System for transmitting airport weather information
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting realtime weather and other pertinent information to an airplane having a radio receiver comprising:
- a source of a signal representing instantaneous weather information;
means responsive to said weather information signal over a predetermined time interval for determining a real-time weather information value and for generating an address signal representing said real-time weather information value;
means for storing a plurality of signals representing real-time weather information messages, said storage means being responsive to said address signal for generating the one of said plurality of message signals corresponding to said real-time weather information value; and
transmitting means responsive to said one message signal for transmitting said one message signal to the radio receiver whereby said real-time weather information message is audibly reproduced for the pilot.
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Abstract
A system for automatically providing real-time weather and other pertinent information about an airport to an aircraft. The system can operate continuously or the pilot can utilize his radio telephone equipment to activate the information transmitter. Instantaneous weather information such as temperature, wind speed and direction and barometric pressure are supplied to a microcomputer which determines the real-time values as an average over a predetermined time period. The microcomputer then responds to the activating signal from the aircraft or operates continuously to selectively address the stored messages corresponding to the real-time information for transmission to the aircraft.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for transmitting realtime weather and other pertinent information to an airplane having a radio receiver comprising:
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a source of a signal representing instantaneous weather information; means responsive to said weather information signal over a predetermined time interval for determining a real-time weather information value and for generating an address signal representing said real-time weather information value; means for storing a plurality of signals representing real-time weather information messages, said storage means being responsive to said address signal for generating the one of said plurality of message signals corresponding to said real-time weather information value; and transmitting means responsive to said one message signal for transmitting said one message signal to the radio receiver whereby said real-time weather information message is audibly reproduced for the pilot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14)
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11. A system for transmitting real-time weather and other information to an airplane having radio telephone equipment comprising:
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weather transducer means for generating a plurality of signals representing instantaneous weather information including a temperature signal, a wind speed signal, a wind direction signal and a barometric pressure signal; means sequentially responsive to said plurality of weather information signals over individual predetermined time intervals for determining a real-time weather information signals and for generating a plurality of address signals each representing one of said real-time weather information values; means for storing a plurality of signals representing real-time weather information messages, said storage means being responsive to said address signals for generating the one of the plurality of message signals corresponding to each one of said real-time weather information values; and transmitting means responsive to said message signals for transmitting said message signals to the radio telephone equipment whereby said real-time weather information signals are audibly reproduced to provide the pilot with temperature, wind speed and direction and barometric pressure information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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