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) located on the ground and coupled with a ground control station (GCS) and at least one network-connected remote terminal, the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal in operational communication with at least one 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 and the at least one network-connected remote terminal position data of the at least one UAS in an airspace, wherein the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal receive the position data from the at least one UAS or the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal generate the position data while the at least one UAS moves in the airspace;
selectively communicate the position of the at least one 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 at least one 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 a UAS and at least one network-connected remote terminal. 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 receive position data of at least one UAS in an airspace from the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal and selectively communicate the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may display the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS.
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20 Claims
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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) located on the ground and coupled with a ground control station (GCS) and at least one network-connected remote terminal, the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal in operational communication with at least one 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 and the at least one network-connected remote terminal position data of the at least one UAS in an airspace, wherein the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal receive the position data from the at least one UAS or the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal generate the position data while the at least one UAS moves in the airspace; selectively communicate the position of the at least one 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 at least one 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) and at least one network-connected remote terminal, the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal adapted to receive or generate data identifying the position of at least one UAS in an airspace and to allow an operator of the at least one UAS to operate the at least one UAS; an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal and located on the ground, the ATC-RS adapted to gather from the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal the data identifying the position of the at least one UAS and then selectively transmit the position of the at least one 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 at least one 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 at least one 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) and at least one network-connected remote terminal position data for at least one UAS in an airspace, the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal in operational communication with the at least one UAS for guidance during flight; a communications input/output (I/O) circuit adapted to receive position data from the GCS of the at least one UAS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal in the airspace through a universal serial bus (USB) port connection with the GCS and the at least one network-connected remote terminal 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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