Patent ID: 8862381
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An air navigation obstacle reporting and notification system, comprising: a control server, wherein said control server is adapted to receive and store new obstacle data; a satellite uploader in communication with said control server to receive said new obstacle data; a satellite unit in communication with said satellite uploader, wherein said satellite uploader is adapted to upload selected obstacle data to said satellite unit and wherein said satellite unit is adapted to broadcast said selected obstacle data via a data signal; a space-based global navigation satellite system that broadcasts a plurality of signals; and a navigation receiver positioned within an aircraft, wherein said navigation receiver includes a satellite receiver, a global position receiver and a warning unit, wherein said satellite receiver is adapted to receive said data signal from said satellite unit to update an obstacle database within said navigation receiver with said selected obstacle data, wherein said global position receiver is adapted to receive said plurality of signals to calculate a position and a heading of said aircraft, and wherein said navigation receiver compares said position and said heading of said aircraft to obstacles within said obstacle database and emits an alarm to a pilot of said aircraft if a collision risk exists with a risk obstacle within said obstacle database; wherein said selected obstacle data is comprised of triaged obstacle data, wherein said satellite unit broadcasts high priority obstacle data before low priority obstacle data to said satellite receiver, wherein said high priority obstacle data is comprised of obstacles not assessed by the Federal Aviation Administration; wherein said control server determines what obstacle data within said new obstacle data is said high priority obstacle data and said low priority obstacle data.