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Distressed aircraft notification and tracking system

  • US 10,002,519 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2016
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for communicating emergency information from an aircraft having on-board avionics, said method comprising the steps of:

  • continuously monitoring avionics data from the aircraft avionics at an emergency location transmitter activation device, the avionics data including at least one of software, text content, speech, voice, audio, video information, time, and geo-location data;

    providing an aircraft emergency location transmitter (ELT);

    when determined by said emergency location transmitter activation device that at least one of an emergency or a technical problem is identified in monitored avionics data;

    reformatting processing said monitored avionics data into a computer readable instruction; and

    using said computer readable instruction to automatically activate and control said aircraft emergency location transmitter, said aircraft emergency location transmitter functioning to automatically trigger real-time tracking of the aircraft via satellite;

    wherein the aircraft emergency location transmitter (ELT) conforms to emergency location transmitter standards defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in functioning to broadcast distinctive signals on designated frequencies, and is normally activated by aircraft impact or by manual activation; and

    wherein said emergency location transmitter activation device includes a processor configured to monitor and process avionics data, and to automatically activate and control said aircraft emergency location transmitter when said emergency or technical problem is identified.

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