UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
- an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system (UAS), the ATC-RS comprising an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and a traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunication modems, the ATC-RS adapted to;
receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS;
communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC) or to a military command and control (C2) communication center through an ADS-B signal or through a TIS-B signal through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver;
communicate with a civilian ATC or with a military C2 communication center through voice and data using the one or more telecommunication modems; and
display the position of the UAS in the airspace on one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS.
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system. Implementations may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system where the ATC-RS includes an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and a traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may be adapted to receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS and communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC) or to a military command and control (C2) communication center through an ADS-B signal or through a TIS-B signal through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may also be adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace on one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS.
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13 Claims
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1. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system (UAS), the ATC-RS comprising an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and a traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunication modems, the ATC-RS adapted to; receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS; communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC) or to a military command and control (C2) communication center through an ADS-B signal or through a TIS-B signal through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver; communicate with a civilian ATC or with a military C2 communication center through voice and data using the one or more telecommunication modems; and display the position of the UAS in the airspace on one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
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a unmanned aerial system (UAS) ground control station (GCS) adapted to receive or generate data identifying the position of a UAS in an airspace and to allow an operator of the UAS to operate the UAS; an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with the GCS, the ATC-RS adapted to communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to an air traffic control center (ATC) or to a military command and control (C2) communication center, the ATC-RS comprising; an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver adapted to transmit the position of the UAS in the airspace to the ATC as an ADS-B signal or a TIS-B signal; one or more telecommunication modems adapted to allow an operator of the UAS to communicate by voice with the ATC; and one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS, the one or more display screens adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) comprising:
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an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position data collector, the UAS position data collector adapted to receive position data for the UAS in an airspace from a GCS; a communications input/output (I/O) circuit adapted to receive position data of the UAS in the airspace through a universal serial bus (USB) port connection with the GCS and to route data and voice information within the ATC-RS; an air traffic control (ATC) communication formatting module coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the ATC communication formatting module adapted to receive the position data from the UAS position data collector and to produce a civilian position data stream by formatting the position data to correspond with a civilian ATC data format; a command and control (C2) communication formatting module coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the C2 communication formatting module adapted to receive the position data from the UAS position data collector and to produce a military position data stream by formatting the position data to correspond with a military C2 communication center data format; a voice link module coupled with the communications I/O circuit and adapted to receive voice information from a microphone and to convert the voice information to a voice data signal; one or more satellite modems coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the one or more satellite modems adapted to transmit the voice data signal through a voice communication network and to transmit one or more data signals to a civilian ATC or to a military C2 communication center; and an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the ADS-B transceiver adapted to receive the civilian position data stream and the military position data stream and to transmit an ADS-B signal or a TIS-B signal corresponding with the civilian position data stream or the military position data stream. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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