Abstract: A supervision method for a flight state of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes respectively establishing communication connections with the unmanned aerial vehicle and a supervision server, receiving identity information about the unmanned aerial vehicle and flight information about the unmanned aerial vehicle sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, automatically sending the identity information about the unmanned aerial vehicle and the flight information to the supervision server in an on-line mode, receiving at least one of a flight restriction instruction or warning information sent by the supervision server, and forwarding the flight restriction instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle executes the flight restriction instruction, thereby restricting flight behaviour of the unmanned aerial vehicle in an on-line flight mode via the flight restriction instruction.

Abstract: Assignment unit assigns flight vehicles having radio communication apparatuses to airspaces. At this time, assignment unit limits the assignment of flight vehicle to a specified airspace in which a parameter specified by specification unit is in a predetermined range (e.g., an airspace in which the path loss of the physical downlink channel to radio communication apparatus is less than or equal to a threshold value).

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an information system for a working machine, specifically adapted for projecting an image onto an area externally of the working machine based on construction data relating to a surrounding of the working machine. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method and computer program for such a working machine.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of managing travel by aerial vehicles on an air roadway system, having: a plurality of roads for travel by the aerial vehicles following routes created by a static route planning model; and a plurality of loop systems designated for entry and exit into areas of interest, having an ascending loop and a descending loop wrapping around each other in a spiral without intersecting, and allowing rotational travel in a vertical direction; wherein the routes are created according to an arrival point and a destination point of a user of an aerial vehicle, and wherein the routes are designed to provide minimal interruptions during travel without intersecting other aerial vehicles on the air roadway system.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle control system includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to cause a transmitter to transmit a transmit signal from a laser source. The one or more processors are configured to cause a receiver to receive a return signal reflected by an object. The one or more processors are configured to cause one or more optics to generate a first polarized signal of the return signal with a first polarization, and generate a second polarized signal of the return signal with a second polarization. The one or more processors are configured to calculate a value of reflectivity based on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value of the first polarized signal and an SNR value of the second polarized signal. The one or more processors are configured to operate a vehicle based on the value of reflectivity.

Abstract: In an uninhabited aircraft flight management system 1, there is a three-dimensional map data storage section 172 for storing three-dimensional map data in horizontal and height directions where no ground objects exist and where an uninhabited aircraft 6 is allowed to fly, a current position acquisition section 175 for acquiring a current position, a transport instruction acquisition section 166 for acquiring a destination, a path calculation section 167 for calculating a path, a lidar data acquisition section 121 for acquiring wind condition data, a dangerous wind condition area judgement section 123 for calculating a warning area where flight should be avoided, from the wind condition data, and a path recalculation section 164 for recalculating the path avoiding the warning area when the path calculated by the path calculation section 167 is one which passes through the warning area calculated by section 123.

Abstract: A portable flight navigation tool has a tablet computer with GPS, and memory with an aviation database with international operating rules including transoceanic flight rules, a moving-map database with tracks, coastal airport identifiers and locations, and predefined reporting point locations for transoceanic operations. The navigation tool includes machine readable code for displaying the operating rules, reading locations from the GPS while indicating them on a moving map display, and a trip database with a planned transoceanic route for an individual flight configured by entry of waypoints or names and selection of predefined tracks. The tool has a checklist database and displays checklists for pre-departure, coast-out flight phase, waypoint-reached, and a coast-in flight phases; and may provide a heading and next-waypoint timing for rhumb-line routes from GPS failure locations to the next waypoint of the active route. The tool links as a master/secondary pair with another like tool.

Abstract: In some embodiments, techniques are provided for verifying operability of an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver included in a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which includes receiving ADS-B data representative of ADS-B messages broadcast by traffic within a reception range of the ADS-B receiver during a first period of time, estimating a traffic environment for a service area spanning, at least in part, a first operating area of the first UAV during the first period of time, determining an expected observed traffic of the first UAV during the first period of time based on the estimated traffic environment, and verifying operability of the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV based on a comparison between the expected observed traffic of the first UAV and the traffic associated with the ADS-B data received by the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic system for providing access to a useable, tailored database of selectable items for a user, e.g., user selectable routes entered by pilot users to utilize for flight planning and aircraft route guidance, and other related information from a remote processing center to a local unit over wireless, wire line, or telecommunications network or combination thereof. The disclosure more particularly relates, for example, to an electronic system including one or more remote processing centers and a plurality of local units, e.g., a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, cellular device, or mobile telephone unit, for providing to a pilot's local unit information of other pilot users from one or more databases, in particular, a pilot user's route with FAA identifiers (such as airports, VORs, NDBs, waypoints, reporting points, airways, etc.

Abstract: It is determined whether the number of second probe apparatuses in the vicinity of a first probe apparatus satisfies a volume threshold requirement. Responsive to determining that the volume threshold requirement is satisfied, an instance of individual probe data is generated and provided. Responsive to determining that the volume threshold requirement is not satisfied, it is determined if a first instance of collaborative probe data corresponds to a portion of a trajectory of the first probe apparatus. Responsive to determining that the first instance of collaborative probe data corresponds to the portion of the trajectory, a contribution is added to the first instance of collaborative probe data and the updated first instance of collaborative probe data is provided. Otherwise, a first instance of collaborative probe data is generated that comprises a partial representation of probe data corresponding to the portion of the trajectory of the first probe apparatus.

Abstract: A method for generating an executable simulation program and simulating control device communication between a control device to be tested and at least one further control device includes: transferring a description of transmit and receive interfaces into a database; identifying interfaces of the control device to be tested; generating interfaces of the at least one further control device for each interface of the control device to be tested; storing the generated interface elements in the database; providing a configuration for the simulation of the control device communication between the control device to be tested and the at least one further control device; generating the executable simulation program; and simulating the control device communication.

Abstract: A method is provided for using sensor sources near a target destination to identify conflicts with an approach plan to the target destination, and more particularly, to soliciting sensor data from sensor sources having the target destination within their field of view to identify conflicts with an approach plan to the target destination. Methods may include: identifying a vehicle approaching a target destination with a target destination delivery plan for an article; identifying at least one sensor source proximate the target destination; obtaining sensor data from the at least one sensor source proximate the target destination; determining, based on the sensor data from the at least one sensor source proximate the target destination, a conflict with the target destination delivery plan for the article; and causing the target destination delivery plan for the article to change in response to the conflict with the target destination delivery plan for the article.

Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft interface device may comprise receiving a request for a data dictionary from an electronic flight bag application and transmitting the data dictionary to the electronic flight bag application. The data dictionary may comprise a mapping between a plurality of parameters associated with an aircraft and a plurality of parameter identifiers. Values of the parameters may be retrieved by the aircraft interface device. The method may also include receiving a request for values of one or more of the parameters from the electronic flight bag, retrieving values of the parameters, and transmitting the values of the parameters to the electronic flight bag application.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method for monitoring recurrent aircraft faults is disclosed. The method comprises (a) retrieving a plurality of data entries from an aircraft. The plurality of data entries may comprise semantic information about a plurality of recurrent aircraft faults. The method also comprises (b) using a trained natural language processing algorithm, establishing a plurality of pairwise relations of the plurality of data entries, a pairwise relation corresponding to a recurrent fault of the plurality of recurrent aircraft faults. The method also comprises (c) generating one or more alerts from the plurality of pairwise relations. Finally, the method comprises (d) presenting the one or more alerts in a user interface.

Abstract: A server device of the present invention is capable of establishing communication with an information terminal and issues a domain that specifies an airspace and is formed of at least first to third domain information. The server device includes: an entry processing unit configured to process a domain issuance request from the information terminal; and a domain issuance unit that issues a sky domain in response to the issuance request. The information terminal transmits at least area information and third domain information. The domain issuance unit issues a sky domain indicative of an airspace in which the first domain information is a predetermined character string, the second domain information is a character string corresponding to the area information, and the third domain information is a character string transmitted from the information terminal.

Abstract: An air rights management system to enable a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle to legally pass over owned land under permission of landowner. A management server includes an air rights management database, a customer data management database and a map server. The map server includes a map database, a display to output map image data and a graphical user interface configured to receive operation data from the controller as input is generated. In response to the user operating the controller to designate a region, an arithmetic processor acquires topographical data, building height data and housing display data, and registers creation of air rights in an air rights management main table of the air rights management database. Additionally, the arithmetic processor registers a set region and a set time period of the air rights in an air rights creation data table, and registers the customer data in the customer table.

Abstract: A trajectory planning method for determining a flight trajectory (FB) for an aerial vehicle (1) in a three-dimensional space from a starting point (VP1) to a finishing point (VP2), in which a) a first trajectory planning, confined to a first plane or area in the three-dimensional space, is carried out in order to obtain a first trajectory planning result with a first trajectory profile (BP1); b) a second trajectory planning, confined to a second plane or area (SE), different from the first plane or area in the three-dimensional space, is carried out in order to obtain a second trajectory planning result; and c) the first trajectory planning result and the second trajectory planning result are combined to form an overall trajectory planning result for the flight trajectory (FB).

Abstract: Systems and methods for lag optimization of pilot intervention is provided. A critical event may be identified while an electric aircraft is in an autopilot mode and operating primarily under autonomous functions; as a result, a flight controller of the system may switch from an autopilot mode to a manual mode, allowing pilot intervention. System made determine a lag duration as a function of the critical event and a phase of operation of the electric aircraft to determine a lag duration before pilot intervention occurs.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing information with a Flight Management System (FMS) with a receiving unit comprising receiving an uplink transmission of data directly or indirectly from the receiving unit, determining if the load was successful, generating a status message related to whether or not the load was successful, outputting data including a sequence number and a status message, and flying an aircraft according to a flight plan.

Abstract: A system and method for compiling and dynamically reconfiguring the management of functionalities carried among a set of multiple common compute nodes. During the inoperation of one node of the set of multiple common compute nodes, higher-criticality functionalities can be reassigned to other common nodes to ensure maintained operation of the higher-criticality functionalities.