Method and system for automatically displaying flight path, seeding path and weather data

• US 9,589,473 B1
• Filed: 12/04/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Korea Meteorlogical Administration (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Korea Meteorlogical Administration (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: Seo, Seong Kyu, Son, Seong Ho, Nam, Kyung Yeub, Shim, Young Kyu, Chang, Ki Ho, Jeong, Jin Yim, Yang, Ha Young, Chae, Sang Hee, Kim, Baek Jo, Kim, Kyung Sik, Jung, Jae Won, Lee, Chul Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US14/960,304
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 701/3, 701/14, 701/120, 701/301, 340/961, 340/968, 342/26, 342/29, 342/30, 342/457, 342/465
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/953 mounted on aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/14 Rainfall or precipitation gauges measuring volume in general G01F
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0034 Assembly of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0039 Modification of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0091 for monitoring atmospheric conditions radar or analogous systems specially adapted for meteorological use G01S13/95; meteorology G01W

Abstract

Provided are a method and system for automatically displaying a flight path, a seeding path, and weather data, the system including: an experimental scientist terminal transmitting weather data; a pilot terminal; a terrestrial data processing server transmitting wind field observation data concerning a seeding path; and a portable data processing server that receives and stores weather data from the experimental scientist terminal and constitutes a flight path and a seeding path of an experimental airplane, and a current location of the experimental airplane, thereby transmitting information on the constituted flight path, seeding path, and current location to the experimental scientist terminal and the pilot terminal, the portable data processing server resetting the stored seeding path by control of the experimental scientist terminal based on wind field observation data concerning the seeding path, and storing location information of the experimental airplane by control of the experimental scientist terminal.

Claims

1. A system for automatically displaying a flight path, a seeding path, and weather data, the system comprising:

an experimental scientist terminal transmitting weather data;

a pilot terminal;

a terrestrial data processing server transmitting wind field observation data concerning a seeding path; and

a portable data processing server that receives and stores weather data from the experimental scientist terminal and constitutes a flight path and a seeding path of an experimental airplane, and a current location of the experimental airplane, thereby transmitting information on the constituted flight path, seeding path, and current location to the experimental scientist terminal and the pilot terminal, the portable data processing server resetting the stored seeding path by control of the experimental scientist terminal based on wind field observation data concerning the seeding path received from the terrestrial data processing server, and the portable data processing server storing location information of the experimental airplane by control of the experimental scientist terminal,

wherein the experimental scientist terminal and the pilot terminal display, on a map, the weather data stored in the portable data processing server, and the flight path, the seeding path and the current location of the experimental airplane.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a GPS gateway indicating the current location of the experimental airplane, wherein the portable data processing server receives information on the current location of the experimental airplane from the GPS gateway.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a satellite signal transmitter receiving location information of the experimental airplane from a GPS satellite and transmitting the location information;

a satellite signal receiver receiving the location information of the experimental airplane; and

an active Wi-Fi antenna control unit (Active Wifi ACU) controlling rotation of an antenna based on the location information of the experimental airplane received from the satellite signal receiver,

wherein the terrestrial data processing server transmits wind field observation data concerning the seeding path via the antenna controlled by the active Wi-Fi antenna control unit.

4. A method for automatically displaying a flight path, a seeding path, and weather data, the method comprising:

storing, by an experimental scientist terminal, weather data in a portable data processing server;

constituting, by the portable data processing server, a flight path and a seeding path of an experimental airplane, and a current location of the experimental airplane on a map;

displaying, by the experimental scientist terminal and the pilot terminal, the weather data, and information on the flight path and the seeding path of the experimental airplane, and the current location of the experimental airplane that are stored in the portable data processing server;

receiving, by the portable data processing server, wind field observation data concerning the seeding path from the terrestrial data processing server;

resetting, by the experimental scientist terminal, the seeding path stored in the portable data processing server based on the wind field observation data received from the portable data processing server; and

storing, by the experimental scientist terminal, location information on the experimental airplane in the portable data processing server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving of wind field observation data further comprises:

receiving, by a satellite signal transmitter, the location information of the experimental airplane from a GPS satellite, and transmitting the location information;

receiving, by a satellite signal receiver, the location information of the experimental airplane;

controlling, by an active Wi-Fi antenna control unit (Active Wifi ACU), rotation of an antenna based on the location information of the experimental airplane received from the satellite signal receiver; and

transmitting, by the terrestrial data processing server, wind field observation data concerning the seeding path using the antenna controlled by the active Wi-Fi antenna control unit.