Runway location determination
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, aircraft state information from at least one aircraft, the aircraft state information including position information for the at least one aircraft;
determining, by the processor and based on the aircraft state information, the at least one aircraft is landing or taking off;
determining, by the processor, the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft;
determining, by the processor, a location of a runway based on the received aircraft state information, wherein determining the location of the runway comprises deriving coordinates of one or more points of the runway based on the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft; and
after determining the location of the runway, storing the determined location of the runway in a memory.
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Abstract
In some examples described herein, a runway location is determined based on aircraft state information from at least one aircraft. For example, a processor may determine the coordinates of one or more points of a runway based on aircraft state information generated by one or more aircraft using the runway. In some examples, the processor may aggregate coordinates determined from the aircraft state information provided by a plurality of different aircraft in order to determine the location of the runway. The processor can be located onboard an aircraft providing the state information, onboard a different aircraft, or external to any aircraft.
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49 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, aircraft state information from at least one aircraft, the aircraft state information including position information for the at least one aircraft; determining, by the processor and based on the aircraft state information, the at least one aircraft is landing or taking off; determining, by the processor, the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft; determining, by the processor, a location of a runway based on the received aircraft state information, wherein determining the location of the runway comprises deriving coordinates of one or more points of the runway based on the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft; and after determining the location of the runway, storing the determined location of the runway in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor configured to; receive aircraft state information from at least one aircraft, the aircraft state information including position information for the at least one aircraft, determine, based on the aircraft state information, the at least one aircraft is landing or taking off, determine the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft, determine a location of a runway based on the received aircraft position information by at least deriving coordinates of one or more points of the runway based on the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft, and after determining the location of the runway, store the determined location in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49)
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48. A system comprising:
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means for receiving aircraft state information from at least one aircraft, the aircraft state information including position information for the at least one aircraft; means for determining, based on the aircraft state information, the at least one aircraft is landing or taking off; means for determining the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft; means for determining a location of a runway based on the received aircraft state information, wherein the means for determining determines the location of the runway by at least deriving coordinates of one or more points of the runway based on the position information for the at least one aircraft during the landing or take off of the respective aircraft; and means for storing the determined location of the runway in a memory after the means for determining determines the location of the runway.
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