Flight strips management method and system

• US 5,913,912 A
• Filed: 05/28/1996
• Issued: 06/22/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nishimura, Takeshi, Kobayashi, Takahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US08/654,862
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 701/14, 701/15, 701/16, 701/24, 701/33, 701/35, 701/116, 701/120, 705/5-6, 371/68.1, 395/182.09, 364/130, 364/131, 364/133, 364/134
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0026 located on the ground
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0043 Traffic management of multiple aircrafts from the ground G08G5/003 takes precedence; data processing specially designed for resource management, e.g. scheduling or allocating time, human or machine resources G06Q10/06

Abstract

A flight strips management system comprises a plurality of information processing devices, each information processing as management information on of aircraft control information, flight information, spot allocation information, gate allocation information, servicing information, or passenger information etc and a flight strips management device that reads management information from the information processing devices, compiles flight strips information representing aircraft movement based on the read management information, and stores the compiled flight strips information.

Claims

1. A flight strips management system comprising:

a plurality of airport operation systems, each processing management information concerning an airport'"'"'s resource allocated to an aircraft; and

a flight strips management device reading management information from the airport operation systems, compiling flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and storing the compiled flight strips information, wherein the information read from the airport operation systems is collated.

2. A flight strips management system, comprising:

a plurality of airport operation systems, each processing management information concerning an airport'"'"'s resource allocated to an aircraft; and

a flight strips management device reading management information from the airport operation systems, compiling flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and storing the compiled flight strips information, wherein said flight strips management device comprises;

a flight strips compilation unit collating the management information read from the airport operation systems and compiling the flight strips information;

a storage unit storing the flight strips information compiled by the flight strips compilation unit; and

an information reading unit reading the management information from the airport operation systems and communicating the management information to the flight strips compilation unit.

3. A flight strips management system comprising:

a plurality of information processing devices, each processing management information; and

a flight strips management device reading management information from the airport operation system, compiles flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and stores the compiled flight strips information,

said flight strips management device comprises;

a flight strip compilation unit collating management information read from the information processing devices and compiles this flight strips information;

a storage unit storing flight strips information compiled by this flight strips compilation unit; and

an information reading unit reading this management information from the airport information processing device and communicates it to the flight strips compilation unit, wherein

said management information includes present, past and future position information and present, past and future condition information, and

said flight strips compilation unit collates management information read from the information processing devices and compiles the flight strips information including the present, past and future position information and the present, past and future condition information for each aircraft.

4. The flight strips management system according to claim 3, wherein

said flight strips management device further comprises an information display unit that displays, for each aircraft, current position of the aircraft and current condition of the aircraft, on an overall view of the airport, based on the present position information and the present condition information for each aircraft.

5. The flight strips management system according to claim 4, wherein

said information display unit displays, for each aircraft, past position and past condition of the aircraft based on the past position information and the past condition information for each aircraft, and future position and future condition of the aircraft based on the future position information and the future condition information for each aircraft, on a view of the airport as a whole.

6. A flight strips management system comprising:

a plurality of information processing devices, each processing management information; and

a flight strips management device reading management information from the airport operation system, compiles flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and stores the compiled flight strips information,

said flight strips management device comprises;

a flight strip compilation unit collating management information read from the information processing devices and compiles this flight strips information;

a storage unit storing flight strips information compiled by this flight strips compilation unit; and

an information reading unit reading this management information from the information processing device and communicates it to the flight strips compilation unit, wherein

said information reading unit reads the flight strips information from the storage unit and notified each information processing devices of the flight strips information.

7. The flight strips management system according to claim 6, wherein

said management information further includes gate and spot allocation information, and wherein

said flight strips compilation unit collates, when the gate and spot allocation information is allocated, the gate and spot allocation information in the flight strips information, based on the altered information.

8. A flight strips management system comprising:

a plurality of information processing devices, each processing management information; and

a flight strips management device reading management information from the airport operation system, compiles flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and stores the compiled flight strips information,

said flight strips management device comprises;

a flight strip compilation unit collating management information read from the information processing devices and compiles this flight strips information;

a storage unit storing flight strips information compiled by this flight strips compilation unit; and

an information reading unit reading this management information from the information processing device and communicates it to the flight strips compilation unit, wherein

said flight strips management device further comprises an information communication unit that is connected through a network with an aircraft to communicate with the aircraft.

9. A method of flight strips management wherein flight strips information representing movement information of each aircraft is compiled on the basis of management information relating to the aircraft and the flight strips information is managed, comprising the steps of:

separately processing by a plurality of information processing devices the management information;

reading from the plurality of information processing devices the management information;

compiling the flight strips information of each aircraft by collating the read management information;

displaying the compiled flight strips information; and

communicating the flight strips information to the information processing devices.

10. A method of managing a flight strips management system, comprising:

processing management information concerning an airport'"'"'s resources allocated to an aircraft from a plurality of airport operation systems; and

reading management information from the airport operation systems, compiling flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and storing the compiled flight strips information, wherein the information read from the airport operation systems is collated.

11. A method of managing a flight strips management system, comprising:

processing management information concerning an airport'"'"'s resources allocated to an aircraft from a plurality of airport operation systems; and

reading management information from the airport operation systems, and compiling flight strips information representing movement of each aircraft based on the read management information, and storing the compiled flight strips information,

wherein the flight strip management system;

collates management information read from the airport operation systems and compiles this flight strips information;

stores flight strips information compiled by the flight strips; and

reads this management information from the airport operations systems and communicates it to a flight strips compilation unit, and wherein

the flight strips information is read from a storage unit and notifies each airport operation system of the flight strips information.