JP2710564B2 - NOTAM message processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information processing of a notam message, and more particularly to a notam message processing system for graphically displaying the contents of a notam message relating to an airfield together with an airfield facility layout diagram.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a notam message is presented to a user.
Notam telegram providing means is a terminal device installed at each airfield.
NOTAM telegram (NOTAM: NOT
ICE TO AIRMEN, Aviation Security Radio Facilities, Business
About the establishment, change, or existence of danger, etc.
luckSailingNotification to related parties)
Sorts and binds printed hard copies, etc.
To provide the operator with a notam telegram
In the case of, the display board
Shown in a way such as writing the contents of a NOTAM message on the top
Terminal connected to a teletype line whenever necessary or
Inquiry of the NOTAM message from the device to the center system
In some cases, a required notam telegram is acquired.

[0003]

A notam telegram as a means for providing aviation facility information is described using alphanumeric characters and symbols, and using abbreviations and abbreviations determined by public organizations. The basic method of providing a NOTAM message is textual information printed on the printer paper of the teletype terminal, and operators in need of the NOTAM message visually check the NOTAM message printed on the printer paper one by one. .

[0004] In this conventional notum providing means, when a person in charge of operation posts the contents of a notum message distributed via a teletype line, it is drawn with a symbol mark on a facility layout map display board of the airport. . With this method, due to the restrictions on the posting location where the facility layout map display board is posted, only information about several airfields can be displayed, and every time a NOTAM message is distributed, the contents are converted to a symbol mark etc. It must be drawn on the layout drawing board. If a notam telegram other than the airfield where the facility layout is displayed is required, search for the notam telegram printed on the printer paper of the teletype terminal, or contact the center from the teletype terminal to obtain the required notam telegram. Must get.

[0005] Further, the content of the notam telegram is an important element of information about time, and the content may be changed in units of time. For this reason, operators must always pay attention to the contents of the NOTAM message printed and printed on the printer of the teletype terminal. It is difficult to post the latest NOTAM message information in accordance with.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a notam electronic message processing system that analyzes a notam electronic message relating to an airfield facility, converts the airfield facility and the contents of the notum electronic message into graphic information, and displays the graphic information.

[0007] Therefore, the NOTAM telegram for notifying the operation status of the airfield such as the airfield of the present invention is analyzed and recorded.
In a notum message processing system having a processing device and a display device for graphically displaying the contents of the notam message together with the aviation facility arrangement, the processing device has an abbreviation and abbreviation described in the notam message. A keyword storage memory for storing the listed keyword list, and a notum information storage for storing a notum message for each airfield, graphic information of the airfield facilities, and graphic information of symbol marks corresponding to abbreviations and abbreviations in the notum message. Means, input means for receiving a notam message transmitted through a communication line, and performing a format check of the notam message, referring to the keyword list, and extracting a keyword corresponding to the abbreviation and abbreviation from the notam message. Analysis means for classifying and holding the keywords by type. And searching the notum information storage means by the keyword held in the analysis means, and the airfield facility layout map corresponding to the keyword, a symbol indicating the facility and operation state thereof, its color and size. Graphic processing means for generating graphic information; storage means for storing the keyword held by the analyzing means and the graphic information by the graphic processing means as graphic information corresponding to the airfield in the notum information storage means; A search unit that searches the notum information storage unit based on the inquiry request for information about the corresponding airfield, and sends graphic information of the notatum message related to the airfield to the display processing unit, and the display device includes: The graphic information corresponding to the airfield displayed on the display was stored. Display storage means, and display processing means for searching the layout storage means for the airfield to be queried input from the keyboard, synthesizing the graphical information of the search result and the airfield facility layout, and displaying on the display Is provided.

[0008]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, a notam telegram processing system 10 includes a processing device 100 such as a minicomputer or the like that operates under program control and a display device 1 having a display for displaying graphics.
And 10.

The processing device 100 includes an input unit 101 for receiving a notum message from a communication line, an analyzing unit 102 for analyzing the notum message, extracting abbreviations and abbreviations, and converting the abbreviations and abbreviations into keywords, and a keyword included in the notum message. A graphic processing means 103 for generating graphic information based on the information, a storage means 104 for storing graphic information of keywords and an airfield facility layout in a notum information storage means 106, a keyword storage memory 105 for storing a keyword list of a notum message, A search means 107 for searching the notum information storage means.

The display device 110 includes a display processing unit 111 for displaying graphic information of figures and characters, and a layout storage unit 11 for storing graphic information of airfield facilities and layout drawings.
2, a display 113 for displaying graphics, and a keyboard 114 for inputting operation instructions.

As shown in FIG. 6, a keyword storage memory 105 stores a keyword 61 corresponding to an abbreviation consisting of alphabets and abbreviations required for notam analysis as a headword, its type 62 and the state 6 which it means.
1 is symbolized and stored. NOTAM information storage means 1
As shown in FIG. 7, reference numeral 06 denotes an airfield facility arrangement information 72 indicating information on an airfield facility unit of the airfield 71, a notum text information 73 indicating a text of a notum telegram related to the airfield facility, and its graphic information 74. Furthermore, a plurality of notam messages and a plurality of graphic information can be stored for each notam message for each airport. The layout storage unit 112 includes a display 113 as shown in FIG.
Is stored in advance for each of the 81 airfields. The graphic information related to the airfield facility layout map 80 includes the layout information 82 of the airfield itself, and the layout and specifications of various facilities 83 to 8n provided therein, such as a runway, a taxiway, and an aeronautical radio facility.

Next, the operation from the input of a NOTAM message to the storage of graphic information in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The NOTAM telegram is input to the input means 101 via a communication line such as a teletype line. The input unit 101 performs a format check of the notam message to determine whether or not the input notam message satisfies a specific format defined by a public organization. If a notam telegram other than the prescribed format is input, the notam telegram is excluded (step 1). The analyzing means 102 decomposes the notam telegram which satisfies the specific format into items defined in the format, and further decomposes them into words corresponding to the abbreviations and abbreviations constituting the item (step 2). Further analysis means 1
02 checks whether or not the word is among the keywords stored in the keyword storage memory 105 (step 3). If the same word as the keyword stored in the keyword storage memory 105 is detected, the word is referred to as a NOTAM message. (Ye in step 4)
s). After the search in the keyword storage memory 105 is completed for all the words included in the notum message, the analysis unit 102 classifies the words recognized as valid keywords by type, and sets the target airfield of the notum message and the The facilities and their states are determined, the corresponding airfield facility arrangement information is also determined, and keywords and notum messages classified and classified into facilities, states, reasons, etc. are passed to the graphic processing means 103 (step 5).

Next, the graphic processing means 103 determines words to be graphicized on the corresponding airfield facility layout based on the classified information. The color of the symbol of the word to be shaped,
The shape, size, etc. are determined based on the type of facility, the state of the facility, the keyword indicating the cause of the state, and the like, and the facility specification information of the relevant airport facility arrangement information stored in the notum information storage means 106. Is performed by the graphic processing means 103. If there are a plurality of valid keywords, the graphic processing means 103 repeats step 6 a plurality of times and processes each valid keyword (step 6). On the other hand, when there is no valid word other than the word indicating the corresponding airfield, it is set that there is no graphic information related to this notum message on the airfield facility layout diagram (step 8). The notum stores the graphic information determined in step 6 or step 8 by the notum information storage
6 (step 7).

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, a description will be given of the inquiry of the graphic information included in the NOTAM message of this embodiment and the operation of displaying the graphic information.

The inquiry about the graphic information relating to the airfield inputted from the keyboard 114 of the display device 110 is supplied to the display processing means 111 (step 11).

The display processing unit 111, with the subject airfield queries entered, searches the contents of layout memory means 112 (Step 12). When there is no graphic display of a notam telegram related to the inquired airfield (No in step 13), a message indicating that inquiry is not possible is edited (step 19). On the other hand, when the facility layout map information of the inquired airfield is stored in the layout storage means 112 (Yes in step 13), the notifying message and the graphic information related to the notum telegram of the inquired airfield are sent to the searching means 107. Request.

The display processing means 111, having received a response to the inquiry from the search means 107, determines whether or not there is a notum message related to the airfield to be inquired. Decompose into message units. Further, the notatum message is decomposed into word graphic units and converted into a format that can be combined with an airfield facility layout map to be displayed on the display 113 (step 14). In step 14 or step 19, the airfield facility layout map displayed on the display 113, the NOTAM message itself and the graphic information included in the NOTAM message are combined with the inquired airfield facility layout map read from the layout storage unit 112. The information is displayed on the display 113 (step 15). When the notam telegram related to the inquired airfield and the graphic information included in the notum telegram are combined and displayed on the display 113 on the display of the airfield facility layout, if the graphic information being displayed has a shortage or needs to be corrected (Yes in step 16). ), Graphic information can be added, deleted or modified by the input device of the keyboard 114 of the display device 110 (step 17). The graphic information input from the keyboard 114 is stored in the display processing unit 111 by the notum information storage unit 10.
6 and passed to the search means 107. The search means 107 stores the graphic information passed from the display processing means 111 in the notum information storage means 106 (step 18).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to a NOTAM message 50 shown in FIG. When the NOTAM message 50 is input by the input unit 101, the analyzing unit 1
02 is a notum message 5 given from the input unit 101
For 0, the style is checked (step 1). When the notam telegram 50 satisfies the style, it is first decomposed for each item (step 2). From the top of the NOTAM message 50, "(0100/94", "NOTAMN",
Lines beginning with "Q)" and "A) RJxx", "B) 94
01010000 ”,“ C) 940101359 ”and“ E) ”to the end of the character string. Further, a line starting with “Q)” is decomposed into character string units delimited by “/”, and a line starting with “E)” is decomposed into word units delimited by space. Next, the decomposed words are used as headwords in the keyword storage memory 10.
5 is searched (step 3). Keyword storage memory 1
05, "RWY" as a keyword representing a facility,
“CLSD” is stored as a keyword indicating a state, and “SNOW REMOVAL” is stored as a keyword indicating a reason. In the NOTAM message 50, "RWY" and "CLSD" are recognized as valid keywords.
And "SNOW REMOVAL" (Yes in step 4).

Next, the graphic processing means 103, based on the keyword recognized by the analysis means 102, stores
0: Runway "RWY" at XX airfield "RJxx" closed due to snow removal "SNOW REMOVAL""CLS
The content of "D" is determined (step 5).
Further, the airfield facility layout map information of the XX airfield is read from the notum information storage means 106. Based on the determined contents of the NOTAM and the airfield facility layout map information, the color, shape, and size of the graphic drawn on the airfield facility layout map and the character string to be displayed on the graphic are determined (step 6). The determined graphic information and information relating to the notam telegram 50 are stored in the notum storage means 106 via the storage means 104 as notum information of the XX airfield (step 7).

Next, the display of the notam graphic information will be described.

For example, an inquiry about notam information about the XX airfield is input from the keyboard 104 of the display device 110 (step 11). The display processing unit 111 requests the search unit 107 for inquiry information about the XX airfield input from the keyboard 114. Search means 107
Retrieves notum information relating to the XX airport from the notum information storage means 106 (step 12). The graphic information relating to the NOTAM telegram 50 is read, and the display processing means 1 is read out.
Give to 11. In the display processing unit 111, the search unit 10
4 is edited into a format that can be combined with the airfield layout diagram (step 14), combined with the XX airfield facility layout read out from the layout storage means 112, and displayed on the display 113 as shown in FIG. It is displayed in a format as shown in the illustrated example (step 15).

In this embodiment, a description has been given of the case where the notam graphic processing is performed by the two devices, the processing device 100 and the display device 110. However, the processing function performed by the processing device 100 and the processing function performed by the display device 110 are performed by one device. It is clear what can be achieved.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the NOTAM graphic processing device, the visibility of the NOTAM electronic message information is improved because facilities and situations related to the specific form of the NOTAM electronic message described by the alphabet and the symbol are represented by the graphic.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to display all the NOTAM message information relating to the airfield on the airfield facility layout map, so that a plurality of NOTAM messages are searched for and the contents thereof are confirmed. Since the troublesome operation is not required, the necessary notam telegrams can be listed and the contents can be quickly and easily grasped.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to accumulate NOTAM message information at a plurality of airports within the capacity of the NOTAM information storage means and the layout storage means, so that a flight plan or the like is created. In this case, it is possible to accurately refer to the operation status of the airfields in various places required.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating operations of an input unit 101, an analysis unit 102, a graphic processing unit 103, and a storage unit 104 of the processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a search unit 107 and a display processing unit 111 of the processing device 100 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying display contents on a display 110 shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram exemplifying an input NOTAM message of the processing device 100 shown in FIG. 1;

6 is a diagram exemplifying data in a keyword storage memory 105 of the processing device 100 shown in FIG.

7 is a diagram exemplifying data stored in a notam information storage unit 106 of the processing device 100 shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating data stored in a layout storage unit 112 of the display device 110 shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 notum message processing system 100 processing device 101 input means 102 analysis means 103 graphic processing means 104 storage means 105 keyword storage memory 106 notum information storage means 107 search means 110 display device 111 display processing means 112 layout storage means 113 display 114 keyboard

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A notam electronic message processing system having a processing device and a display device for analyzing and recording a notam electronic message for notifying an operation status of an air facility such as an airfield, and displaying a graphic of the contents of the notam electronic message together with the arrangement of the air facilities. In the processing device, a keyword storage memory that stores a keyword list in which abbreviations and abbreviations described in the notum message are listed, a notum message for each airfield, graphic information of the airfield facility, and Notum information storage means for storing graphic information of symbol marks corresponding to abbreviations and abbreviations in a notum message, input means for receiving a notum message sent through a communication line, and performing a format check of the notum message, Referring to the list, keywords corresponding to the abbreviations and abbreviations Analysis means for extracting from the notum message, classifying and holding the keywords for each type, and searching the notum information storage means by the keywords held in the analysis means, and finding an airfield facility arrangement corresponding to the keywords A graphic processing means for generating graphic information consisting of a figure and a symbol indicating the facility and operation state thereof, its color and size, and a keyword held by the analyzing means and the graphic information by the graphic processing means. A storage unit that stores the graphic information corresponding to the airfield in the notum information storage unit, and searches the notum information storage unit based on an inquiry request for information about the airfield,
Search means for sending graphic information of the relevant airfield and notum telegrams related to the airfield to a display processing means, wherein the display device stores the graphic information corresponding to the airfield to be displayed on a display. And display processing means for searching the layout storage means for the inquired airfield input from the keyboard, synthesizing the graphical information of the search result and the airfield facility layout, and displaying on the display. A notam telegram information processing system.