Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air traffic control
- Patent Title (中): 空中管制
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Application No.: US12306914Application Date: 2007-06-29
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Publication No.: US08401773B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Robert Eagles , Jenny Weston , William Casey , Martin Southall
- Applicant: Robert Eagles , Jenny Weston , William Casey , Martin Southall
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Nats (En Route) Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee: Nats (En Route) Public Limited Company
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Priority: GB0613055.3 20060630
- International Application: PCT/GB2007/002449 WO 20070629
- International Announcement: WO2008/001117 WO 20080103
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00

Abstract:
An air traffic control system, for use by a human controller controlling a plurality of aircraft held vertically separated in a stack above a minimum stack level, the system comprising at least one processor, and a display device for the human controller, controlled by said at least one processor; further comprising: means for periodically inputting a value representative of local terrestrial air pressure conditions; means for periodically inputting an aircraft flight level reading representing an altitude defined by a reference air pressure measured on the aircraft; means for periodically generating a display on said display device comprising a plurality of flight levels vertically arranged; means for indicating in said display said plurality of aircraft, arranged in a vertical list ranked by flight level; said at least one processor being arranged, on reception of a new said value, to redetermine said minimum stack level and to vary said display so as to indicate changes to said minimum stack level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100049430A1 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL Public/Granted day:2010-02-25
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