Patent ID: 11867529
Assignee: RUMFERT, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of monitoring and initializing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) altitude for use with a Airborne Wireless Sensing System (AWSS), the AWSS associated with a UAS and operative to communicate Remote Identification (RID) data (RIDD) to a remote receiver/display device (RRDD), the AWSS having one or more sensor modules for sensing UAS flight data, the one or more sensor modules comprising at least a primary pressure altitude sensor module operative to measure UAS pressure altitude, a non-volatile memory (NVM) for storing altitude initialization data and computer instructions, and a processor for executing the computer instructions and interfacing with the one or more sensor modules, the computer instructions including instructions to execute an altitude initialization and monitor function (AIMF), the RRDD having an input and display configured to receive inputs and display data on one or more graphical user interface (GUI) display pages, the AWSS and RRDD having communication modules for establishing a communication link there between, the method comprising:
initializing the AWSS prior to flight while the UAS is on or near the ground, the initialization including at least the step of reading altitude initialization parameters and storing the initialization parameters into AWSS NVM;
launching the UAS to create an in-flight state;
sensing raw UAS pressure altitude while the UAS is in-flight by periodically sampling the primary pressure altitude sensor;
determining the UAS corrected pressure altitude based on the sensed raw pressure altitude and the stored altitude initialization parameters using the AWSS processor;
transmitting the UAS corrected pressure altitude;
receiving and displaying on the remote receiver/display device (RRDD), the transmitted UAS corrected pressure altitude;
monitoring UAS corrected pressure altitude and determining the need for a re-initialization; and
executing a re-initialization of the AWSS responsive to a reset request from the RRDD, the re-initialization including at least the steps of re-reading the altitude initialization parameters.