JP3030329B2 - Air traffic control information integrated display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air traffic control information integrated display device used, for example, when an air traffic controller grasps the operation status of an aircraft to be controlled and gives a traffic control instruction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, air traffic control services (hereinafter ATC)
Automated Radar Terminal as a control information processing system that contributes to business
System, hereafter referred to as ARTS), Terminal Radar Alpha Numeric Display System (Terminal Radar Alpha)
numeric Display System (hereinafter, TRAD) Airway Radar Information Processing System (Radar Data Processing System,
Hereinafter, RDP), flight plan information processing system (Flight D)
ata Processing System (FDP), Ocean Air Traffic Control Data P
rocessing System (hereinafter referred to as ODPS).

ARTS is an airport surveillance radar (Airport Su
rveillance Radar (hereinafter, ASR) information is processed and the display device (Plan V installed on the control console of the terminal control center)
iewDisplay (hereinafter, PVD) is a system that displays information such as the position, flight number, altitude, etc. of an aircraft. TRAD is a system that receives radar signals and displays target data on the PVD. Both are common in terms of the system used for terminal control, but the hardware and software configurations are slightly different mainly due to differences in traffic volume. RDP stands for Air Route Surveill
ance Radar (hereinafter ARSR) and Ocean Route Surveillance Radar (ORS)
R), and processes information such as the position, flight number, altitude, etc. of the aircraft on the PVD of the air traffic control unit (air route control (enroute control)). FDP
Is a system that centrally processes flight planning information for the air traffic control department, provides information necessary for air traffic control such as flight tickets to air traffic controllers, and transmits and receives information required for other air traffic control information processing systems. It is. The ODPS is a system that derives an expected position of an aircraft based on the information from the FDP and displays the derived result on the PVD as if it were a radar image as estimated position information of the aircraft, thereby contributing to offshore control. By the way, in addition to the PVD, an input / output terminal of a related control information processing system, a wired / wireless communication system, a weather information display device, and the like are incorporated in a control console serving as an operation environment of these control information processing systems. Further, a plurality of operation tickets are arranged for each aircraft at and near each control console. In the enroute control, a control console is arranged for each sector obtained by dividing the airspace under the control of the air traffic controller into a plurality of sectors. In the offshore control, a PVD of a different type from that for the enroute control is used.
And a control console is located.

[0004]

However, in each conventional control information processing system, terminal control,
Since each control console in the enroute control and the offshore control has its own configuration, there were the following problems. That is, the control console has been gradually developed along with the environment surrounding the air traffic controller, and the design concept and the technical level at the time of the maintenance are not always the same. Therefore, the cooperation with the components of each control console or other control information processing systems has not been optimized, and the operation environment cannot be made common due to the difference in the PVD used. Therefore, the air traffic controller must learn the operation method of the control console arranged at the site or the airspace every time the air traffic control area or the airspace in charge changes, and cannot respond flexibly to the change of the airspace under the jurisdiction. was there.

[0005] In the earliest, as a change in the environment surrounding the air traffic controller, at the earliest, an air traffic control instruction is given only based on a position report from an aircraft operator, and the opposing objects (objects for exchanging information). Was a pilot only, but later, after using the flight ticket and the various control information processing systems described above, the air traffic controller decided to have three objects: pilot, flight ticket, and PVD. became. further,
In recent years, the scope of air traffic control that has been performed by area has expanded dramatically, and it comes into contact with other control airspaces, as a result, for example, when the airspace under control of the monitored aircraft switches. The frequency of communication and coordination with other air traffic controllers in charge of adjacent airspace has increased. As a result, the air traffic controller constantly monitors and grasps the accurate operation status of each aircraft with the above three objects added to the other air traffic controllers, and makes decisions to give appropriate air traffic control instructions. I had to.

[0006] The matters that the air traffic controller needs to pay attention to in performing the ATC operation include grasping the position of the aircraft, setting the control interval, maintaining the order of the traffic flow, preparing for the transfer of the traffic control, predicting the traffic in the near future, and the like. This is a PVD monitoring service, a radio frequency monitor, a radio communication to an aircraft, an operation slip entry service, an input to a related control information processing system terminal, and another air traffic controller using a wired (Land Line) at a control site. It leads to work contents such as coordination with. Air traffic controllers repeat these operations periodically.For example, when an air traffic control command is given to an aircraft, the content of the In the conventional system, which had to be duplicated, such as having to be entered into the traffic control information processing system, the incidental work accompanying such a traffic control instruction was originally the most important task, the traffic control interval. This has caused a problem that the time margin required for setting is squeezed. These problems are expected to be caused by the dramatic increase in the number of aircraft to be controlled, and the means of acquiring aircraft position information, such as satellite data links using the Multipurpose Transport Satellite (MTSAT), is expected to become increasingly diverse. This element is particularly important in the generation of air traffic control from the viewpoint of ensuring the safe operation of aircraft as the highest priority.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an air traffic control information integrated display device having a configuration capable of realizing a common operation environment and unifying an information input mode regardless of a jurisdiction airspace or an assigned airspace. It is to realize.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention, as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG.
In addition to R, ORSR, and ASR, aircraft position information obtaining means expected to improve performance in the future, such as a secondary surveillance radar with an individual selection calling function (SSR mode S), its data link (mode S data link), and VHF data Link, satellite data link, etc., a plurality of traffic control information processing systems (RDP, ARTS, TRAD, ODPS, FD
P, automatic dependent monitoring (ADS), air traffic flow management (ATF)
M), etc., based on the aircraft-related information obtained through the input device of the own device and the input information input from the input device of the own device, at least the position information, operation schedule information, flight plan information, flight control information, An air traffic control information integrated display device 1 for integrally displaying instruction information is constructed.

This air traffic control information integrated display device 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, information acquisition means 20 for acquiring the above-mentioned position information, operation schedule information, flight plan information, control instruction information, and input information, and air space map information covering the flight range of the aircraft are stored. Map information storage means 10
And position information display control means 11 for forming a display area of an aircraft identification image moving on the corresponding airspace map based on the stored airspace map information and the position information of the aircraft. An operation schedule information display control means for forming a display area of the operation schedule information of the aircraft, a flight plan information display control means for forming a display area of the flight plan information of the aircraft, and the input information. Control instruction information input / display control means 14 for forming a display area of control instruction information for the aircraft including:
The plurality of display areas are configured to be integrally displayed on the display device 3. The display device 3 may be single or plural. The display area of the control instruction information is
It also serves as an input instruction area for prompting information input in its own device, and constitutes information input means together with the input device 2.

[0010] In the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 having the above configuration, as a more preferable configuration, an aircraft information storage unit 21 for storing the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 20 in association with each other, and reception of a predetermined update command is provided. Information updating means 22 for updating the storage information of the aircraft information storage means 21 at the time of trigger. Based on the updated storage information, at least the aircraft identification image, the flight schedule information, the flight plan information, and the control instruction information are provided. Update the display. Further, there is provided an information selecting means 31 for selecting information stored in the aircraft information storing means 21 and an information extracting means 32 for extracting all information related to the selected information from the aircraft information storing means 21. The obtained information is guided to the corresponding display control means 11 to 14, respectively. The shape and size of each display area formed by each of the display control means 11 to 14 may be arbitrarily set.

The above-mentioned air traffic control information integrated display device 1
Can be realized by event-driven processing. In this case, at least the acquisition of the aircraft-related information or input information, the selection of information, and the setting change of the shape or size of each display area are grasped as individual events, and the occurrence of these events corresponds to the event that has occurred. It is preferable to provide an event processing control unit for prompting the corresponding display control units 11 to 14 to perform display control to be performed. Furthermore, in such an event-driven process, for example, an aircraft object / class that defines a method representing the behavior and an associated information to be stored is assigned to an aircraft, which is a target of displaying and changing various information. Creation of an object corresponding to each aircraft, entry of an individual aircraft into the relevant airspace / change of various aircraft information / departure from the relevant airspace / event notification (method call) for the object / object Is effective in realizing the above series of functions in a small memory space.

[0012]

In the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present invention, the display areas of the position information, operation schedule information, flight plan information, and control instruction information of the aircraft to be controlled are integrated on the display screen, and the control instruction information is displayed. The display area also functions as an area for instructing information input. In this case, the position information, the operation schedule information, the flight plan information, and the control instruction information of the aircraft are displayed in association with each other, so that all the information on one aircraft can be grasped in the same visual range.
In addition, the content of the display information is automatically updated based on the information input in the own device, and the input information or the updated information is sent to the related air traffic control information processing system or another air traffic control information integrated display device. It is no longer necessary to perform the information input to the related control information processing system and the information entry to the operation slip redundantly as in the related art. Furthermore, airspace map information is prepared in advance for the airspace under its jurisdiction, and if necessary, any one can be selected or scaled and used to obtain information on the aircraft's location information, control type, airspace, or airspace in charge. Regardless, an information display or input operation environment is always realized in a unified form.

[0013] As described above, since the components of the control console are organically combined and optimized, it is possible to obviate the need for a physical operation chart console conventionally required. In actual use, a plurality of air traffic control information integration devices 1 are deployed for one airspace in charge, and an air traffic controller in charge of operating one device is dedicated to air traffic control instructions and operates another device. If the assigned air traffic controller simultaneously monitors traffic in the relevant airspace and traffic in other airspaces and communicates with and coordinates with the air traffic controller in charge of other airspaces and related organizations, the number of aircraft to be controlled will increase. It is possible to appropriately cope with the increase in the number. In this case, the shape and size of each display area formed by each of the display control means 11 to 14 may be arbitrarily set according to the duty of each air traffic controller.

[0014]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present invention includes aircraft-related information obtained through a plurality of control information processing systems by various aircraft position information obtaining means, and information of the own device. The input information inputted from the input means is guided.
The air traffic control information integrated display device 1 integrally displays at least the position information, operation schedule information, flight plan information, and control instruction information of the aircraft to be controlled by the following information processing method based on the information thus guided. These pieces of information may be integrated and displayed on the same screen, or may be integrated and displayed on a plurality of display screens.

Air traffic control information display system 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration example for specifically realizing the various functions by the event-driven processing. Referring to FIG. 3, the air traffic control information integrated display device of the present embodiment (for convenience, the same reference numeral 1 as in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be used).
Are roughly divided into a display processing unit 40 and a data storage unit 41.
And a control unit 42. The display processing unit 40
It comprises an aircraft position information display processing section 51, a control target aircraft operation schedule information display processing section 52, a flight plan information / related information display processing section 53, and a control instruction input / display processing section 54. The data storage unit 41 includes an airspace map data file storage unit 55 and an aircraft information storage unit 56. The control unit 42 includes an event processing unit 57 and a connection data communication processing unit 58.

In relation to the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 2, mainly, the aircraft position information display processing section 51 realizes the function of the position information display control means 11, and the control target aircraft operation schedule information display processing is performed. The unit 52 realizes the function of the flight schedule information display control unit 12, and the flight plan information / related information display processing unit 53 realizes the functions of the flight plan information display control unit 13 and the information update unit 22. is there. The control instruction input / display processing unit 54 implements the functions of the control instruction information input / display control unit 14 and the information updating unit 22, and the aircraft information storage unit 56 implements the function of the aircraft information storage unit 21. The connection data communication processing unit 58
It realizes the function of. Although not shown in FIG. 3, each function of the information selection unit 31 and the information extraction unit 32 is realized by a pointing device and other data input units for indicating and selecting a specific point on the display device 3.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display layout displayed on the display device 3 of the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present embodiment. In the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the display area of the display device 3 is divided into four display areas A to D using a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The information required by the air traffic controller is divided into these areas and displayed in an integrated manner, and it is also possible to unify the input operation accompanying the traffic control instruction.

In FIG. 4, an aircraft position information display area A
Is a portion corresponding to a display area for position information and the like in the conventional PVD.
It is used as an area for displaying a map (for convenience, referred to as a map) and an aircraft identification image (for example, a tag and required data) moving on the corresponding map. The aircraft position information display area A has a display size corresponding to an arbitrary switching of the map scale, scrolling of the display area in the north-south / east-west direction, display of an assigned airspace, and a shape of the airspace (long in the east-west or north-south direction).
It is configured so that the layout can be arbitrarily changed.

Aircraft operation schedule information display area B to be controlled
Is an area for displaying the flight operation schedule information of the aircraft in charge of the air traffic controller, and its layout can be set arbitrarily according to the application. In this embodiment, however, in the present embodiment, individual Area "Inbound List" for displaying a list of flight schedule information on aircraft, Area "DEP List" for displaying a list of flight schedule information about aircraft scheduled to depart from airports in the assigned airspace, and operation of aircraft currently under control The area "Co
ntrol List ". Then, when a specific aircraft identification image is selected on the map of the aircraft position information display area A, a display portion of the operation schedule information corresponding to the aircraft is highlighted, so that the user can quickly recognize it. I have. Conversely, when the specific operation schedule information is selected, the corresponding aircraft identification image on the map is selectively displayed, so that the position and state of the target aircraft can be quickly visually recognized. The contents of the operation schedule information (list) (display positions, order, etc. of the operation schedule information of each aircraft) are updated according to the transfer contents at the time of handoff (control transfer) by the processing described later. The handoff is performed by, for example, selecting a handoff button (Transter or Accept) displayed at the bottom of the display area B. In addition, the flight schedule information referred to here is the information that is obtained from the information printed on the conventional physical flight ticket, and the information that is also obtained from other display areas, such as the scheduled flight route information, etc. Optimized for what the government needs.

The flight plan information / related information display area C is a portion corresponding to an information input / output terminal such as a conventional FDP.
This is a display area for displaying related information such as flight plan information and detailed scheduled operation information for each aircraft. Then, when information on a specific aircraft is selected on the map of the aircraft position information display area A or on the list of the control target aircraft operation schedule information display area B, flight plan information and the like on the aircraft are displayed. .

The control instruction input / display area D includes a selected current aircraft state and control instruction contents (Headin).
g, Flight Level, Air Speed, etc.), and is also an input instruction area for prompting the user to input the control instruction content given to the aircraft. By clicking the input instruction area with, for example, a pointing device, the input of the control instruction content from the input device 2 is accepted. This control instruction content is also sent to the related control information processing system, and is used for operation schedule change processing and the like. In addition, even if control instructions are transmitted by various data links, the contents of the control instructions input using this area will be sent to the aircraft as they are, so that the special operation burden associated with the transmission of the control instructions will be increased. Need to be imposed on air traffic controllers. As a result, it is possible to minimize the attendant work accompanying the control instruction.

Next, a description will be given of a process for enabling the above contents to be displayed in each of the display areas A to D. The aircraft position information display processing unit 51 reads the set map from the airspace map data file storage unit 55 and displays it in the aircraft position information display area A, and also displays position information on the aircraft flying in the display airspace in the aircraft. The information is read out from the information storage unit 56 and projected and displayed on the corresponding part on the map. In the aircraft position information display processing unit 51, when an arbitrary one of a plurality of aircraft identification images displayed on the map is selected and instructed in the aircraft position information display area A, the following will be described. This is notified to the event processing unit 57, and the “selected aircraft identification ID” described later is updated. Then, for example, the color of the aircraft identification image is changed to a color different from that of the non-selected aircraft so that the state of the aircraft can be quickly visually recognized on the map.

Aircraft operation schedule information display processing unit 5 to be controlled
2 reads out the operation schedule information of the aircraft to be controlled from the aircraft information storage unit 56 and classifies them, and lists them in the respective list areas “Inbound List”, “DEPList” provided in the control target aircraft operation schedule information display area B. , "Control List"
Are displayed in order of time, and highlight control of specific operation schedule information is performed. At the time of handoff, the display position of the operation schedule information is updated according to the transfer contents, and the operation schedule information of the aircraft that has been transferred to the adjacent airspace is removed from the list.

Flight plan information / related information display processing unit 53
Stores relevant information such as flight plan information and detailed scheduled operation information on the currently selected aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56.
And displays it in the flight plan information / related information display area C. Further, various information inquiry requests input from the own device are transmitted to the related control information processing system via the connection data communication processing unit 58, and the inquiry result is displayed in a corresponding area of the flight plan information / related information display area C. . On the other hand, when the operation schedule change information is input, the content is reflected in the aircraft information stored in the aircraft information storage unit 56, and is transmitted to the related control information processing system via the connection data communication processing unit 58. Notify also.

The control instruction input / display processing unit 54 provides the position information of the currently selected aircraft and the control instruction contents (He
ading, Flight Level, Air Speed, etc.) from the aircraft information storage unit 56, and reads this from the control instruction input / display area D.
Is displayed in the corresponding area of. Further, the control instruction content given to the aircraft through the control instruction input / display area D is reflected in the aircraft information stored in the aircraft information storage unit 56, and the related control information processing system is connected via the connection data communication unit 58. Notify.

The airspace map data file storage 55 includes:
The map of the airspace to be displayed in the aircraft position information display processing unit 51 is stored. Aircraft information storage unit 56
Is information on all aircraft to be controlled (aircraft information), for example, an aircraft identification ID for identifying an individual aircraft, aircraft status information indicating a control transfer state, and the like.
Aircraft position information (position, altitude, speed, course), flight plan information, operation schedule information, control instruction information, and the like are collectively stored for each aircraft. In addition, information on aircraft not to be controlled is also stored if the display area of the map is set wider than the jurisdiction airspace.

The event processing section 57 implements the function of the above-described event processing execution control means. Specifically, after receiving notification of occurrence of various events from the display processing unit 40 and the connection data communication processing unit 58, and performing processing such as reflecting the contents thereof to the aircraft information storage unit 56, if necessary, This notifies the processing units 51 to 54 in the apparatus of a display update event, a connection data transmission event, and the like. The main events received here include an aircraft information generation event, a control transfer event, an aircraft selection event, an aircraft position information update event, an aircraft operation schedule information update event, a control instruction input event, an aircraft information deletion event, and the like. When receiving the notification of these events, the event processing unit 57 performs the following processing.

The aircraft information generation event is transmitted from the connection data communication processing unit 58 when the flight control information and the flight schedule information on the flight entering the assigned airspace and the flight departing from the airport are transmitted from the relevant control information processing system. The event to be notified. In this case, the information area of the aircraft is secured in the aircraft information storage unit 56, and a list display update event is notified to the control target aircraft operation schedule information display processing unit 52. As a result, the operation schedule information relating to the aircraft is displayed in text in the corresponding area of the control target aircraft operation schedule information display area B. In addition, this event is also notified when the display area of the map is set to be wider than the jurisdiction air area by the aircraft position information display processing unit 51. In this case, an information area for the aircraft is secured in the aircraft information storage unit 56. However, since the aircraft is outside the jurisdiction of the airspace, the aircraft scheduled flight information display area B
During the operation, the operation schedule information of the aircraft is not displayed. The control transfer event (entrance / departure) is an event notified from the related control information processing system or the air traffic control information integrated display device in the adjacent airspace via the connection data communication processing unit 58. When this event is received, the handoff state is indicated by updating the aircraft status information of the aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56 and blinking a part of the aircraft identification image displayed in the aircraft position information display area A. Display. After the transfer is completed, the display update event of the list is notified to the control target aircraft operation schedule information display section 52. The control transfer event (going out) is an event notified at the time of handoff. In this case, the display indicating the handoff state is performed, such as updating the aircraft status information of the aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56 and blinking a part of the aircraft identification image displayed in the aircraft location information display area A. Let Also, after the transfer (departure) is completed,
A list display update event, that is, the deletion of the operation schedule information of the aircraft is notified to the control target aircraft operation schedule information display unit 52. The information reference / update events include an aircraft selection event, a control instruction input event, an aircraft position information update event, and an aircraft operation schedule information update event. The aircraft selection event is an event for selecting and instructing an arbitrary aircraft. The aircraft position information display processing unit 51 or the control target aircraft operation schedule information display processing unit 52
After updating the “selected aircraft identification ID” described later, the identification image of the aircraft in the aircraft position information display area A is selectively displayed on both display processing units 51 and 52, and the aircraft to be controlled is scheduled to operate. A display update event for highlighting the operation schedule information of the aircraft in the information display area B is notified, and the flight plan information / related information display processing unit 5
3 and the control instruction input / display processing unit 54 are also notified of a display update event so that information on the aircraft is displayed. The “selected aircraft identification ID” is information for identifying the currently selected aircraft, and specifically,
It is similar to a pointer indicating the position of the aircraft information stored in the aircraft information storage unit 56, an object ID, or the like. This “selected aircraft identification ID” is shared by the event processing unit 57 and each of the display processing units 51 to 54 of the present apparatus, and is a target for referring to and updating the information. The control instruction input event is an event notified from the control instruction input / display processing unit 54. When this event is received, the control instruction information and operation schedule information of the aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56 are updated. At the same time, the display update event is notified to the control instruction input / display processing unit 54 and the control target aircraft operation schedule information display processing unit 52. The aircraft position information update event is an event notified from the related control information processing system via the connection data communication processing unit 58. In this case, the position information of the aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56 is updated, and a display update event is notified to the aircraft position information display processing unit 51. However, the notification timing of the display update event to the aircraft position information display processing unit 51 may be arbitrarily set according to the position information obtaining means and the size of the map display area. The flight operation schedule information update event is transmitted from the flight plan information / related information display processing unit 53 or the related control information processing system to the connection data communication processing unit 58.
The event is notified via. In this case, the operation schedule information of the aircraft in the aircraft information storage unit 56 is updated, and a list display update event is notified to the control target aircraft operation schedule information display unit 52. The aircraft information deletion event is an event that releases the information area of the aircraft after a handoff (going out), after the aircraft lands, or after a certain distance from the area where the map is displayed.

The connection data communication processing section 58 transmits and receives information necessary for connection with the related control information processing system and other air traffic control information integrated display devices. More specifically, information on aircraft to be entered / departed (flight plan information, etc.),
Aircraft position information within the jurisdiction airspace / map display area, handoff information (entrance / exit area), control instruction / operation schedule change information,
Information such as various information inquiry requests / results is exchanged.

Next, an example of the operation of the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to an example in which a specific aircraft is selected and displayed using the above-mentioned "selected aircraft identification ID". I do. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the procedure in this case.
S represents a processing step.

Referring to FIG. 5, the function of selecting and displaying a specific item from a plurality of pieces of aircraft information is realized by the following three-stage event processing. [First Stage] First, when an aircraft selection event occurs in the aircraft position information display processing unit 51 or the control target aircraft operation schedule information processing unit 52 (S1), the “selected aircraft identification ID” is set by the processing unit in which the selection event has occurred. It is updated (S2). [Second stage] Thereafter, the event processing unit 57 notified of the occurrence of the selected event notifies the display processing unit 40 of the occurrence of the selected aircraft update event (S3). [Third Stage] Next, the display processing unit 40 accesses the aircraft information storage unit 56 using the "selected aircraft identification ID" as a search key (S4, S6), extracts only necessary information, and connects to each. The display process is performed on the information display area (S5). As described above, by combining the event-driven processing with the search method using the “selected aircraft identification ID” as a key, a selective display mechanism with high information access efficiency and high response is realized. In addition, for the control instruction input and the operation schedule change input for the currently selected aircraft, an aircraft selection mechanism using the “selected aircraft identification ID” as a key is adopted, and the aircraft information storage unit 56 is used.
The aircraft information is directly accessed to reflect the input contents, and at the same time, the event processing unit 57 notifies the related control information processing system via the connection data communication processing unit 58.

In the event-driven processing, if the functions of the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of this embodiment are realized by objects / classes using an object-oriented programming language, notification of various events,
In addition, information related to individual aircraft to be controlled is collectively managed as objects, and it can be easily created and deleted. The use efficiency and the access efficiency are improved, which is very effective as a solution to the problem of the present invention. Although the event-driven processing is originally suitable for implementing parallel processing by hardware, the entire apparatus is implemented by adopting a hardware configuration in which processing driven by event notification is performed in parallel for each processing unit. An extremely responsive interface is realized. Further, if the event-driven processing is realized on a distributed OS (Operating System), hardware and software can be more easily mounted, which contributes to improvement in the reliability of the present apparatus.

As described above, the air traffic control information integrated display device 1 of the present embodiment integrates and displays related information of the aircraft to be controlled and unifies the information input operation. An environment for conducting ATC operations can be provided to air traffic controllers. As a result, the air traffic controller can work on the most important task, that is, the setting of the control interval, with sufficient time, and a very favorable state for ensuring the safe operation of the aircraft is formed. In addition, a common operating environment has been realized regardless of the means for acquiring aircraft position information and the type of control airspace, which contributes to the efficiency of training of aircraft controllers in equipment operation familiarization, and also contributes to ATC operations caused by erroneous operation of equipment. The probability of occurrence of a failure can be reduced.

[0034]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the air traffic control information integrated display device of the present invention, the operating environment of the control console incorporating the same is irrespective of the airspace under the jurisdiction. The cause of the decrease in the efficiency of the ATC operation due to the inconsistency in the table configuration is reduced. As a result, it is possible to flexibly cope with the formulation of next-generation air traffic control system standards, including the reorganization of air traffic control types.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an environment including an air traffic control information integrated display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration of an air traffic control information integrated display device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration in a case where the air traffic control information integrated display device of the present invention is realized by an event driving process.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display layout displayed on the air traffic control information integrated display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure when a specific aircraft is selected and displayed in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air traffic control information integrated display device 2 Input device 3 Display device 10 Map information storage means 11 Position information display control means 12 Flight schedule information display control means 13 Flight plan information display control means 14 Control instruction information input / display control means 20 Information acquisition Means 21 Aircraft information storing means 22 Information updating means 31 Information selecting means 32 Information extracting means

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] At least position information, operation schedule information, and flight plan information of an aircraft to be controlled are obtained from aircraft-related information sent from an external device or a system, and input information input from information input means of the own device is obtained. Information acquisition means for acquiring, map information storage means for storing airspace map information covering the flight range of the aircraft, and moving on the corresponding airspace map based on the stored airspace map information and the position information of the aircraft. Position information display control means for forming a display area of an aircraft identification image; operation schedule information display control means for forming a display area of operation schedule information of the aircraft that changes according to a position on the corresponding airspace map; Flight plan information display control means for forming a display area of flight plan information related to the flight control finger to the aircraft including the input information It has a control instruction information input and display control means for forming a display area of the information, and air traffic control information integrated display apparatus characterized by comprising displaying integrates these multiple display areas. 2. An aircraft information storage unit that stores information acquired by the information acquisition unit in association with each other, an information update unit that updates storage information of the aircraft information storage unit upon receipt of a predetermined update command, 2. The aviation system according to claim 1, further comprising: updating at least the display of the aircraft identification image, the operation schedule information, the flight plan information, and the control instruction information based on the updated storage information. Control information integrated display device. 3. An information selection means for selecting information stored in the aircraft information storage means, and an information extraction means for extracting information related to the selected storage information from the aircraft information storage means. 3. The air traffic control information integrated display device according to claim 1, wherein the extracted information is guided to the corresponding display control means. 4. The air traffic control according to claim 1, wherein the shape and size of each display area formed by each of said display control means can be arbitrarily set. Information integrated display device. 5. A means for grasping at least the acquisition of the aircraft-related information or input information, selection of information, and setting change of the shape or size of each display area as individual events, and the occurrence of these events upon occurrence of these events The air traffic control information integrated display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: an event processing control unit that prompts the display control unit to perform a display control corresponding to the event.