SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD USING ADS-B AND TCAS DATA FOR DETERMINING NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS FOR A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A system using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining one or more navigation solutions for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a communal position system (CPS) comprising;
a communal position system (CPS) sensor located in the vehicle, the CPS sensor configured to receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data from each of one or more proximate vehicles;
a computer system coupled to the CPS, the computer system configured to perform the steps of;
checking the ADS-B data and the TCAS data for data reasonableness;
performing data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and
computing a communal position system (CPS) position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data,wherein the CPS is used in determining one or more navigation solutions for the vehicle, the one or more navigation solutions comprising one or more of, an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution.
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Abstract
A system using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining navigation solutions for a vehicle is provided. The system has a communal position system (CPS) with a CPS sensor located in the vehicle. The CPS sensor receives ADS-B data and TCAS data from each of one or more proximate vehicles. The system further has a computer system coupled to the CPS. The computer system is configured to perform the steps of: checking the ADS-B data and the TCAS data for data reasonableness; performing data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and computing a CPS position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data. The navigation solutions include an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution.
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21 Claims
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1. A system using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining one or more navigation solutions for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a communal position system (CPS) comprising; a communal position system (CPS) sensor located in the vehicle, the CPS sensor configured to receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data from each of one or more proximate vehicles; a computer system coupled to the CPS, the computer system configured to perform the steps of; checking the ADS-B data and the TCAS data for data reasonableness; performing data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and computing a communal position system (CPS) position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data, wherein the CPS is used in determining one or more navigation solutions for the vehicle, the one or more navigation solutions comprising one or more of, an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining one or more navigation solutions for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a communal position system (CPS) sensor located in the vehicle, the CPS sensor configured to receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data from each of one or more proximate vehicles, the CPS sensor used to determine one or more navigation solutions for the vehicle, the one or more navigation solutions comprising one or more of, an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution, wherein the CPS sensor is coupled to a computer system configured to perform the steps of; checking the ADS-B data and the TCAS data for data reasonableness; performing data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and computing a communal position system (CPS) position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer implemented method for using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data for determining one or more navigation solutions for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a communal position system (CPS) in the vehicle, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data and traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) data, from each of one or more proximate vehicles; conducting a data reasonableness check of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data using a computer system coupled to the CPS; rejecting the ADS-B data and the TCAS data, if the data reasonableness check does not pass; performing, with the computer system, a data synchronization of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data, if the data reasonableness check passes, the data synchronization taking into account a data latency due to a transmission and a computation of the ADS-B data and the TCAS data; and computing, with the computer system, a communal position system (CPS) position and a position accuracy based on the ADS-B data and the TCAS data, and determining one or more navigation solutions for the vehicle, the one or more navigation solutions comprising one or more of, an alternate navigation solution, an independent navigation solution, and a complementary navigation solution. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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