System and method for displaying degraded traffic data on an in-trail procedure (ITP) display
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsSatyanarayan Kar, Jitender Kumar Agarwal, Sanjib Kumar Maji, Sandeep Chakraborty
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying degraded traffic data from an intruder aircraft on an ITP display is provided. The method includes determining if the degraded traffic data exhibits navigational accuracy sufficient for display on the ITP display, and analyzing the degraded traffic data to determine the ITP parameters for similar track traffic and to determine if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic data is within predefined bounds if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic is not sufficient for display on the ITP display.
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A method for displaying degraded traffic data from an intruder aircraft on an ITP display, comprising:
- determining if the traffic data exhibits navigational accuracy sufficient for display on the ITP display;
- and
- if the navigational accuracy of the traffic is not sufficient for display on the ITP display, analyze the degraded traffic data to determine the ITP parameters for similar track traffic and to determine if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic is within predefined bounds.
A method for displaying degraded traffic data from an intruder aircraft that is not ADS-B equipped, whose ADS-B data has dropped off, or is transmitting degraded ADS-B data, the method comprising:
- determining the accuracy and integrity of the TCAS data if the intruder aircraft is not ADS-B equipped;
- correlating TCAS data with previously received and stored ADS-B data if the ADS-B data has dropped off;
- correlating TCAS data with degraded ADS-B data if the aircraft is transmitting degraded ADS-B data;
- determining if the traffic data exhibits navigational accuracy sufficient for display on the ITP display;
- and
- analyzing the degraded traffic data to determine the ITP parameters for similar track traffic and to determine if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic data is within predefined bounds.
An aircraft display system configured to display degraded traffic data on an ITP display, comprising:
- a monitor;
- and
- a processor coupled to the monitor and configured to determine if the traffic data exhibits navigational accuracy sufficient for display on the ITP display, analyze the degraded traffic data to determine the ITP parameters for similar track traffic, and determine if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic data is within predefined bounds if the navigational accuracy of the degraded traffic is not sufficient for display on the ITP display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.