Techniques for reporting on or tracking ground vehicles
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-007/185
G08G-009/00
H04W-004/00
H04W-004/02
H04W-004/20
H04L-029/06
H04W-088/06
G01S-013/46
출원번호
US-0132714
(2013-12-18)
등록번호
US-9311821
(2016-04-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Melum, Michael Steven
Nelson, Robert C.
출원인 / 주소
ADS-B Technologies, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
4
초록▼
Ground vehicle reporting and tracking techniques are provided to track vehicles associated with a particular area (e.g., an airport, a military base, etc.). Ground vehicles may regularly report information about the vehicle to one or more control stations via corresponding communication links. The c
Ground vehicle reporting and tracking techniques are provided to track vehicles associated with a particular area (e.g., an airport, a military base, etc.). Ground vehicles may regularly report information about the vehicle to one or more control stations via corresponding communication links. The communication links may include, for example, an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) link and a non-ADS-B link.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus comprising: a position estimator to track a current position of a vehicle;a vehicle Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter to wirelessly transmit vehicle information associated with the vehicle, wherein the vehicle ADS-B transmitter is to disable the transmiss
1. An apparatus comprising: a position estimator to track a current position of a vehicle;a vehicle Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter to wirelessly transmit vehicle information associated with the vehicle, wherein the vehicle ADS-B transmitter is to disable the transmission of the vehicle information based at least in part on the current position of the vehicle with respect to a surface region; andan ADS-B link augmentation system (ALAS) transmitter to transmit the vehicle information to a remote user control station via a non-ADS-B communications protocol responsive to an output signal from a geographic switch to monitor the vehicle position with respect to the surface region. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the ALAS transmitter transmits the vehicle information to the remote user control station via cellular communication in response to a presence of a position related condition. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the position related condition to include the current position of the vehicle to be outside the surface region or inside a portion of the surface region proximate to a border thereof. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the vehicle information to include at least vehicle position information and vehicle identification information. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the position estimator to includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the surface region to include a movement area of an airport, wherein the apparatus is to include a memory containing a transmit map of the movement area. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the vehicle ADS-B transmitter to include at least one of a 978 megahertz (MHz) Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) or a 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (1090ES). 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the ALAS transmitter to include a coupler to couple a portion of an ADS-B signal generated by the vehicle ADS-B transmitter. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the ALAS transmitter includes a protocol converter to convert a signal from an ADS-B protocol to the non-ADS-B, the non-ADS-B to comprise a cellular protocol. 10. A machine-implemented method comprising: tracking a current position of a vehicle;wirelessly transmitting vehicle information from the vehicle using a first transmitter, the vehicle information including characteristics of the vehicle; andwirelessly broadcasting vehicle information from the vehicle using a second transmitter if the current position of the vehicle satisfies a first condition with respect to a surface region, wherein the second transmitter to include an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter, and whereinthe wireless transmitting using the first transmitter comprises converting from an ADS-B protocol to a non-ADS-B protocol responsive to an output signal from a geographic switch to monitor the current position of the vehicle with respect to the surface region. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein: the first transmitter is a non-ADS-B transmitter. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein: the first transmitter to include a cellular transmitter. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein: the surface region to include a movement area of an airport. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein: the first condition to include the current position of the vehicle being within the surface region. 15. The method of claim 10, wherein: the wirelessly transmitting vehicle information from the vehicle using the first transmitter to include wirelessly transmitting the vehicle information from the vehicle using the first transmitter if the current position of the vehicle satisfies a second condition, the second condition being different from the first condition. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein: the second condition to include the current position of the vehicle being outside the surface region or inside a portion of the surface region proximate to a border thereof. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein: the surface region is a first surface region; andthe second condition to include the current position of the vehicle being inside a second surface region, wherein the second surface region encompasses the first surface region. 18. The method of claim 15, wherein: the surface region is a first surface region; andthe second condition to include the current position of the vehicle being outside the first surface region and inside a second surface region, wherein the second surface region encompasses the first surface region. 19. The method of claim 10, wherein: the wirelessly transmitting vehicle information from the vehicle using the first transmitter to include wirelessly transmitting vehicle information from the vehicle using the first transmitter regardless of the current position of the vehicle. 20. The method of claim 10, further comprising: coupling off a portion of an ADS-B signal from the ADS-B transmitter; andconverting the coupled off signal from an ADS-B protocol to a cellular protocol of the first transmitter. 21. The method of claim 10, wherein: the wirelessly transmitting vehicle information from the vehicle using the first transmitter to include wirelessly transmitting the vehicle information from the vehicle to a remote user control station; andthe wirelessly broadcasting vehicle information from the vehicle using a second transmitter to include transmitting the vehicle information from the vehicle to a remote ADS-B control station. 22. An apparatus comprising: an ADS-B link augmentation system (ALAS) receiver to receive vehicle information from ALAS transmitters within remote ground vehicles that are not ADS-B transmitters, the ALAS to comprise a protocol converter to convert a signal to a non-ADS-B protocol responsive to an output signal from a geographic switch within one or more of the remote ground vehicles, the geographic switch to monitor the position of the one or more ground vehicles with respect to a surface region; anda server to collect and assemble the received vehicle information into a useable format for display at one or more display points. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the ALAS receiver to include a cellular receiver to acquire the signals of the non-ADS-B protocol. 24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the ALAS receiver to include a modem. 25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the ALAS receiver to include a wireless receiver in accordance with a wireless networking standard. 26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein: the ALAS receiver to include a protocol converter to convert a signal received from a remote ALAS transmitter from a protocol used to communicate the signal to the ALAS receiver to a protocol used by an ADS-B receiver. 27. An apparatus comprising: a machine readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing system to: track a current position of a vehicle;convert from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) to a non-ADS-B protocol responsive to an output signal from a geographic switch to monitor the vehicle position with respect to the surface region;initiate a wireless transmission of vehicle information from the vehicle via the non-ADS-B protocol, the vehicle information to include with characteristics of the vehicle; andinitiate a wireless broadcast of vehicle information from the vehicle via an ADS-B protocol in response to the current position of the vehicle a first condition with respect to a surface region. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein: the initiation of the wireless transmission of vehicle information via the cellular protocol to include initiation of the wireless transmission of vehicle information via the cellular protocol if the current position of the vehicle is to satisfy a second condition, the second condition to be different from the first condition. 29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein: the second condition to include the current position of the vehicle being outside the surface region. 30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein: the initiation of the wireless transmission of vehicle information via the cellular protocol to include initiation of the wireless transmission of vehicle information via the cellular protocol regardless of the current position of the vehicle. 31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the instructions are further executable to: acquire a portion of an ADS-B signal to be broadcast from the vehicle; andconvert the acquired signal portion from the ADS-B protocol to the cellular protocol. 32. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein: the surface region is a first surface region; andthe second condition to include the current position of the vehicle to be inside a second surface region, wherein the second surface region encompasses the first surface region. 33. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein: the surface region is a first surface region; andthe second condition to include the current position of the vehicle to be outside the first surface region and inside a second surface region, wherein the second surface region encompasses the first surface region.
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