Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for social networking of aircraft for information exchange
- Patent Title (中): 用于信息交换的飞机社交网络系统和方法
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Application No.: US13742249Application Date: 2013-01-15
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Publication No.: US09208687B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Jian Wang , Yuchoi F. Lok , Anthony M. Ponsford , Oliver H. Hubbard , Eli Brookner , Robert W. Bowne
- Applicant: RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa, Ontario
- Assignee: Raytheon Canada Limited
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Canada Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa, Ontario
- Agency: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP
- Main IPC: G01S13/76
- IPC: G01S13/76 ; G08G5/00 ; G01S7/00

Abstract:
A system and method for exchanging information between aircraft (210). Sensors on a first aircraft (210) provide data about the first aircraft's environment, including hazards such as turbulence, icing, lightning, or birds. The system transmits the data to receiving systems in other aircraft (210), which display the data, to warn the pilots flying the other aircraft of potential hazards. The pilot of the first aircraft may supplement the information with visual observations, about birds or unmanned aerial vehicles, for example. In one embodiment, the information is transmitted from aircraft to aircraft over a data link using ADS-B. In another embodiment, a first aircraft may transmit data to a second aircraft, which may relay, or re-transmit, the data to a third aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140197982A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING OF AIRCRAFT FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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