Display apparatus for flight control

• US 5,745,073 A
• Filed: 01/03/1996
• Issued: 04/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Tomita, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lobo, Ian J.
• Application Number:
  US08/582,506
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 342/176, 342/179, 342/185
• US Class Current: 342/179
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/91 for traffic control G01S13/93 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/93 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/951 ground based
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/22 Producing cursor lines and indicia by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/295 Means for transforming co-ordinates or for evaluating data, e.g. using computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/298 Scan converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A display apparatus for flight control comprises a digital scan converter which converts ASDE video signal into a radar display by a television scan video, a CPU portion which receives a radar target position via LAN and generates a computer graphic display by adding an operation information from operation panel, a picture synthesizing portion which superposes computer graphic display from CPU portion on a radar display, and CRTs which display a picture synthesized at synthesizing portion. ASDE radar signal is converted to television scan video signal via the digital scan converter. The computer graphic display is generated by adding an operation information to the target information such as an airplane at CPU portion. A radar display and a computer graphic display are synthesized at the picture synthesizing portion. Thereby various information necessary for flight control is displayed on CRT.

Claims

1. A display apparatus for flight control comprising:

scan conversion means for generating a television scan video signal according to a received radar signal including a radar video signal from ASDE (Airport Surface Detection Equipment), an ACP (Azimuth Count Pulse) signal, an ARP (Azimuth Reference Pulse) signal and a trigger signal;

a LAN (Local Area Network) interface portion which receives radar target position signals from a LAN;

computer graphic means for receiving a radar target position via said LAN interface portion and for generating a computer graphic display by adding control operation information to the radar target;

display synthesizing means which superposes said computer graphic display on said television scan video signal to develop a display picture signal; and

display means which displays a picture represented by said display picture signal from said picture synthesizing means.

2. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 1 wherein said computer graphic means is constructed by a CPU portion and a panel interface portion which is controlled by an operation panel.

3. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 2 wherein the CPU portion processes an airplane symbol according to the radar target location received at the LAN interface portion, at the same time generates a map of an airport geographic outline which is stored in the memory in advance, then synthesizes the generated airplane symbol with the map of an airport building and converts them into a computer picture data.

4. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 1 wherein said computer graphic means comprises a work station.

5. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 1, further comprising:

control means which synthesizes said display picture signal received from said display synthesizing means together with various kinds of information for flight control provided via said LAN.

6. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 5, wherein said control means synthesizes a television scan radar video signal from ASDE display controller with graphic display information signal received from a source such as airport weather doppler radar processors, terminal radar data information processing systems and flight control display terminals.

7. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 6 further comprising:

operation panels which are also connected to said LAN to receive and transmit operation control signals.

8. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 5 further comprising:

work stations which are connected to said LAN to get various graphic display information signals received from a source such as airport weather doppler radar processors, terminal radar data information processing systems and flight control display terminals.

9. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 5 wherein information pertaining to flight information schedule processing system obtained via other lines is incorporated into said LAN and displayed on said display means via said control means.

10. The display apparatus for flight control of claim 9 wherein the information of the flight information schedule processing system is incorporated into said LAN via a LAN interface such as MODEM and ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines.