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Aircraft weather information system

  • US 6,043,756 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1999
  • Issued: 03/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A weather information display system comprising:

  • a weather information assembling ground station including;

    reception equipment for receiving weather parameters downlinked from a plurality of aircraft based weather information systems,processing equipment for generating refined weather information, based on received weather parameters, using algorithms and modeling, andtransmission equipment for uplinking refined weather information to designated aircraft; and

    an aircraft based weather information reception and display system situated on a first aircraft including;

    standard weather information gathering equipment for detecting weather parameters characterizing weather conditions in the vicinity of the first aircraft;

    transmission equipment for downlinking weather parameter to said ground station;

    reception equipment for receiving refined weather information uplinked by said ground station;

    storage equipment for storing received refined weather information;

    picture generating equipment for generating symbolic pictorial information based on the received refined weather information; and

    standard on-board weather information display equipment, coupled to the picture generating equipment, for displaying pictorial polygons indicating the location of dangerous weather conditions.

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