Patent ID: 6359583
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G01S,G08G

Abstract:
A ground based millimeter wave imaging system, which provides real-time millimeter wave images of an airport to at least one aircraft from at least one ground station, comprising:a millimeter wave transceiver, the millimeter wave transceiver being located in said ground station, said millimeter wave transceiver collecting real-time millimeter wave images of the airport; an image processor operatively connected to the at least one millimeter wave transceiver and located in said ground station, the image processor processing real-time millimeter wave images of the airport and acquiring location information and attitude information for each at least one aircraft; and a data link, the data link allowing communication of information between the aircraft and the ground station, the ground station transmitting the processed real-time millimeter wave images to the at least one aircraft using the data link.