12results about "Aircraft ground control" patented technology

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided herein. For example, a method is described herein includes identifying aviation operations program data representative of one or more aviation operations programs. In some embodiments, the method includes configuring the one or more aviation operations programs in accordance with at least one of a plurality of aviation implementation states. In some embodiments, the method includes providing aviation mission data to an external aviation mission device. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, from the external aviation mission device, first program implementation data in response to an aviation mission activation event. In some embodiments, the method includes initiating performance of one or more aviation mission actions based on the first program implementation data.

A system for displaying a taxi clearance including a display is configured to display the position of an aircraft during airport taxiing with a first sensor for detecting the location of the aircraft during airport taxiing. The display indicates the position of hold stops and taxi paths at the airport. An input provides taxi instructions into the system. The input may be manually by the pilot or via a transmission from the air traffic control. The taxi instructions are represented on the display as a taxi path on the taxiways with a first hold stop identified on the route. The display indicates the aircraft's proximity to said hold stop.

Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of a vehicle using speech recognition and transcription to provide a conversation log graphical user interface (GUI) display. One method involves analyzing a transcription of an audio communication depicted on the conversation log GUI display to identify an operational subject associated with the audio communication, obtaining supplemental information pertaining to the operational subject from a data source, generating, on the conversation log GUI display, a selectable GUI element associated with the supplemental information, and in response to user selection of the selectable GUI element, generating, on the display device, a graphical representation based at least in part on the supplemental information. In some implementations, a separate supplemental information GUI display is presented in lieu of the conversation log GUI display in response to selection of the selectable GUI element.

A computing system for combined aviation and ground mapping for aircraft navigation includes memory storing aviation map data, road map data, and instructions of an air-ground navigation program, and processing circuitry configured to implement the air-ground navigation program. The processing circuitry receives aircraft location data and destination data for a user of the aircraft. The destination data is cross-referenced with the road map data to validate a destination of the user, and a landing site proximate the destination is determined via the aviation map data. An air route segment from the location of the aircraft to the landing site and a ground route segment from the landing site to the destination are generated via respective algorithms. The air and ground route segments are combined to produce a combined air-ground navigation route, and a visual representation of the combined air-ground navigation route is output to a display device.

A system and a method include an aircraft including one or more lighting devices. A control unit is in communication with the one or more lighting devices. The control unit is configured to operate the one or more lighting devices to provide illuminated messages regarding traffic in relation to one or more ground paths at an airport on one or more surfaces.

A method to autonomously taxi an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processing means, a route intended for the aircraft 310. Obtaining, by the processing means, a route line based on the route 320. Determining, by the processing means, at least one route feature along the route line 330. Determining, by the processing means, a deviation of a nosewheel of the aircraft from the route line based on a current position of the aircraft provided by the aircraft global navigation satellite system (GNSS) 340. Outputting, by the processing means, an adjustment of an angle of the nosewheel to correct the deviation from the route based on the deviation of the nosewheel 350. Outputting, by the processing means, an adjustment of the speed of the aircraft based on a current position on the route line and a proximity to the at least one determined route feature 360.

Exemplary disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and devices for a ground maneuvering system for aircraft. The systems, methods, and devices may include a ground maneuvering system including at least one processor in communication with at least one sensor and at least one maneuvering vehicle. The at least one maneuvering vehicle includes one or more processors in communication with one or more sensors. The one or more processors can be configured to sense, using the one or more sensors, an area associated with a plurality of areas, to determine a location within area, or to maneuver the maneuvering vehicle to the location. The maneuvering vehicle may also include a movement system for maneuvering the maneuvering vehicle in or around the plurality of areas, and a platform configured for an aircraft.

A method comprising the steps of: providing (S1) a surroundings detection sensor on a tug, which is configured for manoeuvring a mobile object, continuously detecting (S2) a region of an outer surface of the mobile object with the surroundings detection sensor, continuously determining (S3) a position of a tug-bound system relative to the mobile object based on a predetermined geometric model of an outer surface of the mobile object and the detected region of the outer surface, wherein the steps of detecting (S2) and determining (S3) are performed when the mobile object is manoeuvred by the tug, and detecting (S4) objects in the surroundings of the mobile object with the surroundings detection sensor based on the step of continuously determining (S3) the position of the tug-bound system. Further a sensor system for detecting objects in the surroundings of the sensor system and for providing on a tug.

Embodiments herein are directed to a visual docking guidance system configured to support an aircraft docking procedure where an approaching aircraft is docked at an airport stand. The VDGS is configured to detect the presence of the aircraft approaching the stand, identify at least the type of the approaching aircraft, determine a position of the approaching aircraft, output a visual guidance information via a display to the pilot of the aircraft, which supports the pilot during controlling movement of the aircraft to a stop position.

An runway incursion detection and warning system (100) for monitoring at least one entity (200), said system comprising airfield signaling devices (801.1), wherein the one or more airfield signaling devices (801.1) each comprise a sensor unit comprising an ultra-wideband pulse radio module configured to at least emit and / or receive at least one ultra-wideband pulse radio signal for object detection; a traffic monitoring and management unit (700) in data communication with the sensor unit of the airfield signaling devices, said traffic monitoring and management unit (700) being configured to determine at least one traffic parameter of the at least one entity (200), such as an incursion, depending on traffic data supplied by the sensor unit of at least one or more airfield signaling devices, data being extracted from the at least one ultra-wideband pulse radio signal received by the at least one of the one or more airfield signaling devices.

The invention relates to a method for predicting an item of information on the friction of an aircraft landing runway, the method comprising, for a given time: obtaining (S100) items of runway context data, obtaining (S101) items of friction information history data for the runway comprising items of data that are all older than the given time, a prediction (S102) by a prediction model configured to receive, as input, at least the items of context data for the given time and the items of friction information history data, and to deliver an item of predicted friction information (p) for the runway for the given time.

An object classification system for a vehicle detects, with a computing device, a first field of view with a first sensor and a second field of view with a second sensor, each sensor mounted on the vehicle. The computing device may fuse the first field of view with the second field of view to form a unified detection report, which may be used to automate portions of a taxiing operation in response to information in the unified detection report.