CN113947952A

CN113947952A - Method and equipment for meteorological information query

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Publication number: CN113947952A
Application number: CN202010689168.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姬晟轩; 曲小康; 张建强; 刘水; 弓珍珍
Original assignee: Huafeng Aike Meteorology Technology Beijing Co ltd
Current assignee: Huafeng Aike Meteorology Technology Beijing Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-17
Filing date: 2020-07-17
Publication date: 2022-01-18

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for weather information querying, comprising: receiving flight information related to a flight plan; receiving time information related to a flight plan; generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information; and outputting the weather information.

Description

Method and equipment for meteorological information query

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to querying of weather information, and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for querying of weather information.

Background

The weather information brings great convenience to life, and particularly in aviation-related scenes, the weather information is more important. This is because weather conditions are important not only for whether the aircraft can take off and land, but also for flight safety throughout the flight. Thus, not only the weather information of the takeoff position and the landing position but also the weather information along the way is desired for the aircraft driver and the passenger who wants to take the aircraft.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product for weather information querying.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for weather information query, comprising: receiving flight information related to a flight plan; receiving time information related to a flight plan; generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information; and outputting the weather information.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for weather information inquiry, including: an input unit configured to: receiving flight information related to a flight plan, and receiving time information related to the flight plan; a processor configured to: generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information; and an output unit configured to: and outputting the weather information.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform the steps of a method for weather information querying according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform the steps of a method for weather information querying according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the method, apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product for weather information query according to embodiments of the present disclosure, weather forecast information corresponding thereto is provided based not only on flight information such as flight number, airline, and the like, but also on time information related to a flight plan, so that a user (e.g., an airplane driver, an airplane passenger, and the like) can be made to obtain weather information along the way about an upcoming flight in advance. Compared with the scheme of providing the meteorological information only based on the flight information, the obtained meteorological information is richer and more real-time due to the consideration of the time information, and is more matched with the flight plan specific to the user, so that the method has more reference value for the user and provides greater convenience for the user. Meanwhile, the on-the-way weather forecast information matched with the specific flight plan is provided for the user in advance, so that the flight safety is improved, and particularly the on-the-way weather risk is prevented.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in more detail embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the attached drawings. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings, together with the embodiments of the disclosure, serve to explain the disclosure, but do not constitute a limitation of the disclosure. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to like parts, steps or elements unless otherwise explicitly indicated. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of one aspect of a weather information query and presentation method of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating another aspect of a weather information query and presentation method of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another aspect of a weather information query and presentation method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another aspect of a weather information query and presentation method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a weather information query and presentation device of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

6A-6C illustrate example diagrams of an interface to query aeronautical weather by flight according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

7A-7B illustrate example diagrams of interfaces for querying aeronautical weather by route, according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

8A-8F illustrate example diagrams of interfaces to query aeronautical weather by custom routes, according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 illustrates an example interface displaying airline warning information in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the disclosure is clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are only a few, and not all, of the disclosed embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In the description of the present disclosure, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Also, the use of the terms "a," "an," or "the" and similar referents do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item appearing before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect.

In addition, technical features involved in different embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide methods and apparatus that enable the display of weather information to a user in relation to the user's flight plan. Through the method, the device, the computer readable storage medium and the computer program product according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, rich and real-time weather information matched with a user-specific flight plan can be provided for a user, and the user can easily know weather information about air travel that the user wants to perform, so that the flight plan is reasonably arranged or adjusted, different routes are selected, and the like, thereby improving user experience and flight safety.

Methods according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in a variety of different forms. For example, the method may be provided in the form of an applet. Furthermore, the method may also be provided in the form of a web page or an application program (app) on various electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal computer, a large workstation, and the like. In another aspect, the method may also be embodied in a machine or computer-readable storage medium in the form of a computer program such that any device on which the computer program is installed may perform the steps of the method according to the present disclosure to provide weather information to a user regarding the user's flight plan. It should be noted that the above description is merely exemplary, and that methods according to embodiments of the present disclosure may also be embodied in various other ways.

The user's flight plan is typically related to the route, and the user with the flight plan is typically concerned with weather forecasts on the route related to the schedule. For example, if a user plans to take or pilot an airline's fixed airline aircraft from Beijing to Shanghai, the user may not only be interested in weather conditions in Beijing, Shanghai, but may be more likely to be interested in weather conditions that may be encountered on the entire airline from Beijing to Shanghai. For another example, for emergency rescue scenarios, if a user is ready to fly an aircraft from a current point to a rescue point, the user may be interested in weather forecast information in various possible routes from the current point to the rescue point (e.g., corresponding to different waypoints and/or flight heights), as the weather forecast information may help the user select the one route for which the weather conditions are most favorable for the flight mission.

Furthermore, the flight plan of the user is not only related to the route, but also to the time. Due to the complexity and variability of the high-altitude weather conditions, the weather conditions of the same airline vary greatly on different dates and even at different times on the same date. Thus, if the provided air route weather forecast does not match the time of the user's particular flight plan, its reference to the user also drops significantly.

It follows that weather forecast information relating to a user-specific flight plan is important to the user. However, there is no method provided in the prior art regarding the presentation of weather forecast information to a user regarding a flight plan that the user wants to make. This causes great inconvenience to the user having the flight plan.

In view of this, an aspect of the present disclosure provides a weather information query method, as shown in fig. 1, including the following steps:

step 101: flight information relating to a flight plan is received.

Step 102: time information relating to a flight plan is received.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a flight plan may be various arrangements and the like relating to the flight that is about to be taken by the aircraft. In one implementation, for example, for an aircraft with fixed airlines, different flight numbers may correspond to different flight plans. In another implementation, for example, for an aircraft used for emergency rescue or the like, the flight plan is related to the current location of the aircraft and the destination location of the task currently to be performed. In yet another implementation, for example, for private aircraft and the like, the flight plan is then related to the trip plan of the owner of the aircraft.

The flight information relating to the flight plan may be information relating to the actual flight procedure of the aircraft. As a non-limiting example, in one implementation, the flight information may include, for example, a flight number of the aircraft. In another implementation, the flight information may include, for example, a takeoff position, a landing position of the aircraft. In yet another implementation, the flight information may be, for example, information including airport-related information, such as departure airports, arrival airports, and the like. In yet another implementation, the flight information includes leg information corresponding to each of one or more legs.

The time information relating to the flight plan may be, for example, the takeoff time and/or the landing time of the aircraft. Alternatively, the time information relating to the flight plan may simply be the departure date of the aircraft. It should be understood that the time information related to the flight plan is not limited to the above examples, and the time information related to the flight plan may also be any other information from which various points in time when the aircraft will pass through multiple locations during an upcoming flight can be inferred.

A user who wants to obtain weather forecast information relating to his flight plan can query by entering information relating to his flight plan.

In one implementation, for example, a user may enter a flight number corresponding to the route for which the user wants to know weather information, as well as time information (e.g., departure and/or arrival times of flights). Through the inputted flight number and time information, information on a takeoff position, a landing position, a route position, time information, and the like, which are related to the flight plan of the user, is inputted. Based on this information, the time to pass through the location of each route and the time to reach the destination can be estimated.

In another implementation, the user may only input the date he wants to make the flight plan, the departure airport, the arrival airport, etc. By inputting such information, the user may be presented with one or more flights corresponding to the input information, or summary information of one or more flights, etc. by querying the database, so that the user may select flights of which the weather information is of interest. After the user makes a selection, a method according to embodiments of the present disclosure may output weather information corresponding to the selected flight. That is, a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may display candidate flight information corresponding to the flight information and time information, and in response to receiving a selection of one of the candidate flight information, generate weather information corresponding to the selected flight.

In yet another implementation, for example, a user may input a takeoff location, a landing location, and a projected takeoff time, arrival time, and the like. Further, as yet another example, in addition to inputting a takeoff position, a landing position, and a predicted takeoff time, arrival time, the user may also input one or more waypoints in the flight. In the case where the user enters a takeoff position, approach point, or landing position, the user may also enter a flight altitude at which to fly between one or more legs formed by these points. Wherein, the flight section refers to the distance between two points on which the airplane flies. A route may include one or more legs. For example, a route from Beijing to Shanghai may include 3 legs: beijing to Jinan navigation segment, Jinan to Nanjing navigation segment, and Nanjing to Shanghai navigation segment. For another example, a route from beijing to kanan may include only one leg: beijing to Jinan navigation. Further, in addition to inputting the predicted departure time, arrival time as described in the above examples, only one of the predicted departure time, the route time, or the arrival time may be input, and other information that may be used to determine the predicted arrival time or the time to reach each of the route points, such as the predicted flight speed of the aircraft, or the like, may be input.

In yet another implementation, where the flight information includes leg information corresponding to each of one or more legs, the time information includes time information corresponding to the each leg.

It should be understood that the above exemplary user entered information is merely exemplary. The present disclosure is intended to include arrangements in which the user enters any input information, as long as the location and time information of the flight plan to be taken by the user can be derived from such input information.

After receiving the corresponding information in steps 101 and 102, the received information may be processed and associated weather forecast information may be generated for providing to the user, as described in steps 103 and 104 below.

Step 103: and generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information. The specific operation thereof will be described in detail later.

Step 104: and outputting the weather information. Specifically, outputting the weather information includes outputting the weather information in at least one of text, image, video, and voice, for example.

With the above method, weather forecast information corresponding thereto is provided based not only on flight information such as a flight number, an airline, and the like, but also on time information related to a flight plan, so that it is possible to make a user (e.g., an airplane driver, an airplane passenger, and the like) obtain weather information on the way of an upcoming flight in advance.

In addition, compared with the scheme of providing the meteorological information only based on the flight information, the obtained meteorological information is richer and real-time due to the consideration of the time information, and is more matched with the flight plan specific to the user, so that the method has more reference value for the user and provides greater convenience for the user. Meanwhile, the on-the-way weather forecast information matched with the specific flight plan is provided for the user in advance, so that the flight safety is improved, and particularly the on-the-way weather risk is prevented.

Next, a specific implementation of step 103 in the weather information query method shown in fig. 1 will be described in detail.

In one implementation, as shown in FIG. 2, corresponding weather information may be generated through steps 103-1, 103-2, and 103-3. Steps 103-1, 103-2 and 103-3 are specifically as follows:

step 103-1: determining a waypoint to which the flight plan relates based on the flight information.

The user-entered information includes flight information related to the user's flight plan, such as information about location (e.g., takeoff location, landing location, etc.). The information about the location may be in various forms, for example, a place name, a longitude and latitude, an altitude, an airport name, etc., or may be in any other form as long as one or more locations to be reached or passed by the flight plan to be performed by the user can be known from the information about the location.

Based on the received input position information, one or more waypoints involved in the flight plan may be determined in a variety of ways. For example, if the flight plan relates to a flight, since the flight has a predetermined route, the takeoff position, landing position, and/or approach point corresponding to the flight plan are also predetermined, and a plurality of routes related to the flight plan can be acquired in various ways such as searching an internal database or accessing an external server according to the flight number.

In another example, if the flight plan only relates to a route defined by the user to define the takeoff position and the landing position, and the route is a route defined by the airline department, the takeoff position, the landing position, and/or the approach point corresponding to the flight plan are also predefined, so that the plurality of the approach points related to the flight plan can be obtained through the takeoff position and the landing position in various ways, such as searching an internal database or accessing an external server.

In yet another example, if the flight plan relates to a user-defined takeoff location, landing location, and one or more approach points, then the plurality of waypoints involved in the flight plan are each user-defined. Thus, the plurality of waypoints involved in the flight plan can be directly determined by the input information of the user.

In addition to determining the plurality of waypoints involved in the flight plan, the method estimates an expected point in time to reach the plurality of waypoints through step 103-2.

Step 103-2: based on the time information, a point in time corresponding to each waypoint is determined.

As already mentioned, the time information may be, for example, the takeoff time and/or the landing time of the aircraft, or it may simply be the takeoff date of the aircraft, or it may be any other information which makes it possible to deduce the respective point in time at which the aircraft will pass a plurality of positions during the upcoming flight.

The method of determining the time point corresponding to each of the plurality of waypoints based on the time information in step 103-2 may be performed in a variety of ways. For example, in one implementation, it may be assumed that the aircraft flies at a constant speed during the flight, and the time point corresponding to each of the multiple waypoints is obtained by the takeoff and landing time and the flight distance. In another implementation manner, different route points and corresponding route times on the route may also be set by the user according to the selection or setting of the user, in which case, the time point corresponding to each of the multiple route points may be directly obtained according to the input information of the user. It should be understood that the method of determining a point in time corresponding to each of the plurality of waypoints based on the time information is not limited thereto, and the present disclosure is intended to encompass any other conceivable manner.

After the time corresponding to each of the plurality of waypoints is determined, weather forecast information corresponding to each waypoint can be obtained therefrom, as described in step 103-3:

step 103-3: determining weather information corresponding to each of the plurality of waypoints based on the plurality of waypoints and the corresponding points in time.

In one example implementation, the step of determining weather information in step 103-3 may be accomplished by querying an internal or external database that stores information related to aeronautical weather forecasts. In such a database, a correspondence between an index made up of location information and time point information and weather forecast information at the corresponding location and time is established. Therefore, the corresponding weather forecast information can be obtained quickly through the input position information and the time point information.

It should be understood that the step of determining weather information in step 103-3 is not limited to the example implementations described above.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the altitude of the aircraft may also be considered and weather forecast information may be obtained in conjunction with the altitude of the aircraft. Figure 3 shows such a scheme. To avoid redundancy, the same or similar steps as in fig. 1 and 2 will not be described in detail, but only additional or different steps in the method shown in fig. 3 will be described.

As shown in fig. 3, the weather information query method according to still another aspect of the present disclosure, in addition to the steps shown in fig. 1 and/or fig. 2, further includes step 304: altitude information relating to the flight plan is acquired.

If the flight plan relates to an airline specified by the airline sector, the altitude information is also predefined, and thus can be obtained in various ways (e.g., making a simple query, etc.).

If the flight plan relates to a user-defined airline, the altitude information may be user-entered.

Unlike the step 103-3 of fig. 2, in which weather information is generated based only on the time point and the waypoint information, in the method of fig. 3, generating weather information corresponding to the flight plan specifically includes the step 305 of: determining weather information based on the flight information, the time information, and the altitude information.

The altitude information is added as a basis in determining weather information, so that more detailed weather forecast information can be obtained. From one perspective, the method enables weather forecast information corresponding to a flight plan with a custom flight altitude to be queried, thereby enabling a wider range of usage scenarios/users to benefit from the method according to the present disclosure. For example, an aircraft pilot in emergency assistance may learn weather information at different altitude locations on different airlines so that the flight may be made on the best airlines.

The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may further include recommending an optimal route to the user according to the input information of the user. To avoid redundancy, only the additional steps of the method described with respect to any of fig. 1-3 will be described, as shown in fig. 4.

As shown in fig. 4, the weather information query method according to the present disclosure may further include the steps of, in addition to the steps shown in any one of fig. 1 to 3:

step 406: generating a plurality of candidate routes based on the takeoff position and the landing position corresponding to the flight plan, wherein each candidate route in the candidate routes is composed of a plurality of route sections, and at least one different route section exists among the candidate route sections. Thus, one or more possible routes may be generated that fly from a takeoff location to a landing location.

Furthermore, the method comprises the following steps:

step 407: based on the time information, weather information corresponding to each of the plurality of candidate routes is generated.

Step 408: determining a recommended airway from the plurality of candidate airways based on the weather information. The recommended airway may be determined from the plurality of candidate airways in a variety of ways based on weather information. In one example, the weather information for each waypoint in each candidate route may be synthetically scored to obtain a total score for each candidate route. Thus, the route with the highest total score in the plurality of candidate routes can be determined as the recommended route. In yet another example, a variance value for each candidate route score from the threshold scores may be determined, and the route with the smallest variance value may be selected from the plurality of candidate routes as the recommended route. In yet another example, a route having a very low score for a waypoint may be excluded from the plurality of candidate routes to determine the recommended route. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the above manner of determining the recommended route is merely an example, and not a limitation of the present disclosure.

Step 409: and outputting the recommended route. Similarly, the recommended route may be output in at least one of text, image, video, and voice.

By the method, the air route with the best meteorological condition can be selected from the multiple air routes based on the meteorological information and recommended to the user, so that greater convenience is provided for the user, and the flight safety is improved.

In addition, weather information about all the candidate routes can be output to the user, so that the user can select the route suitable for the self requirement of the user according to a plurality of candidate routes and the weather information corresponding to the candidate routes.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the weather information or recommended route described above may be output in the form of one of video, image, text, voice, and the like, or any combination thereof.

Further, weather information according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of: high wind layer height, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, high altitude temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, ice accretion, bumps, strong convection, weather conditions at takeoff location, weather conditions at landing location, weather risks, and the like. It should be understood that examples of weather information are not limited thereto, and may include any weather-related information of interest to the user.

In one implementation, for example, areas where weather risks may be present are displayed differently (e.g., highlighted, framed, weather risk areas, etc.). In addition, information about the aviation alert may also be displayed distinctively. For example, only summary information about the airline warning may be output to the user, and more detailed airline warning information may be further displayed in response to the user's manipulation (e.g., selection, clicking, etc.) of the summary information.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a weather information inquiry apparatus is provided. FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of an example weather information querying device 500, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 500 may include: an input unit 501, an output unit 502, a processor 503 and a memory 504. The input unit 501 is configured to receive various input information, for example, flight information related to a flight plan, and time information related to a flight plan, and the like. The description of the flight information and the time information relating to the flight plan is referred to the above description and will not be described in detail here in order to avoid redundancy.

The processor 503 is configured to perform the methods according to various implementations of the present disclosure based on the received information. The output unit 502 is configured to output various information, for example, weather information or candidate routes, recommended routes, and the like. Examples of information output by the output unit 502 and the manner of outputting the information have been described in detail above, and will not be described in detail here to avoid redundancy.

It should be noted that although the input unit and the output unit are depicted as two separate units in fig. 5, it should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, the input unit and the output unit may also be implemented in one unit.

The memory 504 is configured to store various related information or data. Further, the memory 504 may also have stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by the processor 503, may perform the methods according to various embodiments described above. The memory may be volatile memory or non-volatile memory.

In one implementation, the processor 503 is configured to: generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information; and an output unit configured to: and outputting the weather information.

In another implementation, the processor 503 is configured to: determining a waypoint to which the flight plan relates based on the flight information; determining a time point corresponding to each waypoint based on the time information; and generating meteorological information corresponding to each waypoint based on the waypoints and the corresponding time points.

In yet another implementation, the processor 503 is further configured to obtain altitude information related to the flight plan, and generate meteorological information corresponding to the flight plan based on the flight information, the time information, and the altitude information.

In yet another implementation, the processor 503 is configured to perform control to display candidate flight information corresponding to the flight information and time information to a user; and in response to receiving a selection of one of the candidate flight information, generating weather information corresponding to the selected flight.

In yet another implementation, the processor 503 is further configured to: generating a plurality of candidate routes based on the takeoff position and the landing position, wherein each candidate route in the plurality of candidate routes is composed of a plurality of legs, and at least one different leg exists between the plurality of candidate routes; generating weather information corresponding to each of the plurality of candidate routes based on the time information; determining a recommended airway from the plurality of candidate airways based on the weather information; and the control output unit 502 outputs the recommended route.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the output unit 502 may output at least one of the following in at least one of text, image, video, and voice: high wind layer height, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, high altitude temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, ice accretion, bumps, strong convection, weather conditions at takeoff location, weather conditions at landing location, and weather risk.

According to yet another aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform the steps of a method for weather information querying according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The method for weather information query according to the embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above in detail, and thus, in order to avoid redundancy, will not be described here again.

Furthermore, according to yet another aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer program product. The computer program product comprises computer instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform the steps of a method for weather information querying according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The method for weather information query according to the embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above in detail, and thus, in order to avoid redundancy, will not be described here again.

An example operation interface schematic diagram of a weather information display method or device according to an embodiment of the disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 6A to 8F. It should be understood that these diagrams are merely examples and are not intended to be limiting.

As shown in fig. 6A-6C, a method or apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a user with an interface to query aeronautical weather by flight. As shown in fig. 6A, the user may enter information such as a departure date, departure airport, arrival airport, etc. Upon clicking the search button, an interface as shown in FIG. 6B may be displayed.

As shown in fig. 6B, summary information of all flights corresponding to the input information of the user may be displayed. The user may request weather information corresponding to a flight by selecting one of the flights (e.g., by selecting a cloud icon to the right of the flight in the example of FIG. 6B). The interface of the outputted weather information is shown in fig. 6C.

As shown in FIG. 6C, summary information about the flight selected by the user and weather information for the departure point, waypoints, and/or arrival point of the flight may be displayed on the interface. Further, the time expected to reach each of the above-described points may be displayed.

In addition, as shown in fig. 6C, the routes may also be displayed in the form of a map.

It should be appreciated that although the example interface diagrams for querying aeronautical weather by flight described in connection with fig. 6A-6C show a user entering information for departure date, departure airport, arrival airport, etc., this is merely an example of information that a user may enter. As another implementation, for example, the user may also query the aeronautical weather by flight by directly inputting a flight number.

Further, methods and/or apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may also provide an interface to query aeronautical weather by route. As will be described below in conjunction with fig. 7A-7B.

As shown in fig. 7A, unlike the way of querying by flight, in the interface of querying by air route, the user can input information such as departure airport, arrival airport, departure time, arrival time, and the like. In this way, the user can query any route for weather information within a desired time.

After the user enters relevant information and selects the "search" icon, weather information for the route corresponding to the information entered by the user may be displayed, the interface of which is shown in FIG. 7B.

As shown in fig. 7B, summary information about the route corresponding to the information input by the user and weather information about the departure point, the passing point, and/or the arrival point of the route may be displayed on the interface. Further, the time expected to reach each of the above-described points may be displayed.

In addition, as shown in fig. 7B, the routes may also be displayed in the form of a map.

In addition, methods and/or apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may also provide an interface to query aeronautical weather in a user-defined route. As will be described below in conjunction with fig. 8A-8F.

FIG. 8A shows an interface diagram for querying aeronautical weather along a user-defined route, including a guidance icon (e.g., "+" in FIG. 8A) for guiding the user to enter a custom airline segment. The user may go to the add route interface by selecting the guide icon, as shown in FIG. 8B.

As shown in FIG. 8B, at the add route interface, the user may enter information such as a start location, an end location, a start time, an end time, and a flight altitude. For example, as shown in fig. 8B, the input of the start position and the end position may be input by searching for an airport, or by selecting a point on a map, or may be directly input in text form by the user. It should be understood that the user may input various information in various ways, in various forms, and not just in the manner shown in fig. 8B.

After the user has finished entering information, the interface shown in FIG. 8C may be turned to. The user can directly inquire weather information of the added airline or can continue to add more airline sections.

If the user wants to continue adding more legs, the user can enter the interface for continuing adding legs by selecting the guide icon (in fig. 8C, "+"), as shown in fig. 8D.

As shown in fig. 8D, the user may continue to add legs. Since the starting position of the added segment should be the same as the ending position of the last added segment, the ending position, the ending time and the flying height of the segment need only be input when the segment is added continuously. Clicking the "done" icon completes the addition of the current leg and enters the next interface as shown in fig. 8E.

In the interface shown in fig. 8E, summary information of all the legs that the user has currently added is displayed, and the legs that the user has added are displayed in the form of points and lines in the map. In addition, the user can still continue to add more navigation segments by selecting the guidance icon in the interface, which is similar to the process of fig. 8C-8E and will not be described here.

After the navigation segment is added, the input of the user-defined navigation route is finished. After the user selects the "query" icon, an interface such as that shown in FIG. 8F may be displayed.

As shown in fig. 8F, summary information of the user-defined route and weather information of each passing point and takeoff and landing place input by the user by adding each route segment can be displayed in the interface. Further, as shown in fig. 8F, the user-added routes may also be displayed in the form of points and lines in the map.

8A-8F, a custom route may also be formed by inputting a starting point, one or more waypoints, and an ending point at one time.

6A-8F illustrate example interface diagrams of weather information query and presentation methods and/or devices according to the present disclosure, it should be understood that the above examples are merely illustrative and that information that may be displayed in interfaces of embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to that output in the above diagrams, but may include other weather-related information.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the interface of the weather information query and presentation method and/or apparatus according to the present disclosure may also display an indication related to an aviation alert in a map. The indication may be accomplished, for example, by highlighting, displaying in other colors, or otherwise labeling the relevant area. The user can obtain detailed information of the aviation early warning by selecting the relevant area.

So far, examples of weather information query and presentation methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media, computer program products, and corresponding product interface diagrams according to embodiments of the present disclosure have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the above description is only illustrative of some embodiments of the disclosure and of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the disclosure herein is not limited to the particular combination of features described above, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the features described above or their equivalents does not depart from the spirit of the disclosure. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) the features disclosed in this disclosure having similar functions are replaced with each other to form the technical solution.

It should be noted that the computer readable medium described above in this disclosure can be a computer readable signal medium or a non-transitory computer readable storage medium or any combination of the two. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In contrast, in the present disclosure, a computer readable signal medium may comprise a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, either in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The computer readable medium may be embodied in the electronic device; or may exist separately without being assembled into the electronic device.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + +, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of methods, apparatus, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The units described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. Where the name of an element does not in some cases constitute a limitation on the element itself.

The functions described herein above may be performed, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. For example, without limitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), systems on a chip (SOCs), Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and the like.

Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order. Under certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the disclosure. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims

1. A method for weather information querying, comprising:

receiving flight information related to a flight plan;

receiving time information related to a flight plan;

generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information and the time information; and

and outputting the weather information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating weather information corresponding to a flight plan comprises:

determining a waypoint to which the flight plan relates based on the flight information;

determining a time point corresponding to each waypoint based on the time information;

and generating meteorological information corresponding to each waypoint based on the waypoints and the corresponding time points.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring altitude information relating to the flight plan,

wherein the generating meteorological information corresponding to a flight plan comprises:

generating weather information corresponding to a flight plan based on the flight information, the time information, and the altitude information.

4. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the flight information is a flight number.

5. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the flight information is a takeoff position and a landing position, the time information is a takeoff time, and the generating weather information corresponding to a flight plan comprises:

displaying candidate flight information corresponding to the flight information and the time information; and

in response to receiving a selection of one of the candidate flight information, weather information corresponding to the selected flight is generated.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the flight information is a takeoff position and a landing position, and the time information is a takeoff time and a landing time.

7. The method of any one of claims 1-3, wherein

The flight information includes leg information corresponding to each of one or more legs; and/or

The time information includes time information corresponding to each of the legs.

8. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the flight information includes a takeoff position and a landing position, the method further comprising:

generating a plurality of candidate routes based on the takeoff position and the landing position, wherein each candidate route in the plurality of candidate routes is composed of a plurality of legs, and at least one different leg exists between the plurality of candidate routes;

generating weather information corresponding to each of the plurality of candidate routes based on the time information;

determining a recommended airway from the plurality of candidate airways based on the weather information; and

and outputting the recommended route.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the weather information comprises outputting at least one of the following in at least one of text, images, video, and speech:

high wind layer height, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, high altitude temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, ice accretion, bumps, strong convection, weather conditions at takeoff location, weather conditions at landing location, and weather risk.

10. An apparatus for weather information querying, comprising:

an input unit configured to:

receiving flight information relating to a flight plan, an

Receiving time information related to a flight plan;

a processor configured to:

an output unit configured to: and outputting the weather information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said generating weather information corresponding to a flight plan comprises:

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to: acquiring altitude information relating to the flight plan,

13. The apparatus of any of claims 10-12, wherein the flight information is a flight number.

14. The apparatus of any of claims 10-12, wherein the flight information is a takeoff position and a landing position, the time information is a takeoff time, and the processor is further configured to perform control to:

15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 10-12, wherein the flight information is a takeoff position and a landing position, and the time information is a takeoff time and a landing time.

16. The apparatus according to any of claims 10-12, wherein

17. The device of any of claims 10-12, wherein the flight information includes a takeoff position and a landing position, and the processor is further configured to:

generating weather information corresponding to each of the plurality of candidate routes based on the time information; and

and controlling the output unit to output the recommended airway.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the output unit outputs at least one of the following in at least one of text, image, video, and voice:

19. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-9.