GROUND OPERATIONS AND ADVANCED RUNWAY AWARENESS AND ADVISORY SYSTEM
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1. An airport conflict awareness method comprising:
- receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an installation aircraft;
receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an aircraft external to the installation aircraft;
retrieving runway survey data from a database;
determining simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway based on the position data of the installation aircraft, the position data of the external aircraft, and the runway survey data;
generating conflict awareness advisory based on the determined simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway; and
generating a graphical depiction for display on a cockpit display screen based on one or more of the installation aircraft position data and the retrieved runway survey data, further comprising;
retrieving at least a portion of the runway survey data based on the installation aircraft position data;
generating a graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data; and
generating a graphical depiction of the installation aircraft position data relative to the graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data.
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Abstract
A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict awareness advisories as a function of determining that a conflict exists.
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1. An airport conflict awareness method comprising:
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receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an installation aircraft; receiving samples of one or more signals reporting position data of an aircraft external to the installation aircraft; retrieving runway survey data from a database; determining simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway based on the position data of the installation aircraft, the position data of the external aircraft, and the runway survey data; generating conflict awareness advisory based on the determined simultaneous operation of the installation aircraft and the external aircraft on a common runway; and generating a graphical depiction for display on a cockpit display screen based on one or more of the installation aircraft position data and the retrieved runway survey data, further comprising; retrieving at least a portion of the runway survey data based on the installation aircraft position data; generating a graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data; and generating a graphical depiction of the installation aircraft position data relative to the graphical depiction of the retrieved runway survey data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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