Aircraft location and tracking system
First Claim
1. An integrated flight apparatus for networking a flight data recorder or data collection system to a multifunctional GPS receiver and satellite communication tracking device comprising:
- An integrated microprocessor incorporating on board RAM (Random Access Memory), buffers and EEPROM (Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory). The processor or CPU (Central Processing Unit) is attached to the circuit board via the data and system busses. These circuits connect every component on the circuit board providing bi-directional communication between component devices. The CPU is responsible for processing data from the satellite transceiver, GPS receiver, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and any other data that can be inputted and outputted through the serial ports;
Multiple serial ports (Four) with alternate protocol specifications such as RS-232 and Parallel/SCSI (Small Computer Serial Interface). The serial ports that are attached to the processor via the circuit board for data and signal exchange;
ROM (Read-only memory) microchips are linked to the processor via the system and data bus that provides operational system pre-programmed functions and calculations;
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Abstract
An integrated flight safety apparatus containing a 12-channel GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver that networks a flight data recorder to a satellite communications system. This device is capable of providing real-time data acquisition and analysis to a ground-based monitoring and tracking station. The aircraft location and tracking system extracts data from any data collection device by utilizing serial port to serial port communications. A call is established from the tracking station to the apparatus, then the extracted data is polled to the base station at user defined intervals over the satellite link. Simultaneously, the aircraft'"'"'s location is displayed on a moving aerial map in relation to its global position. In addition, different aerial maps, airspace mapping, waypoints, airports and runway approaches may be downloaded and displayed on the user'"'"'s monitor and tracked on the remote monitor. This device utilizes voice command technology and can also be used as a satellite telephone device.
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1. An integrated flight apparatus for networking a flight data recorder or data collection system to a multifunctional GPS receiver and satellite communication tracking device comprising:
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An integrated microprocessor incorporating on board RAM (Random Access Memory), buffers and EEPROM (Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory). The processor or CPU (Central Processing Unit) is attached to the circuit board via the data and system busses. These circuits connect every component on the circuit board providing bi-directional communication between component devices. The CPU is responsible for processing data from the satellite transceiver, GPS receiver, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and any other data that can be inputted and outputted through the serial ports;
Multiple serial ports (Four) with alternate protocol specifications such as RS-232 and Parallel/SCSI (Small Computer Serial Interface). The serial ports that are attached to the processor via the circuit board for data and signal exchange;
ROM (Read-only memory) microchips are linked to the processor via the system and data bus that provides operational system pre-programmed functions and calculations;
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17. An interface device for interfacing a flight data recorder with a GPS receiver and tracking device, a satellite transceiver and providing real-time data analysis to a display screen and ground-based monitoring station, comprising:
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A processor linked to the serial port for processing data from the flight data recorder and the GPS receiver for bi-directional communications with the satellite transceiver, including;
A power supply conditioning unit linked to the system components and for providing predetermined electrical characteristics for signals transmitted to and received from the interface device. Also, supplying a means for stabilizing DC voltage to the flight apparatus system components, An integrated GPS 12-channel receiver capable of triangulating global position on an aerial moving map and forwarding that information via modem and satellite transceiver to a ground-based tracking and monitoring station, An integrated satellite transceiver capable of providing satellite communications over a high-speed satellite network. Polling of data is initialized from the ground-based monitoring station at user defined intervals. This transceiver can bi-directionally carry voice, data and video.
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