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Requesting weather data based on pre-selected events

  • US 10,700,767 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2016
  • Issued: 06/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computing device on board an aircraft, at least one triggering command, wherein the at least one triggering command comprises;

    an identification of a specific meteorological feature, wherein the identification of the specific meteorological feature comprises an identification of a squall line;

    a request to downlink an image of the squall line only when a weather radar on board the aircraft captures a predetermined set of convective system data indicative of the squall line;

    comparing, by the computing device, the identification of the specific meteorological feature to information stored in a meteorological rule database on-board the aircraft, wherein the meteorological rule database includes, for each specific meteorological feature of a plurality of meteorological features, including the squall line, stored at the meteorological rule database, a set of sensors of one or more sensors on-board the aircraft and ranges of measurements for each sensor of the set of sensors associated with each specific meteorological feature, wherein the set of sensors comprises the weather radar;

    translating, by the computing device and based on the comparison, the identification of the squall line into one or more meteorological criteria based on the information in the meteorological rule database;

    determining, by the computing device, one or more weather radar trigger conditions for the one or more meteorological criteria based on the information stored at the meteorological rule database and the at least one triggering command, wherein the one or more trigger conditions comprise a specific set of thresholds for the set of sensors;

    receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of sensor inputs from the set of sensors on-board the aircraft, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs comprise a series of images captured by the weather radar;

    processing, by the computing device, the series of images from the weather radar;

    selecting, by the computing device, a first image of the series of images, wherein the first image includes the predetermined set of convective system data of the squall line based on the one or more trigger conditions for the meteorological criteria that indicate a presence of the specific meteorological feature; and

    initiating, by the computing device, a downlink of the first image, wherein initiating the downlink of the first image is further in response to determining that at least one non-meteorological criteria is satisfied by at least one of a plurality of non-weather sensors, wherein the non-weather sensor is a datalink capability sensor.

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