AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY SYSTEM USING ADS-B

• US 20140324255A1
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Richard A. Weiss, Shahid Siddiqi
• Original Assignee: Richard A. Weiss, Shahid Siddiqi
• Inventors: Siddiqi, Shahid, Weiss, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US14/215,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20140324255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/14
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 25/00 Emergency apparatus or devices, not otherwise provided for parachutes B64D17/00, B64D19/00; jettisoning of fuel tanks or fuel per se B64D37/00; specially adapted for protection against criminal attack, e.g. anti-hijacking systems B64D45/0015 ; safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00; safety belts or body harnesses for land vehicles B60R22/00; jettisonable parts of fuselage facilitating emergency escape B64C
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0031 means for overriding or restricting access to flight controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0059 by communicating emergency situations to ground control or between crew members
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0056 in an emergency situation, e.g. hijacking

Abstract

A safety system for an aircraft using ADS-B has a touch screen device or switch interfaced with an emergency computer, wherein the emergency computer sends an emergency signal to the ADS-B system in response to a command from the touch screen device or switch.

Claims

1. A safety system for a piloted aircraft having an ADS-B system and an autopilot, the safety system having activation device interfaced with an emergency computer, wherein the emergency computer sends an emergency signal to the ADS-B system in response to a command from the activation device.

2. A safety system as in claim 1 wherein said emergency signal is the airspeed 911 knots.

3. A safety system as in claim 1 wherein said emergency computer is in communication with a weather service.

4. A safety system as in claim 3 wherein said activation device is a tablet with a touch screen which is wirelessly interfaced with said computer.

5. A safety device as in claim 4, wherein said touch tablet is in Bluetooth communication with said computer.

6. A safety device as in claim 1 wherein said activation device is a switch.

7. A safety device as in claim 1 wherein said aircraft has an autopilot and said emergency computer is in communication with said autopilot.

8. A safety device as in claim 1 wherein said emergency computer is in communication with a display capable of presenting information to an occupant of said aircraft.

9. A Safety device as in claim 1 wherein said emergency computer is in communication with an audio device capable of presenting information to an occupant of said aircraft.

10. A method for handling an emergency situation in an aircraft when control of said aircraft has become in jeopardy because of incapacitation or distress of the aircraft'"'"'s pilot, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying an incapacitation emergency;

sending a signal to an emergency computer on board the aircraft;

using said computer to compute a desired course to a nearby airport;

using ADS-B to notify ATC that an emergency situation exists ; and

following guidance from said computer to said nearby airport.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said notifying step is carried out by sending an airspeed indication of 911 knots over said ADS-B system.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said sending step is carried out by an occupant of said aircraft pressing a button on a touch screen tablet.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said sending step is carried out by an occupant of said aircraft engaging a switch.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said guidance from said computer includes instructions from said computer presented on a touch screen tablet in communication therewith.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said instructions are audio instructions.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said instructions are video instructions.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said following step is carried out by an autopilot on board said aircraft.

18. The method of claim 11, including an additional step of rerouting aircraft out of paths conflicting with said aircraft.

19. A method for handling an emergency situation in an unmanned aerial vehicle when control of said vehicle has become in jeopardy because of ground to air communication failure, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying a control emergency;

sending a signal to an emergency computer on board the aircraft;

using said computer to compute a desired course to a nearby airport;

using ADS-B to notify ATC that an emergency situation exists; and

following guidance from said computer to said nearby airport.