Air-Ground Navigation Mapping for Aircraft Landing Site Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aviation maps lack the detailed information provided in road maps, limiting the accuracy and efficiency of flight planning and navigation systems, especially for aircraft landing and ground travel to destinations.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that integrates aviation and road map data to determine an optimal landing site and generate a combined air-ground navigation route, utilizing algorithms to account for real-time conditions and user preferences, and outputs a visual representation of the route.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If aviation maps are used for flight planning, then navigation information is provided, but detailed ground information is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines aviation map data and road map data into a unified navigation system. The computing system integrates two previously separate mapping systems (aviation maps for air navigation and road maps for ground navigation) into a single system that provides both aerial and ground navigation information, eliminating the information gap without requiring multiple separate systems
Solution Approach 2:
The unified navigation system serves multiple functions: it provides aviation navigation for flight planning and ground navigation for post-landing travel. The system is universally applicable to both air and ground transportation needs, allowing a single system to replace multiple specialized systems
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate aviation and road mapping systems are used, then specialized navigation is provided, but integrated routing is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges separate aviation and road mapping systems into a unified navigation system that provides both aerial and ground routing. The computing system integrates data from both sources and generates combined air-ground routes, enabling seamless transition between air and ground transportation modes within a single system framework
3Loss of information
If traditional flight planning is used, then air navigation is enabled, but ground travel planning is excluded
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary integration of ground travel information into the flight planning process. By combining air and ground routing in advance and generating a complete combined route before departure, the system eliminates the need for separate ground transportation arrangements, providing comprehensive trip planning that includes both air and ground segments from the outset
Data Source
AI summary
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.