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US 12,448,147 · App. 17/760,121 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Aircraft landing guidance support system and aircraft landing integrated support system including the same

Inventor: Yukio Enda (Yotsukaidou, JP)
Assignee: G.K. Thousand's
B64D45/04B64F1/36G01S19/07G01S19/11G01S19/15G08G5/54
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Patent No.
US 12,448,147
App. No.
17/760,121
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The aircraft landing guidance support system has a correction GPS mobile station and an information processing equipment, which includes a display unit and is configured to process an RTK-GPS signal received from the correction GPS mobile station and perform a prescribed display on the display unit. The aircraft landing integrated support system has a correction GPS reference station, a pseudo GPS signal transmitter, and the aircraft landing guidance support system. The information processing equipment stores a computer program configured to cause the information processing equipment to function as a means for recording landing route data containing landing route information, a means for recording current position information data containing current position information based on the RTK-GPS signal, and a means for displaying the landing route data and the current position information on the display unit of the information processing equipment.

Claims (48)

1. An aircraft landing guidance support system comprising:

a correction GPS mobile station including a GPS receiver and an RTK-GPS receiver; and

an information processing equipment including a display unit, the information processing equipment configured to process, moment to moment, a GPS signal and an RTK-GPS signal received by the correction GPS mobile station, wherein

the GPS receiver and the RTK-GPS receiver are installed on an aircraft, and a position of the GPS receiver and the RTK-GPS receiver change with the position of the aircraft,

the RTK-GPS signal includes difference information between a geoid height correction coordination of a base position and known GPS coordinates of the base position, the geoid height correction coordination being obtained by performing a geoid height correction at coordination of the base position and by correcting installation altitude information for an installation position at which a correction GPS reference station and a landing ground point is set when the correction GPS reference station or the landing ground point is set high above a ground surface, the landing ground point being set as a position for a reliable landing, and wherein

the information processing equipment is configured to:

record landing route data containing landing route information;

record current position information data containing, as altitude information of the correction

GPS mobile station, information being obtained by correcting an altitude of the correction GPS mobile station based on the difference information included in the RTK-GPS signal, wherein the altitude of the correction GPS mobile station is calculated based on the GPS signal which the correction GPS mobile station has received; and

display the landing route data and the current position information on the display unit of the information processing equipment.

2. The aircraft landing guidance support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the correction GPS mobile station includes a pseudo GPS receiver receiving a pseudo GPS signal from a correction GPS reference station fixed on the base position, and

the information processing equipment is configured calculate, based on the pseudo GPS signal, a distance between the correction GPS mobile station and the correction GPS reference station and calculate, based on a calculated distance, an altitude difference between the altitude of the correction GPS mobile station and an elevation of the correction GPS reference station.

3. The aircraft landing guidance support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the correction GPS mobile station is installed in an aircraft, and

the computer program is configured to further cause the information processing equipment to function as a means for displaying a forward view that can be seen from the aircraft installing the correction GPS mobile station as a current position information of the aircraft on the display unit.

4. The aircraft landing guidance support system according to claim 3 , wherein

the base position is determined such that a correction GPS reference station, which is installed at the base position, can cover a range in which landing operations are to be performed, and

the computer program is configured to further cause the information processing equipment to function as a means for displaying an ideal landing route that extends, using a perspective method, from a touchdown point of the aircraft on the display unit.

5. The aircraft landing guidance support system according to claim 4 , wherein

the range, in which landing operations are to be performed, has a radius of 10 km from a landing reference point of the aircraft.

6. The aircraft landing guidance support system according to claim 2 , wherein

the base position includes at least 3 positions, and

the pseudo GPS receiver is configured to receive the pseudo GPS signal from the correction GPS reference station installed in each of the at least 3 positions.

7. An aircraft landing integrated support system comprising:

a correction GPS reference station having an RTK-GPS transmitter; and

an aircraft landing guidance support system including:

a correction GPS mobile station including a GPS receiver and an RTK-GPS receiver; and

an information processing equipment including a display unit, the information processing equipment configured to process, moment to moment, a GPS signal and an RTK-GPS signal received by the correction GPS mobile station, wherein

the GPS receiver and the RTK-GPS receiver are installed on an aircraft, and a position of the GPS receiver and the RTK-GPS receiver change with the position of the aircraft,

wherein the correction GPS reference station generates, as the RTK-GPS signal, difference information between geoid height correction coordinates of the correction GPS reference station and GPS position coordinates of the correction GPS mobile station, the geoid height correction coordinates being obtained by performing a geoid height correction of an installation position at which the correction GPS reference station and a landing ground point is set and by correcting installation altitude information for the installation position when the correction when the correction GPS reference station or the landing ground point is set high above a ground surface, the landing ground point being set as a position for a reliable landing,

wherein the correction GPS reference station transmits the RTK-GPS signal from the RTK-GPS transmitter to the RTK-GPS receiver of the correction GPS mobile station, and

wherein the information processing equipment is configured to:

record landing route data containing landing route information;

record current position information data containing, as altitude information of the correction GPS mobile station, information being obtained by correcting an altitude of the correction GPS mobile station based on the difference information included in the RTK-GPS signal, wherein the altitude of the correction GPS mobile station is calculated based on the GPS signal which the correction GPS mobile station has received; and

display the landing route data and the current position information on the display unit of the information processing equipment.

8. The aircraft landing integrated support system according to claim 7 , wherein

the correction GPS reference station includes a pseudo GPS transmitter transmitting a pseudo GPS signal,

the correction GPS mobile station includes a pseudo GPS receiver receiving the pseudo GPS signal, and

the information processing equipment is configured to calculate, based on the pseudo GPS signal, a distance between the correction GPS mobile station and the correction GPS reference station and calculate, based on a calculated distance, an altitude difference between the altitude of the correction GPS mobile station and an elevation of the correction GPS reference station.

9. The aircraft landing integrated support system according to claim 4 , wherein

the correction GPS reference station is installed in each of at least 3 positions, and

the pseudo GPS receiver is configured to receive the pseudo GPS signal from the correction GPS reference station installed in each of the at least 3 positions.

10. The aircraft landing integrated support system according to claim 4 , wherein

the correction GPS mobile station is installed in an aircraft, and

the correction GPS reference station is installed at a position at which the correction GPS reference station can cover a range in which landing operations are to be performed.

11. The aircraft landing integrated support system according to claim 10 , wherein

the range, in which landing operations are to be performed, has a radius of 10 km from a landing reference point of the aircraft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2022
From: ENDA, YUKIO
To: G.K. THOUSAND'S
Reel/Frame 061072/0108 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-018387 · Feb 5, 2020 · national
JP 2020-103473 · Jun 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230045232A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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