Verbal taxi clearance system
US9430949B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L21/0208
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A verbal taxi clearance system for an aircraft and a method of controlling the same are provided. The system, for example, may include, but is not limited to a communication system, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication system, the processor configured to receive, from the communication system, first audio data from air traffic control, convert the first audio data from air traffic control into first taxi route data, receive second audio data from a cockpit of the aircraft, convert the second audio data into second taxi route data, compare the first taxi route data to the second taxi route data, output, when the first taxi route data matches the second taxi route data, a taxi route corresponding to the first and second taxi route data, and generate an alert when the first taxi route data does not match the second taxi route data.
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