Patent ID: 6810322
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G01S,G06F,G08G

Abstract:
A method for target correlation between target information in an air traffic control system, the method comprising:comparing selected components of a first target report associated with a first target surveillance service and a first target to selected components of a second target report associated with a second target surveillance service and a second target; producing a confidence level for each component comparison; and determining whether the first target of the first target retort and the second target of the second target report represent the same target based on the confidence level for each component compared, wherein comparing selected components of a first target report associated with a first target surveillance service and a first target to selected components of a second target report associated with a second target surveillance service and a second target further comprises comparing selected components of a first target report associated with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) target surveillance service and a first target to selected components of a second target report associated with a Traffic Information Service target surveillance service and a second target.