Automated air traffic communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10186158-B2
Application number	US-201815860809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2018
Priority date	Dec 23, 2016
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Apparatus and methods related to aviation communications are included. A computing device can receive position data indicating a position of an aerial vehicle. The position can include an altitude. The computing device can determine, from a plurality of possible airspace classifications, a first airspace classification at the position of the aerial vehicle, where each airspace classification specifies one or more communication parameters for communication within an associated airspace. The computing device can select, from a plurality of communication repositories, a first communication repository that is associated with the first airspace classification, where each communication repository specifies a set of pre-defined communication components for at least one associated airspace classification. The computing device can generate a communication related to the aerial vehicle using the first communication repository. The computing device can send the generated communication to at least one recipient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving (i) position information for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and (ii) audio data encoding one or more aviation communications;
determining an airspace classification based on the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle;
obtaining, by an automated speech recognizer, a transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification; and
providing the transcription of the audio data for processing by the unmanned aerial vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aviation communications are directed to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises GPS coordinates for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
selecting one or more topics of communication associated with the airspace classification.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
limiting a vocabulary associated with the automated speech recognizer based at least on the airspace classification.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein limiting the vocabulary comprises selecting a subset of communication data from among a universal set of possible communication data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
selecting a subset of a universal set of communications data based at least on the airspace classification.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automated speech recognizer comprises speech recognition software.

10. A system comprising:
a processor configured to execute computer program instructions; and
a computer storage medium encoded with the computer program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving (i) position information for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and (ii) audio data encoding one or more aviation communications;
determining an airspace classification based on the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle;
obtaining, by an automated speech recognizer, a transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification; and
providing the transcription of the audio data for processing by the unmanned aerial vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more aviation communications are directed to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises GPS coordinates for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
selecting one or more topics of communication associated with the airspace classification.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
limiting a vocabulary associated with the automated speech recognizer based at least on the airspace classification.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein obtaining the transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification comprises:
selecting a subset of a universal set of communications data based at least on the airspace classification.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
receiving (i) position information for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and (ii) audio data encoding one or more aviation communications;
determining an airspace classification based on the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle;
obtaining, by an automated speech recognizer, a transcription of the audio data based at least on the airspace classification; and
providing the transcription of the audio data for processing by the unmanned aerial vehicle.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more aviation communications are directed to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

19. The device of claim 17 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

20. The device of claim 17 , wherein the position information for the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises GPS coordinates for the unmanned aerial vehicle.

Assignees

• X Dev Llc

Inventors

• Burgess James
• Thouppuarachchi Chirath
• Whiting Gregory

Classifications

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/46

  for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] · CPC title

• H04B7/18506

  Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• H04B7/185

  Space-based or airborne stations; {Stations for satellite systems}(H04B7/204 takes precedence) · CPC title