Systems and methods for generation of comprehensive airspace weather condition display from shared aircraft sensor data

摘要

Systems and methods communicate sensor data pertaining to detected weather between aircraft. An exemplary system has at least one sensor on a transmitting aircraft, wherein the sensor is configured to detect weather and configured to output sensor data. The system has a first transceiver on the transmitting aircraft that is configured to transmit a signal with the sensor data. And the system has a second transceiver on a receiving aircraft that is configured to receive the signal containing the sensor data transmitted by the first transceiver. The sensor data of the transmitting aircraft is fused with sensor data of the receiving aircraft for a geographic region of interest to extend the effective sensor coverage and to resolve at least one of a location conflict and a severity conflict between the sensor data of the transmitting aircraft and the receiving aircraft.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a first transceiver on a receiving aircraft, the first transceiver configured to receive first sensor data transmitted by a second transceiver on a transmitting aircraft, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of a first location of a storm cell; and a processor system configured to:
process the first sensor data to select information corresponding to a geographic region of interest;determine second sensor data indicative of a second location of the storm cell detected by a radar system of the receiving aircraft;compare the first sensor data and the second sensor data to determine a common location of the storm cell; andgenerate weather information for presentation on a display of the receiving aircraft, the weather information corresponding to resolved sensor data of the transmitting aircraft and the receiving aircraft including the common location of the storm cell.