US Patent No: 5,200,901

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Direct entry air traffic control system for accident analysis and training

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Abstract

A site-selectable air traffic control system and method for interacting with a user, the system and method generating a representation of at least one moving aircraft having an initial position and heading with respect to a selected site for producing a dynamic simulation of an air traffic scenario to monitor air traffic in real time and provide expert instruction when necessary, and to analyze air traffic at the selected site. The site selected may consist of one of a plurality of stored sites or a modification of one of those sites. Controller commands issued by a user are entered for altering the air traffic scenario. The air traffic scenario may be based on actual flight patterns of aircraft within the air space corresponding to the selected site. Rules and procedures stored in a general knowledge base and a site-specific knowledge base are compared to the present state of the simulation of the air traffic scenario or to the controller command by an expert system for issuing a warning upon the immediate or foreseeable failure to observe any rule or procedure in the knowledge bases.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
UFA, INC.NEWTON, MA4

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gerstenfeld, Arthur Newton, MA 4 102
Ma, Erich Watertown, MA 1 20
Millet, Charles Amesbury, MA 1 20
Moody, Thomas D Norwood, MA 3 78

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
UFA, INC. (3)
4,827,418 Expert system for air traffic control and controller training 24 1986
4,979,137 Air traffic control training system 38 1988
4,949,267 Site-selectable air traffic control system 20 1988
 
MITRE CORPORATION, THE (2)
4,890,232 Display aid for air traffic controllers 10 1988
5,025,382 Datalink controller interface 59 1989
 
Other [Check patent profile for assignment information] (2)
4,706,198 Computerized airspace control system 65 1985
4,649,388 Radar detection of hazardous small scale weather disturbances 61 1985

Patent Citation Ranking

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THALES (2)
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The Boeing Company (2)
7,647,139 Seamless air traffic control (ATC) datalink transfers 1 2006
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EST PATENT ACQUISITION CORPORATION (1)
5,961,331 Air traffic voice interactive simulator 2 1999
 
FLIGHT DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (1)
5,752,216 Non-intrusive data interface system for air traffic control 30 1994
 
GEOEYE ANALYTICS INC. (1)
7,801,842 Method and system for spatial behavior modification based on geospatial modeling 2 2007
 
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (1)
8,321,069 Methods and systems for reviewing datalink clearances 2009
 
LIVEOPS, INC. (1)
8,226,477 Automatic simulation of call center scenarios 0 2008
 
RAYTHEON COMPANY (1)
6,912,461 Multiple approach time domain spacing aid display system and related techniques 16 2002
 
Tig Technische Industrieprodukte GmbH (1)
5,434,571 Radar target simulator 4 1994
 
XEROX CORPORATION (1)
5,764,508 Document processing and data distribution system for an air traffic control environment 3 1995
 
Other [Check patent profile for assignment information] (6)
5,659,475 Electronic air traffic control system for use in airport towers 21 1995
6,463,383 Method and system for aircraft flow management by airlines/aviation authorities 36 2001
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