Systems and methods for collecting weather information using an airborne aircraft
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1. A method for recording weather information for weather encountered by an airborne aircraft, the method comprising:
- generating a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest having at least one characteristic greater than a threshold;
storing weather information collected by an aviation electronics system in a memory in response to generating the trigger event; and
downloading the stored weather information to a remote memory.
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Abstract
Weather information recording systems and methods are operable to record information detected by airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment generates a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest, stores weather information collected by an aviation electronics system in a memory in response to generating the trigger event, and downloads the stored weather information to a remote memory.
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1. A method for recording weather information for weather encountered by an airborne aircraft, the method comprising:
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generating a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest having at least one characteristic greater than a threshold; storing weather information collected by an aviation electronics system in a memory in response to generating the trigger event; and downloading the stored weather information to a remote memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A weather information collecting system on an aircraft, comprising:
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at least one weather sensor; a processing system communicatively coupled to the at least one weather sensor, the processing system configured to determine weather information based upon weather detected by the weather sensor; and an onboard memory that stores the determined weather information in response to a trigger event generated in response to the weather information exceeding a predefined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A weather information collecting system on an aircraft, comprising:
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means for generating a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest; and means for storing weather information collected by an aviation electronics system in a memory in response to receiving the trigger event; and means for downloading the stored weather information to a remote memory. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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