Method and system to filter and sort clearances in air traffic control (ATC) transcription

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12469395-B2
Application number	US-202217812050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2022
Priority date	May 30, 2022
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A method of displaying information is provided. The method includes displaying, by a transcription app, a set of traffic operating in airspace of a first category of traffic and second category traffic wherein the first category of traffic includes a set of aircraft that is operating within a defined range to the ownship in comparison to the second category of traffic that includes another set of aircraft that is operating outside the defined range to the ownship; classifying the first category of traffic at the closer distance to the ownship as proximate traffic and the second category of traffic at the further distance to the ownship as non-proximate traffic for enabling at least selection of either the proximate traffic or the non-proximate traffic on the display device for decluttering the display of traffic on the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of displaying transcribed messages from Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications, the method comprising:
displaying, by a transcription app hosted on a display device, a set of traffic operating in airspace of an ownship wherein the set of traffic is categorized in a first category of traffic and a second category traffic, wherein the first category of traffic comprises a set of aircraft that is operating within a defined range to the ownship in comparison to the second category of traffic that comprises another set of aircraft that is operating outside the defined range to the ownship wherein the defined range comprises a user-configured range or an automatically configured range; classifying, by the transcription app, the first category of traffic operating within the defined range to the ownship as proximate traffic, and the second category of traffic operating outside the defined range to the ownship as non-proximate traffic for enabling at least selection of either messages associated with the proximate traffic or the non-proximate traffic on the display device for decluttering a display of traffic on the display device; generating, by the transcription app, a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display device that is populated with one or more messages associated with each aircraft displayed on the display device from either the first or second category that comprises the proximate traffic and the non-proximate traffic wherein the one or more messages are configured for display in a message list associated with each aircraft and have been identified for display in the message list by a flight call sign converted from a flight identifier associated with the aircraft; sorting, by the transcription app, the message list of the one or more messages for display in accordance with at least a priority scheme or a time-based sequence wherein the message list is associated with at least one aircraft of either the first or second category of proximate or non-proximate traffic; identifying, using the transcription app, a lead aircraft by a user selection action via the GUI on the display wherein the lead aircraft is from either the proximate or non-proximate traffic, and the message list associated with the lead aircraft is displayed upon the user selection action; validating, by the transcription app, a spoken callsign associated with the one or more messages based on data related to the callsign stored in a callsign database wherein the callsign database is in communication with the transcription app; enabling a set of actions comprising at least searching and sorting, by the transcription app, one or more messages based on user input via the transcription app wherein the user input includes voice and text input via at least a flight deck and comprises at least data related to a flight identification number, the callsign, or certain aircraft parameters; and decluttering, by the transcription app, the display of proximate or non-proximate traffic based on selection or removal of either a set of proximate or non-proximate traffic associated with one or more messages for display.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
enabling the set of actions comprising at least selecting and sorting, by the transcription app, one or more messages for display based on proximity or user criteria related to the ownship.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
enabling the set of actions comprising selecting and filtering, by the transcription app, one or more messages for display based on user input or automatically by the transcription app in accordance with an ownship heading.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
filtering, by the transcription app, one or more messages based on at least Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) data and Traffic Information System-Broadcast (TISB) data that is made available to the transcription app wherein the ADS data comprises at least parameters that comprise aircraft type and category.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein one or more messages are made available to the transcription app via a data link in a cockpit.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying, by the transcription app, a set of the one or more messages that are reduced and associated with the aircraft along with an aircraft icon which is expandable upon the user selection action that enables a display of an expanded list of messages wherein a reduced set of one or more messages minimizes pilot review time and post flight analysis.

7 . A system for displaying aircraft traffic comprising:
a transcription app that is operatively coupled to a display device to display a set of traffic operating in airspace of an ownship wherein the set of traffic is categorized in a first category of traffic and second category traffic wherein the first category of traffic comprises a set of aircraft that is operating within a defined range to the ownship in comparison to the second category of traffic that comprises another set of aircraft that is operating outside the defined range to the ownship wherein the defined range comprises at least a user-configured range; wherein the transcription app is configured with a classifier to classify a first category of traffic operating within the defined range as proximate traffic, and the second category of traffic operating outside the defined range as non-proximate traffic for enabling at least selection of either the proximate traffic or the non-proximate traffic on the display device to cause less clutter on a display of traffic on the display device; wherein the transcription app is operatively coupled to a graphical user interface (GUI) and is configured with the display device to populate a listing of messages associated with each aircraft on the display device that comprises at least one aircraft displayed from either the first or second category comprising proximate traffic and non-proximate traffic wherein a message list includes a set of one or more messages identified on the display by a flight call sign converted from a flight identifier of the aircraft and is displayed with each message in the message list wherein each message is sequentially identified by the flight call sign; wherein the transcription app is configured to sort the set of one or more messages of the message for display in accordance with a priority or a time-based sequence wherein the set of one or more messages is associated with the at least one aircraft of either the first or second category of proximate or non-proximate traffic; wherein the transcription app is configured to identify a lead aircraft by a user selection action via the GUI on the display wherein the lead aircraft is from either the proximate or non-proximate traffic and the message list associated with the lead aircraft is displayed upon the user selection action; wherein the transcription app is configured to validate a callsign from the one or more messages based on data of the callsign stored in a callsign database wherein the callsign database is in communication with the transcription app; wherein the transcription app is configured to search one or more messages based on user input that comprises at least data related to a flight identification number or the callsign; and wherein the transcription app is configured to declutter the display of proximate or non-proximate traffic based on user input selection of either a set of proximate or non-proximate traffic associated with one or more messages for display.

8 . The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
wherein the transcription app is configured to select one or more messages for display based on proximity or user criteria related to the owns

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Agarwal Jitender Kumar

Classifications

• G08G5/25

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft · CPC title

• B64D43/00

  Arrangements or adaptations of instruments · CPC title

• G08G5/26

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title

• G08G5/723

  from the aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/21 Primary

  located onboard the aircraft · CPC title