Method and system for target aircraft and target obstacle alertness and awareness

Abstract

There is provided systems and methods for pilot alertness and awareness of target aircraft and target obstacle that are flying within a proceeding flight path collision. Transmitted guiding sound signals consisting of three dimensional effects and tonal sounds are generated by a flight unit, and sent to the pilot's headset for the desired purpose of directing the pilot's head position to locate the target aircraft and target obstacle. The flight unit processes time of collision from received target aircraft broadcast, and contain at least GPS data and target obstacle information from stored navigational maps. The flight unit further receives the pilot's head position through means of a head tracker. Furthermore, the flight unit is able to perform the functions of, storing piloted flight information, voice language instruction, flight assisted notification, and communicating with one or multiple mobile devices such for the information to be displayed visually, and is upgradable remotely.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system including one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform the operations of:
 tracking a head position of a pilot's head;   determining a direction of a target aircraft relative to the head position; and   generating a guiding sound signal to an output device, the guiding sound signal indicating a collision warning.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to further perform the operations of:
 generating positional information of a first aircraft; and   estimating, based on positional information of the target aircraft and the positional information of the first aircraft, a time of collision between the first aircraft and the target aircraft.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to further perform the operations of:
 receiving a broadcast signal from the target aircraft formatted according to a protocol selected from the group consisting of: ADS-B, ADS-R, TIS-B, Mode 3A or A, Mode C, Mode S, and Wi-Fi.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the guiding sound signal is a three dimensional sound effect indicating a position of the target aircraft. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the guiding sound signal is a tone modulation effect. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the guiding sound signal includes an indication of an identity of the target aircraft. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to further perform the operations of:
 determining the head position by monitoring the inertial movement of the pilot's head.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to further perform the operations of:
 determining the head position by a head tracking unit configured to evaluate the position of the pilot's head.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is configured to further perform the operations of:
 determining the head position by monitoring the spatial position and movement of the pilot's head with a camera.   
     
     
         10 . A method of aircraft traffic awareness and alertness, the method comprising:
 determining a head position of a pilot's head;   determining a direction of a target aircraft relative to the head position; and   generating a guiding sound signal, the guiding sound signal indicating the position of the target aircraft.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the guiding sound signal is a three dimensional sound effect. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the guiding sound signal is a tone modulation effect. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving a broadcast signal from the target aircraft that is formatted according to a protocol selected from the group consisting of ADS-B, ADS-R, TIS-B, Mode 3A or A, Mode C, Mode S, and   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 estimating a time of collision between the first aircraft and the target aircraft by a linear interpolation of a flight path of the target aircraft based on positional information of the target aircraft.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 generating a guiding visual signal, wherein the guiding visual signal is a three dimensional indicator of a position of the target aircraft.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 measuring a head position and receiving a compass measurement from a compass sensor.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 measuring a head position and receiving an inertial measurement from an inertial measurement unit.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving a voice command; and   performing a task based on the voice command.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving positional information of the target aircraft and wherein the positional information of the target aircraft includes a location of the target aircraft, a heading of the target aircraft, and a velocity of the target aircraft.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising estimating a time of collision between the first aircraft and the target aircraft based on positional information of the first aircraft. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the guiding sound signal includes an indication of an identity of the target aircraft.