Patent ID: 9405005
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G01S,G08G

Claim Text:
1. An ADS-B system coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle for increased situational awareness and self-separation assurance comprising: a telemetry system in said unmanned aerial vehicle, said telemetry system including a transceiver for wireless communication with a ground control station; at least one GPS/WAAS antenna disposed on said unmanned aerial vehicle; at least an upper and lower UAT antenna disposed on said unmanned aerial vehicle; at least one altitude encoder, a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) in said unmanned aerial vehicle and in communication with said telemetry system for compiling ownship ADS-B Out messages and for receiving air-to-air ADS-B In messages from nearby aircraft and ADS-R and TIS-B messages from ground based transceivers, said UAT further comprising a digital computer programmed with control software comprising computer instructions stored on non-transitory computer memory for storing said ADS-B In messages and consolidating said ADS-B In messages with said ADS-B Out messages, and for communicating said consolidated ADS-B Out messages to said telemetry system for transmission to a ground control station; and a ground control station (GCS) comprising a digital computer programmed with control software stored on non-transitory computer memory, said software including, a translation module for generating KML scripts from ADS-B Out and ADS-B In data, and a synthetic display management user-interface for providing a synthetic user-configurable three-dimensional display of said ADS-B Out and ADS-B In data on a geobrowser.