NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR USE IN AN AIRPORT OR HARBOR TRANSPORTATION

• US 20140278062A1
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Korea Transport Institute
• Original Assignee: The Korea Transport Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Ho, Han, Jae Hyun, Hwang, You Chul
• Application Number:
  US14/352,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20140278062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/423
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/02 Anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/045 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. determination of anti-collision manoeuvers radar or analogous systems specially adapted for anti-collision between aircraft G01S13/933
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/065 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. for taxiing or rolling

Abstract

The present invention relates to a navigation system for preventing an airplane or a ship carrying freight and passengers from becoming involved in an accident with other transport means. To this end, the navigation system of the present invention includes: a GPS module for obtaining position information on first transport means; an information searching module for searching second transport means positioned a predetermined distance away from the first transport means with reference to the position information and operation schedule of the first transport means; a path creating module for creating a secure path for the first transport means with reference to information on an operation path according to the operation schedules and the position information on the first and second transport means; and a display module for displaying the position information on the first and second transport means.

Claims

1. A navigation system for airport or harbor transportation, comprising:

a GPS module obtaining information about a location of first transportation means;

an information search module searching for second transportation means located a predetermined distance from the first transportation means by referring to the information about the location of the first transportation means and an operation schedule of the first transportation means;

a path generation module generating a safe path of the first transportation means by referring to information about the locations of the first transportation means and the second transportation means and information about an operation path based on the operation schedule; and

a display module displaying the information about the locations of the first transportation means and the second transportation means.

2. The navigation system of claim 1, further comprising an operation schedule update module obtaining the operation schedule from a control server that controls an operation of the second transportation means and updating the obtained operation schedule.

3. The navigation system of claim 2, wherein the information search module obtains information about a real-time location of the second transportation means by requesting the information about the real-time location from the control server, and determines a distance from the first transportation means.

4. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the transportation means is any one of an airplane and a vessel.

5. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the safe path is established by separating the first transportation means and the second transportation means by a predetermined distance along the operation path of the first transportation means.

6. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the display device displays any one of an image and a shape of the second transportation means by flickering the image and the shape so that the image or shape can be distinctive.

7. The navigation system of claim 1, further comprising a visual or auditory alarm device operating along with the navigation system or separately from the navigation system.

8. The navigation system of claim 7, further comprising:

a humidity sensor or a photo sensor provided along with the navigation system or separately from the navigation system; and

control means connected to the sensor and the alarm device and configured to control an ON or OFF operation of the alarm device;

wherein the control means allows the alarm device to enter an ON state when humidity higher than predetermined reference humidity or an amount of light smaller than a reference light amount is detected by the humidity sensor, and allows the alarm device to enter an OFF state when humidity lower than the predetermined reference humidity or an amount of light greater than the reference amount of light is detected by the humidity sensor or the photo sensor.