Patent ID: 11869346
Assignee: RUMFERT, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A processor system comprising computer software code executable on the processor system, the computer software code facilitating the detection and reporting of turbulence on and between a reporting aircraft and one or more receiving aircraft equipped with a turbulence detection system and an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance system, the turbulence detection system comprising at least a sensor and a processor, the ADS-B system comprising at least a transmitter system for transmitting ADS-B messages and a processor for receiving aircraft data inputs, including turbulence data, and encoding the aircraft data into ADS-B standard protocol messages for the transmitter to broadcast to other aircraft or ground stations, the broadcast ADS-B messages having industry standard definitions specified by a format type code associated with each message, the format type code defining the substance and format of the data contained therein, the ADS-B system comprising a plurality of defined message format type codes as well as a plurality of type codes ‘reserved’ for future growth the computer software code comprising:
first and second computer software codes programmed into, and executable on, the turbulence and ADS-B system processors respectively, the software operative to cause the turbulence and ADS-B systems to perform the sensing, processing, encoding and transmitting of turbulence messages from the reporting aircraft to one or more receiving aircraft, the first computer software code when executed in the turbulence processor:
causing the turbulence processor to periodically sample the turbulence sensor to obtain raw sensed turbulence data,
process the sampled raw turbulence sensor data to determine a turbulence intensity level, and
communicate the processed turbulence intensity level to the ADS-B processor, the second computer software code when executed in the ADS-B system processor operative to,
receive the turbulence intensity level data from the turbulence processor,
encode the sensed turbulence data into an ADS-B message, the message being structured in accordance with ADS-B standard messaging protocols, the message utilizing a numerical format type code defining the format and substance of the message contents, the message so constituted defining a turbulence message, and
communicate the turbulence message to the transmitter for broadcast to receiving aircraft or ground stations.