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Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system for ownership and traffic situational awareness

  • US 9,405,005 B1
  • Filed: 03/05/2013
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ADS-B system coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle for increased situational awareness and self-separation assurance comprising:

  • a telemetry system in said unmanned aerial vehicle, said telemetry system including a transceiver for wireless communication with a ground control station;

    at least one GPS/WAAS antenna disposed on said unmanned aerial vehicle;

    at least an upper and lower UAT antenna disposed on said unmanned aerial vehicle;

    at least one altitude encoder,a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) in said unmanned aerial vehicle and in communication with said telemetry system for compiling ownship ADS-B Out messages and for receiving air-to-air ADS-B In messages from nearby aircraft and ADS-R and TIS-B messages from ground based transceivers, said UAT further comprising a digital computer programmed with control software comprising computer instructions stored on non-transitory computer memory for storing said ADS-B In messages and consolidating said ADS-B In messages with said ADS-B Out messages, and for communicating said consolidated ADS-B Out messages to said telemetry system for transmission to a ground control station; and

    a ground control station (GCS) comprising a digital computer programmed with control software stored on non-transitory computer memory, said software including,a loss link redundancy module to compensate for a lost telemetry link,a translation module for generating KML scripts from ADS-B Out and ADS-B In data, anda synthetic display management user-interface for providing a synthetic user-configurable three-dimensional display of said ADS-B Out and ADS-B In data on a geobrowser.

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