Thresholds for transmitting weather data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732259-B2
Application number	US-201916239263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A method for processing weather data, where the method includes receiving, at a vehicle and from a base station, a request for weather data, wherein the request comprises an indication of a specified location in space for the weather data. The method further includes determining two or more parameters, wherein a first parameter of the two or more parameters comprises a distance between the vehicle and the specified location in space. The method further includes calculating a confidence level based on the two or more parameters, wherein the confidence level indicates an estimated accuracy for the weather data obtained from the vehicle. The method further includes determining whether the confidence level exceeds a threshold level and determining whether to transmit the weather data to the base station based on whether the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for processing weather data, the method comprising:
receiving, at a vehicle and from a base station, a request for weather data, wherein the request comprises an indication of a specified location in space for the weather data;
determining two or more parameters;
calculating a confidence level based on the two or more parameters, wherein the confidence level indicates an estimated accuracy for the weather data obtained from the vehicle;
determining that the confidence level exceeds a threshold level; and
transmitting the weather data to the base station in response to determining that the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an angle between a heading vector for the vehicle and a vertical line through the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an altitude of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a parameter of the two or more parameters comprises a radar capability for the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more parameters comprise:
an angle between a heading vector for the vehicle and a vertical line through the vehicle; and
an altitude of the vehicle,
wherein calculating the confidence level based on the two or more parameters comprises applying a confidence model that specifies a first respective weight for the angle and a second respective weight for the altitude, and
wherein the first respective weight for the angle is larger than the second respective weight for the altitude.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the confidence level to the base station.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the confidence level does not exceed the threshold level;
refraining from transmitting the weather data to the base station in response to determining that the confidence level does not exceed the threshold level; and
transmitting the confidence level to the base station in response to determining that the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

8. A system for processing weather data onboard a vehicle, the system comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, a request for weather data, wherein the request comprises an indication of a specified location in space for the weather data; and
processing circuitry configured to:
determine two or more parameters;
calculate a confidence level based on the two or more parameters, wherein the confidence level indicates an estimated accuracy for the weather data obtained from the vehicle,
determine that the confidence level exceeds a threshold level, and
cause the transceiver to transmit the weather data to the base station in response to determining that the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein a first parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an angle between a heading vector for the vehicle and a vertical line through the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein a second parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an altitude of the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein a third parameter of the two or more parameters comprises a radar capability for the vehicle.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the two or more parameters comprise:
an angle between a heading vector for the vehicle and a vertical line through the vehicle; and
an altitude of the vehicle,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate the confidence level based on the two or more parameters comprises applying a confidence model that specifies a first respective weight for the angle and a second respective weight for the altitude, and
wherein the first respective weight for the angle is larger than the second respective weight for the altitude.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit the confidence level to the base station.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
determine that the confidence level does not exceed the threshold level;
cause the transceiver to refrain from transmitting the weather data to the base station based on the processing circuitry determining that the confidence level not exceeding the threshold level; and
cause the transceiver to transmit the confidence level to the base station in response to determining that the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

15. The system of claim 8 , wherein the indication for the specified location in space comprises:
a latitude for the specified location in space;
a longitude for the specified location in space;
an altitude for the specified location in space; and
at least one range value.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one range value comprises a radius of a sphere centered on the specified location in space.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one range value comprises three distance values indicating three sides of a three-dimensional box centered on the specified location in space.

18. A device comprising a computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, configured to be executable by processing circuitry for causing the processing circuitry to:
receive, from a base station, a request for weather data, wherein the request comprises an indication of a specified location in space for the weather data;
determine two or more parameters;
calculate a confidence level based on the two or more parameters, wherein the confidence level indicates an estimated accuracy for the weather data obtained from the vehicle;
determine whether the confidence level exceeds a threshold level; and
determine whether to transmit the weather data to the base station based on whether the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

19. The device of claim 18 ,
wherein a first parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an angle between a heading vector for the vehicle and a vertical line through the vehicle, and
wherein a second parameter of the two or more parameters comprises an altitude of the vehicle.

20. The device of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are configured to be executable by the processing circuitry for causing the processing circuitry to:
determine that the confidence level does not exceed the threshold level;
refrain from transmitting the weather data to the base station based on determining that the confidence level does not exceed the threshold level; and
transmit the confidence level to the base station based on determining that the confidence level exceeds the threshold level.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Wang Haiming

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