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Information display method and apparatus for air traffic control

  • US 4,196,474 A
  • Filed: 02/11/1974
  • Issued: 04/01/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an air traffic control system including programmable computer means which registers the identity and position of aircraft within a predetermined control area and which is programmed according to a preselected conflict prediction algorithm effective to detect potential collision situations involving aircraft within said control area, the improvement comprising:

  • a program subroutine means within said computer means and having entered therein data identifying each detected potential collision situation involving aircraft within said control area for establishing a control sequence according to which each aircraft involved in said potential collision situation is to have communicated to it information regarding(a) the relative position of the other aircraft or object involved in said potential collision situation, and(b) what action should be taken to avoid said potential collision,communication means responsive to the control sequence established by said subroutine means for communicating said information to each aircraft involved in said potential collision situation, anddisplay terminal means in each of said aircraft operably connected to said communication means for displaying the information communicated by said communication means.

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