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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
David Rozovski, Lafayette, IN (US);
Juliana J. Goh, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jean M. Crane, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael E. Dey, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
David Rozovski, Lafayette, IN (US);
Juliana J. Goh, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jean M. Crane, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael E. Dey, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An air traffic control system for control of airport ground traffic includes a graphical display system configured to display a surface map, and configured to enable a controller to input, via a graphical input device, a taxi route along the surface map. Furthermore, the system includes a processor operatively coupled to the graphical display system, wherein the processor is configured to provide the surface map to the graphical display system. The processor is programmed to interpret the taxi route, and modify the taxi route to a taxiway path existing on the surface map. The system includes a transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the transmitter configured to transmit the taxiway path to an aircraft, and a datalink interface positioned onboard the aircraft and configured to receive and display the transmitted taxiway path.