System and method for monitoring a communication channel and displaying information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9922569-B2
Application number	US-201615014347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2016
Priority date	Feb 3, 2016
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring a communication channel and displaying information. A signal is received via the communication channel and signal information is extracted from the signal. The signal information is monitored for a predetermined indicator. Selected information is extracted from the signal information when the predetermined indicator is detected in the signal information and then displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for monitoring a communication channel and displaying information comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a signal via the communication channel;
a processor configured to extract signal information from the signal;
a monitoring device configured to monitor the signal information for a predetermined indicator, extract selected information from the signal information when the predetermined indicator is detected in the signal information, and prioritize the selected information based upon the detected predetermined indicator; and
a display configured to display the selected information,
wherein the predetermined indicator includes an ownership call sign and a relevant keyword.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display a symbol corresponding to the predetermined indicator.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the selected information includes a location and the display is configured to display the symbol at the location on a map.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected information includes an identifier associated with a source of the selected information.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal is received via an air traffic control radio channel.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to extract the signal information with speech recognition to generate a transcription of communications transmitted over the communication channel, and the display is configured to display the transcription.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the transcription is a communication history thread of all communications transmitted over the communication channel.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device is configured to prioritize the selected information based upon a flight path.

9. A method for monitoring a communication channel and displaying information, comprising:
receiving a signal via the communication channel;
extracting signal information from the signal;
monitoring the signal information for a predetermined indicator, the predetermined indicator including an ownership call sign and a relevant keyword;
extracting selected information from the signal information when the predetermined indicator is detected in the signal information;
prioritizing the selected information based upon the detected predetermined indicator; and
displaying the selected information.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying a symbol corresponding to the predetermined indicator.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying the symbol on a map at a location extracted from the selected information.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying an identifier associated with a source extracted from the selected information.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the signal is received via an air traffic control radio channel.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
extracting a transcription of communications transmitted over the communication channel using speech recognition; and
displaying the transcription.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the transcription is a communication history thread of all communications transmitted over the communication channel.

16. The method of claim 8 , further comprising prioritizing the selected information based upon a flight path.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Bilek Jan
• Lacko Ivan
• Vasek Jiri

Classifications

• G08G5/0021

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C23/00 Primary

  Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration · CPC title

• G08G5/0008

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/046

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G08G5/0047 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic