AIRCRAFT MANEUVER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20170110018A1
• Filed: 10/19/2015
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Guoqing, Zhang, Rong, Conner, Kevin J., Brandao, Ruy C., Chen, Zhong
• Granted Patent: US 9,773,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0008 with other aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0065 for taking-off
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0078 for monitoring traffic from the aircraft radar or analogous systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating outputs based on collected aircraft maneuver data. In one example, a system is configured to collect surveillance data from one or more aircraft. The system is further configured to identify, from the collected surveillance data, aircraft maneuver data indicative of maneuvers of the one or more aircraft. The system is further configured to store the aircraft maneuver data in a data store. The system is further configured to perform one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data in the data store. The system is further configured to generate an output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more memory devices; and

one or more processors operably coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more processors are configured to;

receive surveillance data collected from one or more aircraft;

identify, from the collected surveillance data, aircraft maneuver data indicative of maneuvers of the one or more aircraft;

store the aircraft maneuver data in a data store;

perform one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data in the data store; and

generate an alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft maneuver data comprises data indicative of takeoff and landing maneuvers of the one or more aircraft.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein identifying the data indicative of the takeoff and landing maneuvers of the one or more aircraft from the collected surveillance data comprises identifying data from the collected surveillance data indicative of at least one of a flare, a touchdown, and a landing roll of each of one or more of the aircraft performing a landing, and at least one of a takeoff roll start, a takeoff roll, and a takeoff of each of one or more of the aircraft performing a takeoff.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data comprises generating an air traffic procedural trajectory prediction alerting output.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data comprises generating a wake vortex turbulence avoidance alerting output.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data comprises generating an enhanced Traffic Situation Awareness and Alert (TSAA) output.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data store comprises an airport runway geography database.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to organize the stored takeoff and landing maneuver data in association with airports and runways on which the takeoff and landing maneuvers of the one or more aircraft were performed.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

perform a statistical analysis of the takeoff and landing maneuvers for each of one or more runways; and

generate an output based on the statistical analysis.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine runway thresholds for one or more of the runways based on the statistical analysis of the takeoff and landing maneuvers for each of one or more runways.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to communicate the alerting output to an Air Traffic Control (ATC) entity.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to communicate the alerting output to an aircraft operator entity.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is installed on an aircraft, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to communicate the output to an airport geography database system of the aircraft.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine if a particular aircraft among the one or more aircraft has a status transition from an airborne status to a ground status or from a ground status to an airborne status.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to compare the maneuver data with at least one of geographic data from a geographic data store and navigation data from a navigation data store.

16. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, surveillance data collected from one or more aircraft;

identifying, by one or more processors, from the collected surveillance data, aircraft maneuver data indicative of maneuvers of the one or more aircraft;

storing, by one or more processors, the aircraft maneuver data in a data store;

performing, by one or more processors, one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data in the data store; and

generating, by one or more processors, an alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the aircraft maneuver data comprises data indicative of takeoff and landing maneuvers of the one or more aircraft.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying the data indicative of the takeoff and landing maneuvers of the one or more aircraft from the collected surveillance data comprises identifying data from the collected surveillance data indicative of at least one of a flare, a touchdown, and a landing roll of each of one or more of the aircraft performing a landing, and at least one of a takeoff roll start, a takeoff roll, and a takeoff of each of one or more of the aircraft performing a takeoff.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein generating the alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data comprises one or more of:

generating an air traffic procedural trajectory prediction alerting output;

generating a wake vortex turbulence avoidance alerting output; and

generating an enhanced Traffic Situation Awareness and Alert (TSAA) output.

20. A device comprising:

means for receiving surveillance data collected from one or more aircraft;

means for identifying, from the collected surveillance data, aircraft maneuver data indicative of maneuvers of the one or more aircraft;

means for storing the aircraft maneuver data in a data store;

means for performing one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data in the data store; and

means for generating an alerting output based on the one or more analyses of the stored aircraft maneuver data.