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Virtual weather generation

  • US 10,356,217 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2016
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method to improve realism in aircraft flight simulation by implementing real-time weather simulation based on real-world weather data, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • subsequent to retrieving a plurality of weather data snapshots of historical real-world weather data, generating a data model by a server and based on the plurality of weather data snapshots of historical real-world weather data;

    providing, by the server, an application programming interface through which a plurality of remote clients request weather data by specifying geographical and spatial coordinates and by further specifying time and date coordinates, the plurality of remote clients including a first remote client comprising an aircraft flight simulator;

    receiving, from the aircraft flight simulator, through the provided application programming interface, a request specifying a first set of geographical and spatial coordinates and further specifying a first set of time and date coordinates;

    generating, by operation of one or more computer processors of the server, an interpolated set of geographical and spatial weather data based on (i) the data model, (ii) the first set of geographical and spatial coordinates, and (iii) the first set of time and date coordinates, wherein the interpolated set is transmitted to the first remote client aircraft flight simulator; and

    responsive to at least one subsequent request, transmitting, to the aircraft flight simulator, a plurality of follow-on sets of geographical and spatial weather data, wherein the plurality of follow-on sets are generated based on the data model, are temporally distinct from the interpolated set and one another, and are sequenced by time intervals, wherein the interpolated set and the follow-on sets are not explicitly specified in the plurality of weather data snapshots, wherein the aircraft flight simulator is configured to provide a real-time weather simulation with an improved measure of realism relative to the real-time weather simulation being provided in an absence of the interpolated set and the follow-on sets.

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