Systems and methods for generation of comprehensive airspace weather condition display from shared aircraft sensor data
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a first transceiver on a receiving aircraft, the first transceiver configured to receive first sensor data transmitted by a second transceiver on a transmitting aircraft, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of a first location of a storm cell; and
a processor system configured to;
process the first sensor data to select information corresponding to a geographic region of interest;
determine second sensor data indicative of a second location of the storm cell detected by a radar system of the receiving aircraft;
compare the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a common location of the storm cell; and
generate weather information for presentation on a display of the receiving aircraft, the weather information corresponding to resolved sensor data of the transmitting aircraft and the receiving aircraft including the common location of the storm cell.
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Abstract
Systems and methods communicate sensor data pertaining to detected weather between aircraft. An exemplary system has at least one sensor on a transmitting aircraft, wherein the sensor is configured to detect weather and configured to output sensor data. The system has a first transceiver on the transmitting aircraft that is configured to transmit a signal with the sensor data. And the system has a second transceiver on a receiving aircraft that is configured to receive the signal containing the sensor data transmitted by the first transceiver. The sensor data of the transmitting aircraft is fused with sensor data of the receiving aircraft for a geographic region of interest to extend the effective sensor coverage and to resolve at least one of a location conflict and a severity conflict between the sensor data of the transmitting aircraft and the receiving aircraft.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first transceiver on a receiving aircraft, the first transceiver configured to receive first sensor data transmitted by a second transceiver on a transmitting aircraft, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of a first location of a storm cell; and a processor system configured to; process the first sensor data to select information corresponding to a geographic region of interest; determine second sensor data indicative of a second location of the storm cell detected by a radar system of the receiving aircraft; compare the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a common location of the storm cell; and generate weather information for presentation on a display of the receiving aircraft, the weather information corresponding to resolved sensor data of the transmitting aircraft and the receiving aircraft including the common location of the storm cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a receiving aircraft, from a transmitting aircraft, first sensor data output by at least one sensor configured to sense weather data, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of a first location of a storm cell; processing, by a processor system of the receiving aircraft, the first sensor data to select information corresponding to a geographic region of interest; determining, by the processor system, second sensor data indicative of a second location of the storm cell detected by a radar system of the receiving aircraft; comparing the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a common location of the storm cell; and generating, by the processor system, weather information to present on a display of the receiving aircraft, the weather information including the common location of the storm cell. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a means for receiving first sensor data from a transmitting aircraft at a receiving aircraft, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of a first location of a storm cell; a means for processing the first sensor data to select information corresponding to a geographic region of interest; a means for determining second sensor data indicative of a second location of the storm cell detected by a radar system of the receiving aircraft; a means for comparing the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a common location of the storm cell; and a means for generating weather information to present on a display residing in the receiving aircraft, the weather information including the common location of the storm cell. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a receiving aircraft, from a transmitting aircraft, first sensor data output by a first radar system of the transmitting aircraft; determining, at the receiving aircraft, a first location of a storm cell detected by a second radar system of the receiving aircraft; determining, at the receiving aircraft, a second location of the storm cell detected by the first radar system of the transmitting aircraft; comparing, at the receiving aircraft, the first location of the storm cell and the second location of the storm cell; determining a common location of the storm cell based upon the compared first location of the storm cell and the second location of the storm cell; and presenting, at the receiving aircraft, a single icon at a radar display corresponding to the storm cell, wherein a location of the icon presented at the display is based on the determined common location of the storm cell. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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