Unmanned aerial system position reporting system
First Claim
1. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
- an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) and located on the ground, the GCS in operational communication with an unmanned aerial system (UAS) for guidance during flight, the ATC-RS comprising an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver, the ATC-RS adapted to;
gather from the GCS position data of the UAS in an airspace, wherein the GCS receives the position data from the UAS or the GCS generates the position data while the UAS moves in the airspace;
selectively communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both a civilian ATC and a military C2 communication center through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver; and
display the position of the UAS in the airspace on one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS.
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system. The ATC-RS may include an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may be adapted to receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS and to selectively communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both the civilian ATC and the military C2 communication center through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may also be adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS.
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1. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
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an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) and located on the ground, the GCS in operational communication with an unmanned aerial system (UAS) for guidance during flight, the ATC-RS comprising an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver, the ATC-RS adapted to; gather from the GCS position data of the UAS in an airspace, wherein the GCS receives the position data from the UAS or the GCS generates the position data while the UAS moves in the airspace; selectively communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both a civilian ATC and a military C2 communication center through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver; and display the position of the UAS in the airspace on one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An unmanned aerial system position reporting system comprising:
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an unmanned aerial system (UAS) ground control station (GCS) adapted to receive or generate data identifying the position of a UAS in an airspace and to allow an operator of the UAS to operate the UAS; an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with the GCS and located on the ground, the ATC-RS adapted to gather from the GCS the data identifying the position of the UAS and then selectively transmit the position of the UAS in the airspace to an air traffic control center (ATC), or to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both an ATC and a military C2 communication center, the ATC-RS comprising; an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver adapted to transmit the position of the UAS in the airspace as an ADS-B signal or a TIS-B signal; and one or more display screens coupled with the ATC-RS, the one or more display screens adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) on the ground, the ATC-RS comprising:
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an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position data collector, the UAS position data collector adapted to gather from a ground control station (GCS) position data for the UAS in an airspace, the GCS in operational communication with the UAS for guidance during flight; a communications input/output (I/O) circuit adapted to receive position data from the GCS of the UAS in the airspace through a universal serial bus (USB) port connection with the GCS and to route data and voice information within the ATC-RS; an air traffic control (ATC) communication formatting module coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the ATC communication formatting module adapted to receive the position data from the UAS position data collector and to produce a civilian position data stream by formatting the position data to correspond with a civilian ATC data format; a command and control (C2) communication formatting module coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the C2 communication formatting module adapted to receive the position data from the UAS position data collector and to produce a military position data stream by formatting the position data to correspond with a military C2 communication center data format; and an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver coupled with the communications I/O circuit, the ADS-B transceiver adapted to receive the civilian position data stream and the military position data stream and to selectively transmit an ADS-B signal or a TIS-B signal corresponding with the civilian position data stream, the military position data stream, or both the civilian position data stream and the military position data stream. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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