Systems and methods for monitoring airborne objects
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRadhakrishna G. Sampigethaya
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring airborne objects are described herein. An air traffic management (ATM) system is provided that includes a memory device for storing data and a processor coupled to the memory device. The processor is programmed to receive object data associated with each of a plurality of airborne objects transmitted by at least one remote sensor device and generate an air traffic map to display a present location and a flight path for each airborne object based on the received object data. The object data includes situational awareness information for each airborne object and real-time position information for the at least one remote sensor device.
Claims19
An air traffic management (ATM) system comprising:
- a memory device for storing data;
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- a processor coupled to said memory device, said processor programmed to:
- receive object data associated with each of a plurality of airborne objects transmitted by at least one first remote sensor device, wherein the object data includes situational awareness information for each airborne object and real-time position information for the at least one first remote sensor device;
- receive second object data from at least one second remote sensor device, the second object data associated with at least one non-transmitting airborne object of the plurality of airborne objects, wherein the second remote sensor device includes a handheld mobile device associated with an independent, ground-based user, the mobile device including a social network application that processes and transmits geopositional information of the mobile device and situational awareness information for the non-transmitting airborne object to said ATM system;
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- generate an air traffic map to display a present location and a flight path for each of the plurality of airborne objects based on the received object data and the at least one non-transmitting airborne object based on the received second object data.
A computer-implemented method of monitoring an airborne object using an air traffic management (ATM) system, wherein the ATM system includes a memory device in communication with a processor, said method comprises:
- receiving, by the processor, object data associated with each of a plurality of airborne objects transmitted by at least one first remote sensor device, wherein the object data includes situational awareness information for each airborne object and real-time position information for the at least one first remote sensor device;
- receiving, by the processor, second object data from at least one second remote sensor device, the second object data associated with a non-transmitting airborne object of the plurality of airborne objects, wherein the second remote sensor device includes a handheld mobile device associated with an independent, ground-based user, the mobile device including a social network application that processes and transmits geopositional information of the mobile device and situational awareness information for the non-transmitting airborne object to said ATM system;
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- generating an air traffic map to display a present location and a flight path for each of the plurality of airborne objects based on the received object data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for monitoring an airborne object using an air traffic management (ATM) system, wherein the ATM system includes a memory device in communication with a processor, wherein when executed by said processor, said computer-executable instructions cause said processor to:
- receive object data for each of a plurality of airborne objects transmitted by at least one first remote sensor device, the object data including situational awareness information for each airborne object and real-time position information for the at least one first remote sensor device;
- receive second object data from at least one second remote sensor device, the second object data associated with a non-transmitting airborne object of the plurality of airborne objects, wherein the second remote sensor device includes a handheld mobile device associated with an independent, ground-based user, the mobile device including a social network application that processes and transmits geopositional information of the mobile device and situational awareness information for the non-transmitting airborne object to said ATM system;
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- generate an air traffic map to display a present location and a flight path for each of the plurality of airborne objects based on the received object data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.