Monitoring aircraft turbulence using data from an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) receiver
US12198562B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01W2001/003
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of management of a flight of an aircraft is provided. The method includes receiving a data stream from an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) receiver during the flight, and the data stream includes an ADS-B message, a geographic position of the aircraft, and attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) data. The method includes accessing data that indicates a weight of the aircraft, identifying a force event experienced by the aircraft based on the geographic position, the AHRS data, and the weight of the aircraft, and classifying the force event by level of the force event, and by type of the force event as a turbulence event or a non-turbulence event. And the method includes outputting a report that indicates the force event as classified, at least when the force event is classified as a turbulence event.
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