JP2012203593A - Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly air traffic control system that notifies a user of a conflict between a plurality of aircrafts and provides a workaround to it.SOLUTION: An information processing device comprises: first display means that detects conflicts between at least two aircrafts and displays the detected conflicts on a display; first selection means that selects, according to a user operation, one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display means; second display means that calculates at least one workaround to avoid the conflict selected by the first selection means and displays the calculated workaround on the display; second selection means that selects, according to a user operation, one workaround from workarounds displayed by the second display means; and third display means that displays, on the display, a workaround procedure for executing the workaround selected by the second selection means.

Description

  The present invention relates to air traffic control technology.

  In the above technical fields, conventionally, aircraft position information is displayed on the control console display, and the controller who sees the position information predicts the future position and route of each aircraft based on their own knowledge and experience. Was. For this reason, when the traffic was heavy, the burden on the controller was excessive.

  On the other hand, as shown in Patent Document 1, a system for predicting the future position of an aircraft and notifying a controller when an abnormality is found in the operation of the aircraft has been proposed.

JP 2008-097454 A

  However, the above prior art is for managing the operational status of a single aircraft, not for managing the relationship between multiple aircraft. In the end, it depends on the knowledge and experience of the controller in relation to other aircraft. I had to.

  The objective of this invention is providing the technique which solves the above-mentioned subject.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus according to the present invention provides:
First display means for detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
First selection means for selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display means in response to a user operation;
Second display means for calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected by the first selection means and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
Second selection means for selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance plans displayed by the second display means in accordance with a user operation;
Third display means for causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected by the second selection means;
It is provided with.

In order to achieve the above object, a system according to the present invention provides:
An information processing system including a plurality of information processing devices connected to each other via a network,
Each information processing device
First display means for detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
First selection means for selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display means in response to a user operation;
Second display means for calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected by the first selection means and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
Second selection means for selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance plans displayed by the second display means in accordance with a user operation;
Third display means for displaying an avoidance procedure on the display for executing the avoidance plan selected by the second selection means;
Transmitting means for transmitting information related to the conflict to another information processing apparatus in order to share the detected conflict;
Receiving means for receiving, from the other information processing apparatus, information related to the conflict detected by the other information processing apparatus;
It is characterized by including.

In order to achieve the above object, the method according to the present invention comprises:
A first display step of detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
A first selection step of selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed in the first display step in response to a user operation;
A second display step of calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected in the first selection step and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
A second selection step of selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance measures displayed in the second display step in accordance with a user operation;
A third display step of causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected in the second selection step;
It is characterized by including.

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to the present invention provides:
A first display step of detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
A first selection step of selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed in the first display step in response to a user operation;
A second display step of calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected in the first selection step and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
A second selection step of selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance measures displayed in the second display step in accordance with a user operation;
A third display step of causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected in the second selection step;
Is executed by a computer.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the user-friendly air traffic control system which notifies a user of the conflict of several aircraft and presents the avoidance plan can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the environment surrounding the system containing the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the whole system containing the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the system containing the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display control program which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the lighting control of the panel switch which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the lighting control of the panel switch which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the components described in the following embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention only to them.

(First embodiment)
An information processing apparatus 100 as a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus 100 is an apparatus that displays a conflict between at least two aircrafts, an avoidance plan, and an avoidance procedure on the display 150. The information processing apparatus 100 and the display 150 constitute an air traffic control system.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a first display unit 101, a first selection unit 102, a second display unit 103, a second selection unit 104, and a third display unit 105. Among these, the first display unit 101 detects a conflict between at least two aircrafts and causes the display 150 to display the detected conflict. In addition, the first selection unit 102 selects one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display unit 101 in accordance with a user operation.

  The second display unit 103 calculates at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected by the first selection unit 102 and causes the display 150 to display the calculated avoidance plan. The second selection unit 104 selects one avoidance plan from the avoidance measures displayed on the display 150 by the second display unit 103 in accordance with a user operation. The 3rd display part 105 displays the avoidance procedure for performing the avoidance plan selected by the 2nd selection part on a display.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to provide a user-friendly air traffic control system that notifies a user of conflicts between a plurality of aircrafts and presents the avoidance plan and the avoidance procedure.

(Second Embodiment)
<Overall system configuration>
An air traffic control system 200 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the overall configuration of the air traffic control system 200 according to the present embodiment. The air traffic control system 200 roughly includes an airline office 201, an FDP 202, an RDP 203, an ODP 204, and an ARSR / ORSR 205.

  Of these, the Flight Plan Data Processing system (FDP) 202 uses a large electronic computer installed in the Tokyo Control Department to automatically send information on flight operations, such as flight plan reports and departure reports, from the air office 201. It is a system that receives and processes intensively. The FDP 202 provides materials necessary for control such as operation slips to the controller by a printer and a display device. The FDP 202 also transmits necessary flight plan information to other control information processing systems such as an RDP (Rader Data Processing system) 203 and an ODP (Oceanic Air Traffic Data Processing system) 204.

  The RDP 203 is an airway radar information processing system. The RDP 203 collates information on air route surveillance radars (ARSR / ORSR) 205 provided in 20 locations nationwide with flight plan information from the FDP 202, and displays display devices (radar scopes) installed on each control console of each control unit. ) Show the aircraft position on top.

  Further, the ODP 204 is an offshore control data display system. Using an electronic computer installed in the control section, predict and calculate the position of the airplane flying over the vast airway surveillance radar over the air, and display the traffic situation prediction and the aircraft position information received from the satellite on the display .

  The controller who operates the ODP 204 monitors the aircraft position information displayed on the display and monitors all the aircraft on the ocean to fly without conflict. Send a control instruction indicating whether or not to change. Further, the ODP 204 can acquire aircraft position information from a geostationary satellite (not shown) such as MTSAT via a GES (satellite earth station) or DLCS (Data Link Communication System).

<< ODP system configuration >>
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of the ODP 204. The ODP 204 includes a CNF server 301, a network 302, and control terminals 333, 329, 334, 331, 335, 337, and 229 connected via the network 302. The control terminals 333, 329, 334, 331, 335, 337, and 229 are terminals corresponding to the offshore sectors 33S, 29S, 34S, 31S, 35S, 37S, and 39S, respectively. As shown in FIG. 4, the offshore sector 33S represents the offshore north A sector, the offshore sector 29S represents the offshore north variable sector, and the offshore sector 34S represents the offshore north B sector. The offshore sector 31S represents the offshore east variable sector, the offshore sector 35S represents the offshore east sector, the offshore sector 37S represents the offshore south A sector, and the offshore sector 39S represents the offshore south B sector. The controller operates the control terminal corresponding to the offshore sector that he is in charge of.

  The CNF server 301 calculates FPCP (Flight Plan Conflict Probe) information based on the flight plan information acquired from the FDP 202, that is, information about which aircraft and which aircraft cause conflicts. Here, the conflict means a state in which the interval between the plurality of aircraft is less than the control interval reference. For each aircraft, the CNF server 301 calculates the distance to the nearest other aircraft at each point of the predicted offshore air route. When the calculated distance is less than the control interval reference, it is assumed that a conflict occurs, and the conflict between the identifiers of the target aircraft (generally call signs) and the time at which the conflict occurs is Sent to the control terminal corresponding to the location where it occurs. That is, when it is estimated that a conflict occurs in the offshore north A sector, a conflict alarm is transmitted to the control terminal 333.

<Control terminal configuration>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the control terminals 333, 329, 334, 331, 335, 337, 229. Since the control terminals 333, 329, 334, 331, 335, 337, and 229 all have the same hardware configuration, only the control terminal 333 is shown here.

  The control terminal 333 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 501, a read only memory (ROM) 502, a communication control unit 503, a random access memory (RAM) 504, and a storage 505. Furthermore, the control terminal 333 includes an input / output interface 506 that controls communication with a display 507, a panel switch 508, and a pointing device 509 such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel.

  The CPU 501 is a central processing unit, and controls the entire control terminal 333 by executing various programs. A ROM 502 is a non-volatile memory, and stores various parameters and the like in addition to a boot program to be executed first by the CPU 501. The RAM 504 is a random access memory, and temporarily stores the received FPCP information 541, avoidance plan information 542, avoidance procedure information 543, display display data 544, and UPLINK message 545. The RAM 504 further includes an execution area 546 for various programs stored in the storage 505.

  The storage 505 is a large-capacity storage unit, and stores the flight plan information 551 acquired from the FDP 202, a display control program 552 for controlling display on the display 507, and a panel switch lighting control program 553 for controlling input / output of the panel switch. . The storage 505 further stores a communication control program 554 that controls communication with the aircraft and other control terminals. The display control program 552, the panel switch lighting control program 553, and the communication control program 554 are read by the CPU 501 and expanded in the program execution area 546 of the RAM 504, and then executed.

<Display control program>
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a detailed configuration of the display control program 552. As shown in FIG. 6, the display control program 552 includes an FPCP display module 601, an FPCP selection module 602, an avoidance plan display module 603, an avoidance plan selection module 604, and an avoidance procedure display module 605. The display control program 552 further includes various button display selection modules 606, a sharing target sector display module 607, and an offshore map display module 608.

  The FPCP display module 601 acquires the FPCP information detected by the CNF server 301 and displays an FPCP list 701 as shown in FIG. 7 on a predetermined screen area on the display 507. The FPCP display module 601 further controls the display mode (color, order, etc.) of the FPCP information included in the FPCP list 701 according to the user's operation and the passage of time. The FPCP selection module 602 receives selection by the pointing device 509 for the FPCP information displayed as the FPCP list 701 on the display 507.

  The avoidance plan display module 603 displays the conflict avoidance plan calculated by the CNF server 301 on the display 507 as the avoidance plan list 702 for the FPCP information selected by the FPCP selection module 602 from the FPCP list 701. The avoidance plan list includes a simplified display of at least one avoidance instruction. The avoidance plan selection module 604 receives selection by the pointing device 509 for the avoidance plan information displayed as the avoidance plan list 702 on the display 507.

  The avoidance procedure display module 605 displays the avoidance procedure calculated by the CNF server 301 on the display 507 as the avoidance procedure list 703 for the avoidance plan information selected by the avoidance plan selection module 604 from the avoidance plan list 702.

  That is, the FPCP display module 601, the avoidance plan display module 603, and the avoidance procedure display module 605 display the FPCP information, the avoidance plan, and the avoidance procedure in one screen with the configuration of FIG. 7.

  The various button display selection module 606 controls the display, non-display, display color, and the like of soft buttons such as “START”, “CANCEL”, “ERROR”, “UPLINK”, “SEND”, and the like, and accepts selection by operating the pointing device 509. .

  The sharing target sector display module 607 distinguishes and displays the sharing source sector and the sharing destination sector when the FPCP information, the avoidance plan information, the avoidance procedure, and the like are shared by a plurality of control terminals. Further, the offshore map display module 608 displays an offshore map including FPCP information and avoidance plan information on the display 507 in conjunction with the FPCP window 700 shown in FIG.

<Panel switch>
Each control terminal includes, as panel switches, for example, an FPCP switch and an ASST switch that can be lit in red, orange, and green, respectively. First, the FPCP switch is a switch that notifies the generation of new FPCP information (CNF avoidance plan) and receives the display instruction. The various button display selection module 606 lights the FPCP switch in red when new FPCP information (CNF avoidance plan) is generated, and lights in orange when the FPCP switch is pressed (when the FPCP confirmation operation is performed). When there is no FPCP, the FPCP switch is lit in green.

  On the other hand, the ASST switch is a switch for alerting that the update notification of the avoidance plan and the execution time of the avoidance procedure have come. The various button display selection module 606 changes the lighting color of the ASST switch to “red” in order to prompt a confirmation operation by the controller when a change occurs in the avoidance plan being executed. The ASST switch is excluded from the avoidance plan that has not been executed. “Green” and “orange” represent the case where there is a workaround that is being executed and the case where it is not. [ASST] The relationship of the lighting color of the panel switch is shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when there is no decided avoidance plan to be executed in the sector, the green light 801 is displayed. On the other hand, the red lighting 802 is used in the following cases.
(I) When the avoidance plan being executed is within the avoidance guarantee time (Assure Time) and there is an unconfirmed (ii) The avoidance plan being executed is updated (including invalid), and there is an unconfirmed ([ASST ] Before confirmation operation by pressing panel switch)
(Iii) When a merge or split command is input, the avoidance plan is moved to the merged or split display device, and a new execution avoidance plan is not confirmed (iv) When the display device is opened, the above (i) ( When ii) exists Further, the orange lighting 803 is obtained in the following cases.
(I) When there is a workaround plan being executed (all confirmed) (ii) When a merge or split command is entered, the workaround plan moves to the display device at the merge destination or split destination, and After confirmation operation.
(Iii) When (i) (ii) is present when the display device is opened.

  10 to 21 are diagrams showing display examples of the FPCP window 1000. FIG. When the FPCP switch or the ASST switch is pressed, the display control program 552 displays an FPCP window 1000 as shown in FIG. When the FPCP switch is pressed again or the CLOSE button 1007 on the screen is pressed again, the FPCP window 1000 is hidden.

  The FPCP window 1000 can be generally divided into an FPCP list area (left side in the figure) and an avoidance plan and avoidance procedure area (right side in the figure). It is also possible to display only the FPCP list area without displaying the avoidance plan and the avoidance procedure area.

  Referring to FIG. 10, in the FPCP list area, for each FPCP, CNF detection classification (ADS) 1001, CNF occurrence time (CNF) 1002, related machine mark (*) 1003, call sign (Callsign) 1004, status (Status) ) 1005 is displayed.

  For the CNF detection category (ADS) 1001, when the display is “ADS”, conflict detection is performed by ADS (automatic dependent surveillance), and when “display is blank”, conflict is caused by PLN (flight plan information: Plan). It is detection. A CNF occurrence time (CNF) 1002 represents a conflict occurrence start time by HH (hours): MM (minutes).

  The related aircraft mark (*) 1003 displays an “*” mark as the related FPCP list if an aircraft with the same A / C number is included in another list when the FPCP list is selected. The call sign (Callsign) 1004 displays the call sign of the aircraft estimated to cause a conflict as XXXXXX-XXXXXX: call sign-call sign or XXXXXX-RRRRRR: call sign-restricted airspace name.

  Status 1005 is blank: avoidance plan not implemented (including no avoidance plan), “****”: no avoidance plan, “START”: executing avoidance plan, “STOP”: during individual CNFSTOP, 'VOID': The avoidance plan is invalid (only VOID display is red).

  A DISPLAY button 1006 is displayed below the FPCP list area. When the DISPLAY button 1006 is selected, the offshore map display module 608 displays an offshore map including FPCP information and avoidance plan information on the display 507.

Each FPCP information is displayed in the following four colors depending on the state.
Red: Close (CNF) at the current time Orange: FPCP detected, close (CNF) in the future Light: Shared FPCP list from other sectors Gray: FPCP list in individual CNF STOP state When the FPCP information is selected, the display color is reversed.

  Referring to FIG. 11, in the avoidance plan and avoidance procedure area, when the FPCP information 1101 is selected, the avoidance plan list 702 is displayed, and the sector indicator 1102 indicating the sector in which the selected FPCP information 1101 is displayed is lit. To do.

  The avoidance plan list 702 includes an avoidance plan number (No.) 1103, a feasible time (Feasible) 1104, and an avoidance plan overview (Plan List) 1105. The avoidance plan number (No.) 1103 represents the recommended avoidance plan as the number is smaller. The feasible time (Feasible) 1104 displays the feasible time (first avoidance procedure start time) of the avoidance plan, and “NOW” when the avoidance measure can be immediately executed.

  An avoidance plan outline (Plan List) 1105 represents a call sign and a control instruction (simple display) that require a state change. For example, in the case of an altitude change instruction, it is expressed by Callsign ALT identification (↑: up, ↓: down), such as “ANA0001 FL350 ↑”. In the case of a speed change instruction, it is expressed by Callsign Mac (identification (+: Greator, −: Less) in some cases) as in ANA0001 M080. If the target model of the target model is not on the line (if there are many target models), the call sign and control instructions for about three models will be displayed, and "..." will be displayed at the end. indicate.

  The sector indicator 1102 represents a logical sector corresponding to the selected FPCP / Warning list and avoidance plan. The indicator display color is the same color as the FPCP list display color. When the selected FPCP information is displayed in only 33 sectors, 33S is displayed in orange in the sector indicator 1102. When the selected FPCP information is displayed in 33 sectors, 29 sectors, and 34 sectors, 33S, 29S, and 34S are displayed in orange. On the other hand, when the FPCP information is displayed in 33 sectors and the FPCP information is displayed for the 34th sector and 35th sector as shared avoidance sector, 33S is displayed in orange, and S34 and S35 are displayed in light blue. The

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, when the avoidance plan information 1201 in the avoidance plan list 702 is selected by the mouse, the avoidance procedure display module 605 displays all the avoidance procedures 1202 in the avoidance procedure list 703. With the function of changing the vertical size of the screen and changing the division size, it is possible to check the display of all target machines.

  When the avoidance plan is not determined in the avoidance plan list (Plan List) 702, the avoidance procedure display module 605 displays all the avoidance plan list and the avoidance procedure list in “white”. Further, by pressing the START button 1203 in a state where the avoidance plan information is selected, the avoidance plan determination operation is performed. When the avoidance plan is determined by pressing the START button 1203, as shown in FIG. 13, the determined avoidance plan 1301 is displayed in “green” on the first line, and the other avoidance plans not selected are deleted. In addition, the button name changes from “START” to “CANCEL”, resulting in a CANCEL button 1302 for canceling the avoidance plan. Further, “START” is displayed in the status display (Status) 1005 of the FPCP list.

  After the avoidance plan decision (START), even if the contents of the avoidance plan are updated, the avoidance plan update display is not performed until the avoidance plan is canceled by the CANCEL button 1302. If the currently executed avoidance plan becomes invalid after the avoidance plan is determined, the currently executed avoidance plan is displayed in “red”. The unexecuted avoidance procedure list is also displayed in red to prevent it from continuing execution. Further, when the invalidity of the avoidance procedure is detected, a warning popup screen 1400 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed (also displayed when the FPCP LIST screen is not displayed).

  For example, if it is found that if the avoidance procedure is continuously executed, an approach state (CNF) is found, the in-execution avoidance plan becomes invalid. In other words, after executing the avoidance procedure 1 (KAL0004 FL390 ↑), the avoidance procedure 2 (JAL0002 FL370 ↑) was scheduled to be executed, but the two aircraft whose conflicts were originally estimated at the altitude (FL370) to be changed Since a new aircraft other than the above appears, the case where CNF detection is performed when the avoidance procedure 2 is executed as it is corresponds to this.

  When the currently executed workaround becomes invalid, the error information is deleted with the DEL button 1401 of the warning pop-up screen 1400, and the window is closed with the CLOSE button 1402. If the evasion plan is canceled by pressing the CANCEL button 1302 on the FPCP LIST evasion plan screen after the CLOSE button 1402 is pressed, the error information (avoidance plan is invalid) is irrelevant. Error information is deleted.

  If multiple workarounds become invalid, the display can be switched with the “<<” (Back) or “>>” (Next) button, and the current error information is displayed in the window title as “(Current Error / Total number of errors) ". When the currently executed (invalid) avoidance plan is canceled, the avoidance plan display module 603 displays a new avoidance plan at that time in the avoidance plan list 702.

  The warning pop-up screen 1400 is displayed on the control terminal of the sector that “START” the avoidance plan. The error information is also notified to the control terminals sharing / transferring the avoidance plan that is not “START”, and the avoidance plan information 1201 is displayed in red, but the pop-up screen is not automatically displayed.

  In FIG. 13, a check mark (Chk) 1303 represents a check mark indicating that the avoidance procedure has been completed. When the uplink message from this screen is completed with a positive response (WILCO), a check mark is automatically given. When the target machine is a non-data link machine (HF machine), a check mark is manually given.

  The CPDLC machine (data link machine) is also allowed to manually input a check mark by the controller, and similarly, the check mark is displayed in “black”. When a positive downlink message (WILCO) corresponding to the corresponding uplink message is received after manual input of the check mark, the display changes to “blue”.

The avoidance procedure number (Turn) 1304 represents an avoidance procedure number. When there are a plurality of avoidance procedures, the same number is displayed when re-CNF does not occur in any order.
If the SEND button 1312 is pressed and an uplink message transmission operation is performed without following the avoidance procedure number, a warning message is displayed.

  The avoidance guarantee time (Assure Time) 1305 is a time for guaranteeing that no re-CNF occurs even if the avoidance procedure is executed. HH: MM-HH: MM (guarantee start time-guarantee end time) is displayed. When the avoidance procedure can be executed from the current time, “NOW” or “WAIT” is displayed not at the start time display (HH: MM) but at the start time of the avoidance guarantee time. “WAIT” is displayed in red. In the case of the avoidance procedure number to be executed immediately, “NOW-HH: MM” is displayed, and in the case of the next avoidance procedure (the previous avoidance procedure is incomplete), “WAIT-HH: MM” is displayed. This change in display is shown in FIG.

  A call sign (Callsign) 1306 displays the call sign of the aircraft to be controlled. The control instruction (Uplink) 1307 displays the control instruction with simplified characters and symbols. The CPDLC status (CPDLC) 1308 displays the CPDLC status for the aircraft in each avoidance procedure list after the avoidance plan is determined.

Before sending the evasion procedure to the aircraft, “CPDLC” (green) is displayed for the data link machine, “CPDLC” (yellow) is displayed for the data link machine that is disconnected from the connection, and “” (blank) is displayed if it cannot be determined. To do
After sending the avoidance procedure to the aircraft, it is “SEND” (gray) when sending (after pressing SEND on the UPLINK screen), “SEND” (green) when sending (after receiving normal MAS), down from the target aircraft If there is a link WILCO reply, it is displayed in “WILCO” (green). If the target aircraft reaches the altitude with a non-data link machine (HF machine), 'LEVEL' (yellow) is displayed. If the target machine reaches the altitude with a data link machine, 'LEVEL' (green) is displayed. . Further, when a downlink UNABLE reply is received from the target machine, “UNABLE” (red) is displayed, and “ERROR” (red) is displayed in the case of a transmission error / timeout. When the avoidance plan becomes invalid, all the unexecuted avoidance procedure list lines are displayed in red.

  The transfer sector (Sector) 1309 of the avoidance procedure displays the transfer sector when the avoidance procedure is transferred. For example, the transfer source sector → transfer destination sector is displayed as “33S → 35S”.

  The FPCP error information button (ERROR) 1310 is a button for displaying a pop-up screen of error information regarding invalidation of the avoidance plan. When there is no error information, the button cannot be pressed, but when there is error information, it functions as a button for opening the error information again.

  The uplink button (UPLINK) 1311 is a button for opening the UPLINK message creation screen of the ATO / CPDLC window function (uplink message editing and transmission are not performed).

  The SEND button 312 is a button for automatically creating and transmitting an avoidance procedure uplink message for the instruction device, and allows the button to be pressed when an avoidance procedure list is selected.

The avoidance procedure information is displayed in different colors as follows.
(A) Before execution of the avoidance procedure Green: Before the start time of the avoidance guarantee time (Assure Time) Red: When the end time of the avoidance guarantee time (Assure Time) has passed and when the avoidance plan being executed becomes invalid When the avoidance procedure is transferred to another sector (b) After executing the avoidance procedure Red: When a CPDLC transmission error occurs or when a downlink message negative response is detected Green: When the avoidance procedure is executed and when a check mark is manually set When added and when a downlink message acknowledgment is detected When the avoidance procedure information displayed within the avoidance guarantee time (yellow) is selected from the avoidance procedure list 703, the UPLINK button 1311 and the SEND button 1312 can be pressed. When the UPLINK button 1311 is pressed, the UPLINK window for the ATO / CPDLC function is displayed. When the SEND button 1312 is pressed, the corresponding call sign and uplink message are automatically edited, and the uplink message is transmitted.

In the following cases, the SEND button 1312 cannot be pressed.
-When the evasion procedure is outside the guaranteed time-When the uplink message for the evasion procedure has been sent (excluding transmission errors)
-When the ODP host-OCAP line is CLOSE-When the ODISP-ADS / CPDLC server line is CLOSE-When the ADS / CPDLC server-DLCS line is CLOSE-The target machine of the avoidance procedure is a non-data link machine (HF In the case of machine) ・ In the case of degenerate operation After the SEND button 1312 is pressed and an uplink message is transmitted, the display color of the avoidance procedure information is changed to “gray”. Further, the CPDLC display of the CPDLC status is changed to SEND display. While the uplink message is being transmitted, the avoidance procedure is “gray” and “green” is received by MAS reception.

  When a positive downlink message (WILCO) for the avoidance procedure is received, a blue check mark is displayed in the check box 1303. For a non-data link machine (HF machine), a check mark (black) is manually assigned according to the controller's judgment, and the avoidance procedure 1 is completed. In the case of manual operation, it is considered complete when a check mark is given.

  When all avoidance procedures are completed, a check mark is added to all avoidance procedure lists, and the avoidance plan is completed. When the workaround is completed, the FPCP list display is deleted. Further, the CANCEL button (red) 1302 is changed to a START button (gray) 1203. On the other hand, when the avoidance procedure is not completed within the avoidance guarantee time, the Assure Time display is displayed in red.

《Sector sharing of workarounds》
In the system according to the present embodiment, a shared FPCP list can be selected, and a shared sector can be selected from a pop-up menu. FPCP list and avoidance plan information can be shared among a plurality of sectors. FIG. 16 shows a sector sharing procedure of FPCP information. The upper diagram shows the window 1601 before the sharing operation of the sharing source (33S as an example here), and the lower diagram shows the window 1602 after the sharing operation of the sharing source 33S.

  When sharing to other sectors, a check mark indicating the sharing status is displayed in the pop-up menu. The sector sharing cancellation operation is performed by reselecting the sector to which the shared check mark is added (deselecting the check mark). When sharing to a plurality of sectors, the pop-up menu is displayed with a plurality of check marks. The sector that owns the FPCP list is displayed in gray out because sharing cannot be canceled.

  In the sharing destination sector (35S as an example here), when the sharing information is received, the panel switch [FPPC LIST] is lit in red. In order to distinguish the shared information from the CNF display list of the sector, the list display color is displayed in “light blue”. By selecting the list, it is possible to confirm the contents of the received avoidance plan. The contents of the avoidance procedure can also be confirmed by selecting the avoidance plan list.

  FIG. 17 shows a display example at the sharing destination (here, S35) (the sharing source is 33S). The information on the shared FPCP avoidance plan facilitates the judgment of the shared state by the lighting color of the sector indicator, and supports smooth adjustment between sectors. For example, the sharing source sector (owned sector initially displayed by FPCP) is displayed in orange, and the sharing destination sector is displayed in light blue.

  When the shared FPCP avoidance plan is not executed, it is possible to execute the [START] operation from either the sharing destination or the sharing source. FIG. 17 is a display example when the “START” operation is performed at the sharing destination, and shows a state where the FPCP list (FDX11-AAL129) and the undecided avoidance plan are shared from 33S. In this state, the FPCP list (FDX11-AAL129) is accepted at 35S, and the [START] button is pressed by an operation from 35S (a workaround decision operation at the sharing destination). The avoidance plan allows the [CANCEL] operation only from the [START] 35S.

  By removing the sharing check mark from the FPCP list, sharing of the workaround is possible from either the sharing source sector or the sharing destination sector.

  However, if the own sector has an evasion procedure that has not been completed and the evasion procedure has been transferred (received) from another sector to the own sector, the evasion plan will be required until the evasion procedure list is completed in the own sector. Unable to cancel sharing.

  When the FPCP list is owned by the own sector (displayed in orange), basically, the operation of canceling the designation of the own sector cannot be performed. In this case, the sharing pop-up menu of the FPCP list of the own sector cannot be selected (grayed out display). If the sector sharing operation from the display device and the sect command input from the host console or the ocean headquarters occur simultaneously, the operation messages will be mixed, so a logical check will be performed on the host side, and the sector sharing operation will result in an error. It is assumed that

  As shown in FIG. 18, the avoidance procedure can be sector-transferred. That is, the specified avoidance procedure can be individually transferred to another sector. When the avoidance procedure is transferred to another sector, avoidance sector sharing is automatically performed for the FPCP list.

  By selecting a shared sector from the pop-up menu 1801 while the avoidance procedure list is selected, individual transfer of the avoidance procedure is performed (the transferred avoidance procedure changes to “light blue” and transfer information is displayed in the “Sector” column). . In the transfer destination to which the avoidance procedure is sector-transferred, it is displayed as shown in FIG.

  When retransferred to the transfer source (33S in the above example), it is possible to return to the original display (when the transferred information 33S → 37S is retransferred to the transfer source 37S → 33S). Although the avoidance procedure returns to the state before the transfer, the automatic sharing of the avoidance plan is not automatically canceled.

  Even when the transferred avoidance procedure is re-transferred to another sector (39S, etc.), the operation is similarly permitted (re-transferred information is transferred to other than the transfer source).

  When the procedure transfer is performed using an avoidance plan that has only the avoidance procedure 1, for example, the avoidance plan 1 is automatically shared to 35S, and the avoidance procedure 1 is transferred to 35S. The workaround 1 can be canceled with the STARTed 33S. If 35S wants to CANCEL the avoidance plan, if the sector is shared from 33S to 35S in advance, and START is performed on the 35S side, the cancel operation can also be performed at 35S. At the transfer destination (35S), after the transfer is performed, the avoidance plan 1 is shared by the sector from 33S, and the avoidance procedure 1 is received by the procedure transfer from 33S. Since the procedure is transferred after START at 33S, the CANCEL operation cannot be performed at 35S. If a START operation is performed in 35S, the CANCEL operation can be performed.

《Map display》
When the DISPLAY button 1006 of the FPCP window 1000 shown in FIG. 10 is pressed, the offshore map display module 608 displays an offshore map (2000 in FIG. 20) including FPCP information and avoidance plan information on the display 507.

  In the offshore map 2000, the title 2001 indicates whether the display represents FPDP (FPCP DISPLAY) or avoidance plan (TRIAL DISPLAY) and time display (CNF start time).

  A drop-down list 2002 is for switching the range size. A radio button 2003 is a button for switching between FPCP display and avoidance plan display. FIG. 21 shows an offshore map 2100 when an avoidance plan is displayed. Before the avoidance plan is determined, the avoidance plan can be selected from the drop-down list. After the decision is made, only the workarounds currently being executed are displayed.

  When the avoidance plan list in the FPCP window 1000 is selected while the offshore map 2000 (FPCP DISPLAY screen) shown in FIG. 20 is displayed, the selected avoidance plan is reflected and displayed on the offshore map 2000.

  When the avoidance plan list in the FPCP window 1000 is selected, the avoidance plan display is automatically switched in conjunction with the offshore map 2000, and the status display of the avoidance plan is preferentially displayed. If another avoidance plan is selected again from the drop-down list at the bottom of the FPCP DISPLAY screen after the above operation, the selected avoidance plan is updated and displayed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a user-friendly air traffic control system that notifies a user of conflicts between a plurality of aircrafts and presents an avoidance plan and an avoidance procedure.

(Other embodiments)
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, the system or apparatus which combined the separate characteristic contained in each embodiment how was included in the category of this invention.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices, or may be applied to a single device. Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to a case where an information processing program that realizes the functions of the embodiments is supplied directly or remotely to a system or apparatus. Therefore, in order to realize the functions of the present invention on a computer, a program installed in the computer, a medium storing the program, and a WWW (World Wide Web) server for downloading the program are also included in the scope of the present invention. .

Claims (13)

First display means for detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
First selection means for selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display means in response to a user operation;
Second display means for calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected by the first selection means and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
Second selection means for selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance plans displayed by the second display means in accordance with a user operation;
Third display means for causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected by the second selection means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   2. The first display unit, the second display unit, and the third display unit display the conflict, the avoidance plan, and the avoidance procedure on one screen. Information processing device.   The first display means displays a time at which a conflict is estimated, a call sign of two aircrafts at which the conflict is estimated, and a status indicating whether there is a conflict avoidance plan. Or the information processing apparatus of 2.   4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first display means displays in a distinguishable manner that a conflict has occurred at the current time and that a future conflict has occurred. 5. The information processing apparatus described in 1.   The second display means displays, as the calculated avoidance plan, a call sign of an aircraft that requires a state change, a control instruction for the state change to the aircraft, and a time when the state change can be performed. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the information processing apparatus is characterized in that:   The third display means displays a control instruction as to which aircraft should move when and how to execute the avoidance plan selected by the second selection means. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   If the avoidance plan is executed, if it is found that a conflict occurs with an aircraft other than the two aircrafts for which the conflict has been detected, fourth display means for displaying that the avoidance plan has become invalid The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   And a notification means for notifying the selected avoidance procedure to the aircraft that should execute the avoidance procedure in a state where one avoidance procedure is selected from the avoidance procedure displayed by the third display means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   9. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising: fifth display means for displaying a notification indicating that the aircraft has executed the avoidance procedure in response to the notification by the notification means. The information processing apparatus described in 1.   The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising sixth display means for displaying the avoidance plan on an offshore map. An information processing system including a plurality of information processing devices connected to each other via a network,
Each information processing device
First display means for detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
First selection means for selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed by the first display means in response to a user operation;
Second display means for calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected by the first selection means and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
Second selection means for selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance plans displayed by the second display means in accordance with a user operation;
Third display means for displaying an avoidance procedure on the display for executing the avoidance plan selected by the second selection means;
Transmitting means for transmitting information related to the conflict to another information processing apparatus in order to share the detected conflict;
Receiving means for receiving, from the other information processing apparatus, information related to the conflict detected by the other information processing apparatus;
An information processing system comprising: A first display step of detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
A first selection step of selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed in the first display step in response to a user operation;
A second display step of calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected in the first selection step and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
A second selection step of selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance measures displayed in the second display step in accordance with a user operation;
A third display step of causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected in the second selection step;
An information processing method comprising: A first display step of detecting a conflict between at least two aircraft and displaying the detected conflict on a display;
A first selection step of selecting one conflict from the conflicts displayed in the first display step in response to a user operation;
A second display step of calculating at least one avoidance plan for avoiding the conflict selected in the first selection step and displaying the calculated avoidance plan on the display;
A second selection step of selecting one avoidance plan from the avoidance measures displayed in the second display step in accordance with a user operation;
A third display step of causing the display to display an avoidance procedure for executing the avoidance plan selected in the second selection step;
An information processing program for causing a computer to execute.

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