CA2358182A1 - Tcas display and system for intra-formation control with vertical speed indicator - Google Patents

Tcas display and system for intra-formation control with vertical speed indicator Download PDF

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CA2358182A1
CA2358182A1 CA002358182A CA2358182A CA2358182A1 CA 2358182 A1 CA2358182 A1 CA 2358182A1 CA 002358182 A CA002358182 A CA 002358182A CA 2358182 A CA2358182 A CA 2358182A CA 2358182 A1 CA2358182 A1 CA 2358182A1
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James T. Sturdy
Kenneth R. Jongsma
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/04—Anti-collision systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0004—Transmission of traffic-related information to or from an aircraft
    • G08G5/0008—Transmission of traffic-related information to or from an aircraft with other aircraft
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0017—Arrangements for implementing traffic-related aircraft activities, e.g. arrangements for generating, displaying, acquiring or managing traffic information
    • G08G5/0021—Arrangements for implementing traffic-related aircraft activities, e.g. arrangements for generating, displaying, acquiring or managing traffic information located in the aircraft
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0047—Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft
    • G08G5/0052—Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft for cruising
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0073—Surveillance aids
    • G08G5/0078—Surveillance aids for monitoring traffic from the aircraft

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A display for presenting to a viewer the combined information outputs of a passive Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and Mode-S
transponder messages without the TCAS
computer having to interrogate the transponders of the respective aircraft flying in formation (i.e., a passive TCAS). The display presents resolution advisories, traffic advisories, and other information for use by the flight crew. A TCAS computer and Mode-S transponder are used to provide distributed intra-formation control among multiple cells of aircraft flying in formation or close-in. The Mode-S transponder provides ADS-B Global Positioning System (GPS) squitter data to the TCAS computer;
the TCAS computer receives and processes the data without having to interrogate the transponders of the multiple cells of aircraft. The display indicates the relative velocity of the other aircraft in addition to other types of information. Symbology is used to indicate the other aircraft flying in formation and relative information to allow the host aircraft to respond accordingly.
CA002358182A 1998-12-30 1999-12-20 Tcas display and system for intra-formation control with vertical speed indicator Expired - Fee Related CA2358182C (en)

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US09/223,339 US6271768B1 (en) 1998-12-30 1998-12-30 Vertical speed indicator/traffic resolution advisory display for TCAS
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