Flight Plan Processor Decoding Multiple Message Formats
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to decode and translate flight plan or route messages from various sources, including aircraft and ground sources, into a usable format for processing flight trajectories and environmental messaging, and fail to adapt to multiple variations in transmission and user formats.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a flight plan/route processor that decodes, translates, and encodes flight information, including waypoints and environmental data, to construct and transmit updated flight plans or routes, adaptable to different aircraft models and communication formats, ensuring compatibility across aircraft-to-aircraft, aircraft-to-ground, and ground-to-ground communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a system processes flight information from multiple sources with different formats, then the adaptability and versatility of the system is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for multiple decoding and encoding solutions
Solution Approach 1:
The flight information processing system is designed with universal decoding and encoding capabilities that can handle multiple message formats (aircraft-to-aircraft, aircraft-to-ground, ground-to-aircraft) through a single integrated processor. The system uses a standardized internal representation that can translate from various external formats, eliminating the need for separate processing systems for each message type.
2Measurement precision
If environmental information is continuously updated and integrated into flight plans, then the accuracy of flight trajectory calculations is improved, but the loss of time increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes and stores environmental information in a standardized format during preflight operations, and maintains a current database of weather bands and flight predictions. When flight plan modifications occur, the system can quickly retrieve and integrate pre-processed environmental data rather than processing raw data in real-time, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining accuracy.
3Reliability
If the system decodes and translates all incoming flight messages into a standardized format, then the reliability of information processing is improved, but the productivity decreases due to the additional translation steps required
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a standardized internal representation as an intermediary layer between incoming messages and processing operations. All incoming flight messages (regardless of source or format) are decoded into this standard internal format, which serves as a universal mediator. This enables reliable processing while optimizing the translation path - the system only needs to implement decoders for incoming formats and encoders for outgoing formats, not complex real-time translations for every operation.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for processing flight information. Using a flight plan/route message and other flight information (aircraft type and navigation database information), the portion of the message containing the flight plan or route is decoded and translated to construct a ground-based flight route comprising a list of waypoints and associated flight information. The list of waypoints may then used in calculations performed by a flight trajectory predictor to identify spatially associated weather information and/or to create an updated flight plan or route (e.g., by adding or changing waypoints in a flight object) and thereafter transmit that information to users. Prior to transmitting any updated flight plan/route, the associated waypoints and other flight information must be translated and encoded into the required format for inclusion in an outgoing (i.e., uplinked) flight plan/route message.