Aircraft monitoring with improved situational awareness
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring an aircraft, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing system at a ground location, first information associated with a first region in a vicinity of the aircraft detected by a detection system onboard the aircraft;
obtaining, by the processing system, second information associated with a second region identified by an external system communicatively coupled to the processing system;
displaying, by the processing system on a display device at the ground location, a flight tracking image associated with the aircraft, the flight tracking image including a first graphical representation of the first region and a second graphical representation of the second region;
capturing at least a portion of the flight tracking image displayed on the display device, wherein the capturing results in a captured flight tracking image including the first graphical representation of the first region and the second graphical representation of the second region; and
communicating the captured flight tracking image to the aircraft.
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Abstract
Devices, methods and systems are provided for monitoring an aircraft. One exemplary method involves a processing system at a ground location obtaining first information associated with a first region identified by a detection system onboard the aircraft, obtaining second information associated with a second region identified by an external system coupled to the processing system, and displaying a flight tracking image associated with the aircraft that includes a first graphical representation of the first region and a second graphical representation of the second region. The method continues by capturing at least a portion of the flight tracking image displayed on a display device at the ground location and transmitting the captured flight tracking image to the aircraft for subsequent presentation on an onboard display device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring an aircraft, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a processing system at a ground location, first information associated with a first region in a vicinity of the aircraft detected by a detection system onboard the aircraft; obtaining, by the processing system, second information associated with a second region identified by an external system communicatively coupled to the processing system; displaying, by the processing system on a display device at the ground location, a flight tracking image associated with the aircraft, the flight tracking image including a first graphical representation of the first region and a second graphical representation of the second region; capturing at least a portion of the flight tracking image displayed on the display device, wherein the capturing results in a captured flight tracking image including the first graphical representation of the first region and the second graphical representation of the second region; and communicating the captured flight tracking image to the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A flight tracking station comprising:
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a communications system coupled to a communications network to receive first information associated with a first region in a vicinity of an aircraft detected by a detection system onboard the aircraft; a display device having a map associated with the aircraft presented thereon; and a processing system coupled to the communications system, the display device, and a monitoring system to; display a first graphical representation of the first region on the map; obtain second information associated with a second region identified by the monitoring system; display a second graphical representation of the second region on the map; and capture at least a portion of the map, resulting in a captured flight tracking image including the first graphical representation of the first region and the second graphical representation of the second region, wherein the processing system and the communications system are cooperatively configured to transmit the captured flight tracking image to the aircraft via the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An onboard system comprising:
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a display device; a detection system to provide first information indicative of a detected region in a vicinity; a communications system coupled to a communications network; and a processing system coupled to the communications system, the display device, and the detection system to; communicate the first information to a tracking station via the communications network; receive a captured tracking image from the tracking station via the communications network, wherein the captured tracking image comprises at least a portion of a map including a first graphical representation of the detected region and a second graphical representation of a second region identified by a monitoring system communicatively coupled to the tracking station displayed concurrently thereon; and
display the captured tracking image on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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