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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Sathya Vagheeswar Venkatasubramanian, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Sathya Vagheeswar Venkatasubramanian, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bombardier Transportation GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a system and method of navigating a plurality vehicles consisting of one or more standalone tugs, or one or more tug propelled aircraft, or some combination thereof on the grounds of an airport, a virtual safety zone is electronically defined around each vehicle. Movement of each vehicle on the grounds of an airport is controlled based on the virtual safety zones defined around the plurality of vehicles.