Patent ID: 7925424
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of using airport surveillance data to define common paths taken by vehicles on an airport surface movement area, the method comprising: accessing a collected data set of position data points for a plurality of vehicles operating on the airport surface movement area, each of the plurality of vehicles having similar origins and similar destinations to one another; creating a path for each of the plurality of vehicles between the origin and the destination using the position data points; measuring an area between the path of each vehicle and the path of each of the other vehicles; defining a minimum area criterion based on the airport surface area; recursively performing a process comprising the steps of: saving the vehicles included in each of the confirmed groups onto a computer readable medium for at least one of review by an individual, production of a graphical display on a computer terminal identifying the paths of vehicles included in each of the confirmed groups, and production of a presentation document identifying the paths of vehicles included in each of the confirmed groups.