US Patent 8,599,064 Systems and methods for radar data communication

United States Patent: 8599064

Systems and methods for radar data communication

Inventors:	Bunch; Brian (Snohomish, WA), Szeto; Roland (Seattle, WA), Miller; Brad (Kent, WA)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type Bunch; Brian Szeto; Roland Miller; Brad Snohomish Seattle Kent WA WA WA US US US
Assignee:	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ)
Appl. No.:	12/040,706
Filed:	February 29, 2008

Abstract A radar information processing system is operable to process high bandwidth radar information received from a radar system into low bandwidth radar information that may be communicated to a low bandwidth connection coupled to an electronic flight bag (EFB). An exemplary embodiment receives radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth; processes the received radar information into processed radar information, the processed radar information configured for communication over a connection operable at a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth lower than the first bandwidth; and communicates the radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth.

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For air transport, NASA contracted in May 1998 with a team led by Honeywell to develop a worldwide weather distribution and display system. The five-year contract covers the Phoenix, Ariz.-based company’s work on an "end-to-end solution...to get timely weather information to and from the aircraft," says Keith Hughes, program manager. "We’ll get the information from a variety of sources–satellite images, ground weather services, other aircraft en route–process it, distribute it, and display it in the cockpit in near real time."
The program’s intent is to improve the weather information provided to the airline dispatcher, air traffic controller, and aircrews, according to Daniel Leger, project lead at Honeywell, who adds, "Ideally, for efficiency in decision making, all three would look at the same information."
Honeywell’s program is called WINN, for weather information network, and should not be confused with CWIN (cockpit weather information), which is an earlier NASA research program. Honeywell selected the following team members for the WINN project:
- See more at: http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/commercial/Weather-in-the-Cockpit_12704.html#.Up-V-OIud6o

For air transport, NASA contracted in May 1998 with a team led by Honeywell to develop a worldwide weather distribution and display system. The five-year contract covers the Phoenix, Ariz.-based company’s work on an "end-to-end solution...to get timely weather information to and from the aircraft," says Keith Hughes, program manager. "We’ll get the information from a variety of sources–satellite images, ground weather services, other aircraft en route–process it, distribute it, and display it in the cockpit in near real time."

The program’s intent is to improve the weather information provided to the airline dispatcher, air traffic controller, and aircrews, according to Daniel Leger, project lead at Honeywell, who adds, "Ideally, for efficiency in decision making, all three would look at the same information."

Honeywell’s program is called WINN...

- See more at: http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/commercial/Weather-in-the-Cockpit_12704.html#.Up-V-OIud6o

 

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