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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander E. Smith, McLean, VA (US);
Robert Bradley, Clifton, VA (US);
Assignee:
Rannoch Corporation, Alexandria, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for generating landing fee and other airport service bills automatically. The system automatically detects aircraft N-number from air traffic control voice data using a voice recognition system and determines aircraft landing and departure events from one or more remote sensor units which determine aircraft vicinity or actual aircraft track. From the landing and departure data and the voice-recognized registration number, the system automatically bills aircraft owners for landing fees based upon this voice recognition as well as upon aircraft position detection.