict awareness advisory based on the determined simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway;
- and
- generating a graphical depiction for display on a cockpit display screen based on one or more of the installation aircraft position data and the retrieved runway survey data, further comprising:
- retrieving at least a portion of the runway survey data based on the installation aircraft position data;
- generating a graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data;
- and
- generating a graphical depiction of the installation aircraft position data relative to the graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data.
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