Aircraft Analysis System for Jurisdictional Status Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computing systems are unable to accurately track an aircraft's movement due to the disparate nature of aviation data, which is scattered across multiple sources and jurisdictions, leading to gaps in flight data and an incomplete view of an aircraft's flight path.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft analysis system that retrieves data from multiple aviation information databases to compute location and status information of an aircraft over time, using transponder data and other aviation parameters to map locations to a jurisdictional map and compute time metrics, thereby generating accurate jurisdictional status reports.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional computing systems are used to track aircraft movement, then system simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision and reliability of flight path tracking deteriorate due to disparate data sources and jurisdictional boundaries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges data from multiple disparate aviation information databases (transponder data, airport data, air traffic control data) into a unified computing system. This consolidation allows the system to track aircraft continuously across jurisdictional boundaries by integrating previously siloed data sources, thereby improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The computing system is designed to perform multiple functions: retrieving transponder data, obtaining airport data, acquiring air traffic control data, associating data with aircraft, computing flight paths, and determining jurisdictional presence. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems, improving tracking accuracy while managing complexity through a single universal platform.
2Loss of information
If data is collected from multiple aviation information databases across jurisdictional boundaries, then completeness of flight path information improves, but difficulty of detecting and measuring increases due to data scattering and access restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central computing system that acts as an intermediary between multiple aviation information databases. This intermediary automatically retrieves, associates, and integrates data from transponder systems, airport databases, and air traffic control sources across different jurisdictions, eliminating the need for manual data collection and reducing the difficulty of accessing scattered information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing connections to multiple aviation databases and pre-processing data associations. By setting up the infrastructure in advance to automatically correlate transponder data with airport and air traffic control information, the system reduces the complexity of real-time data retrieval and ensures complete flight path information is readily available.
3Reliability
If conventional systems are used for aircraft movement tracking, then ease of operation is maintained, but reliability of audit and monitoring functions deteriorates due to incomplete flight path information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the computing system continuously monitors aircraft positions by integrating real-time transponder data with airport and air traffic control information. This feedback loop automatically verifies flight path completeness and jurisdictional presence, significantly improving audit reliability. The system's automated nature maintains ease of operation despite the enhanced reliability, as manual intervention is minimized.
Data Source
AI summary
An aircraft analysis application retrieves transponder data that is output by a transponder mounted on an aircraft. The transponder data is indicative of locations of the aircraft over a period of time. The aircraft analysis application maps the locations of the aircraft indicated by the transponder to a jurisdictional map identifying boundaries of a plurality of jurisdictions. The aircraft analysis application computes a fractional portion of time spent by the aircraft in a first jurisdiction in the plurality of jurisdictions based upon the locations of the aircraft indicated by the transponder and the jurisdictional map. The aircraft analysis application generates a jurisdictional status report that comprises a graphical indication of the fractional portion of time spent by the aircraft in the first jurisdiction.