Surface traffic movement system and method
First Claim
1. An airport surface traffic management system comprising:
- means for detecting a position of vehicles on the airport surface;
means off of the vehicle for transmitting the vehicle positions;
means for providing location-specific information to all vehicles based on their relative location on the airport surface;
means for controlling the vehicles on the airport surface; and
means for interfacing the means for providing location-specific information and the means for controlling.
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Abstract
A Surface Movement Area/Runway Traffic and Surface Area Flow Tool with Runway Incursion Protection System reduces runway incursions due to lost or disoriented aircraft, navigation in low visibility conditions, unfamiliarity with local procedures and airport layouts, and truncated or misunderstood clearances or other frequency congestion related communication and workload problems. SMART Board surface displays are used to provide route guidance instructions to aircraft at ramp and taxiway intersections, confirm to for pilots that their aircraft is at the correct location and is in the assigned queue and sequence before entering active runways, visual confirmation of runway clearances to aircraft and vehicles at all runway entrances, and lessening frequency congestion on Ground and Local communications channels. The system includes an Electronic Flight Data System to generate messages. Sensors and a wireless LAN are used to provide data from the system to all aircraft and vehicles on the surface movement area of an airport.
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30 Claims
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1. An airport surface traffic management system comprising:
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means for detecting a position of vehicles on the airport surface;
means off of the vehicle for transmitting the vehicle positions;
means for providing location-specific information to all vehicles based on their relative location on the airport surface;
means for controlling the vehicles on the airport surface; and
means for interfacing the means for providing location-specific information and the means for controlling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An airport surface traffic management system comprising:
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position detecting device for detecting a position of vehicles on the airport surface;
an off-vehicle transmitter for transmitting the detected positions;
information delivering device for providing location-specific information to the vehicles;
controller for controlling the vehicles on the airport surface; and
interfacing device for interfacing the information delivering device and the controller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of performing airport surface traffic management including the steps of:
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detecting position of vehicles on the airport surface;
transmitting vehicle position data from off of the vehicle to a controller;
verifying vehicle position data at the controller;
generating specific vehicle location and route data at the controller;
transmitting navigational and identification information to the vehicles;
assigning and displaying runway usage information to the vehicles on the airport surface; and
detecting vehicle movement on the airport surface that conflicts with the assigned runway usage information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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