Interactive conflict detection and resolution for air and air-ground traffic control
US8831864B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/80
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for preventing and detecting conflicts and errors through prognostics and diagnostics are applied to vehicle traffic in air traffic and ground control scenarios. Conflict and error prevention and detection (CEPD) logic is applied to a constraint network generated to model the constraints pertinent to the vehicles (such as aircraft and ground-based vehicles) and resources (such as runways and taxiways) in the traffic control spaces. Time-based trajectory data for all vehicles in the traffic control space are continuously and interactively evaluated to detect conflicts that have occurred and/or identify potential conflicts before they occur among vehicles or between vehicles and resources. The systems and methods also generate a conflict resolution using the CEPD logic, which resolution is communicated to the affected vehicles.
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