Boolean Mathematics Approach to Air Traffic Management
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1. A method of managing air traffic, the method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of aircraft, generating a 3-dimensional (3D) volume of protected space that surrounds and moves with the aircraft;
detecting an intersection between the volume of protected space surrounding a first aircraft and the volume of protected space surrounding a second aircraft; and
generating an alarm notification responsive to detecting the intersection.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure reduce the possibility of a collision between multiple aircraft, and provide early detection and warning capabilities to pilots and ground personnel of a potentially dangerous situation. To accomplish this function, nested 3D volumes of protected space are generated as geometric solids for each of a plurality of aircraft and monitored. Upon detecting that the volumes of protected space associated with multiple aircraft intersect each other, alarm notifications are generated to warn appropriate personnel that the aircraft could come within an unsafe distance of each other.
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1. A method of managing air traffic, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of aircraft, generating a 3-dimensional (3D) volume of protected space that surrounds and moves with the aircraft; detecting an intersection between the volume of protected space surrounding a first aircraft and the volume of protected space surrounding a second aircraft; and generating an alarm notification responsive to detecting the intersection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device comprising:
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interface circuitry configured to send and receive data; and processing circuitry operatively coupled to the interface circuitry and configured to; generate, for each of a plurality of aircraft, a 3-dimensional (3D) volume of protected space that surrounds and moves with the aircraft; detect an intersection between the volume of protected space surrounding a first aircraft and the volume of protected space surrounding a second aircraft; and generate an alarm notification responsive to detecting the intersection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program product for controlling a programmable computing device, the computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed on processing circuitry of the programmable computing device, cause the processing circuitry to:
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generate, for each of a plurality of aircraft, a 3-dimensional (3D) volume of protected space that surrounds and moves with the aircraft; detect an intersection between the volume of protected space surrounding a first aircraft and the volume of protected space surrounding a second aircraft; and generate an alarm notification responsive to detecting the intersection.
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