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EP-4738314-A1 - AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES DATA STANDARDIZATION SYSTEMS AND AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES DATA STANDARDIZATION METHODS

EP4738314A1EP 4738314 A1EP4738314 A1EP 4738314A1EP-4738314-A1

Abstract

An aeronautical navigation data standardization method comprising: receiving data sets of aeronautical navigation data from aeronautical navigation source providers "ANSPs"; identifying one or both of a type of the aeronautical navigation data in the data sets or the countries in which the ANSPs are located; selecting one or more data standardization cases for one or more of the data sets to change the aeronautical navigation data in the one or more of the data sets based on one or more previous detections of the type of the aeronautical navigation data or the countries for one or more previous changes to one or more previous data sets; and changing the aeronautical navigation data according to the one or more data standardization cases that are selected, one or both of a format or a syntax of the aeronautical navigation data being changed in the one or more of the data sets.

Inventors

  • SCHEUCHER, WOLFGANG
  • DOGADOVA, Polina
  • SAHA, KAUSHIK
  • PAYSEN, Jennifer
  • HAMDI, Zied

Assignees

  • The Boeing Company

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20251022

Claims (15)

  1. An aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) comprising: receiving data sets (102) of aeronautical navigation data from aeronautical navigation source providers "ANSPs"; identifying one or both of a type of the aeronautical navigation data in the data sets (102) or the countries in which the ANSPs are located; selecting one or more data standardization cases for one or more of the data sets (102) to change the aeronautical navigation data in the one or more of the data sets (102) based on one or more previous detections of the type of the aeronautical navigation data or the countries for one or more previous changes to one or more previous data sets (102); and changing the aeronautical navigation data according to the one or more data standardization cases that are selected, one or both of a format or a syntax of the aeronautical navigation data being changed in the one or more of the data sets (102).
  2. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of claim 1, wherein the ANSPs are located in different countries.
  3. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: sending the one or more data sets that are changed (102') to one or more aeronautical consumer systems for use in one or more of planning flights and controlling aircraft.
  4. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: creating and storing a report of the one or more data standardization cases that are selected and applied to change the format or the syntax of the aeronautical navigation data in the one or more of the data sets (102).
  5. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of claim 4, dependent upon claim 3, further comprising sending said report to said one or more aeronautical consumer systems.
  6. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any of the preceding claims, further comprising: selecting which of the data standardization cases are to be applied to the one or more data sets (102) regardless of the type of the aeronautical navigation data or the countries of the ANSPs that provided the one or more data sets (102).
  7. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any of the preceding claims, further comprising: selectively deactivating one or more of the data standardization cases to prevent the one or more of the data standardization cases that are deactivated from being used to change the format or the syntax of the aeronautical navigation data in the one or more of the data sets (102).
  8. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any of the preceding claims, wherein the aeronautical navigation data in the data sets (102) includes one or more of navaids, landing systems, satellite navigation systems, radar systems, aeronautical ground lights, routes, cruise tables, flight restrictions, airports, heliports, seaports, aprons, taxiways, lightings, markings, signs, gates, waypoints, landing areas, surface contaminations, holding patterns, terminal procedures, minimum and emergency safe altitude, airspaces, grid MORAs, obstacles, surface assessments areas, aeronautical authorities, airport ground services, traffic separation and met services, information services, communication facilities, aerial refueling, aircraft and flight characteristics, rules and procedures, or meteorological conditions.
  9. The aeronautical navigation data standardization method (200) of any of the preceding claims, wherein the one or more data standardization cases are applied to the aeronautical navigation data to change object names in the aeronautical navigation data, to add a universally unique identifier for one or more objects in the aeronautical navigation data, to remove values from the aeronautical navigation data, to add an object identifier to the aeronautical navigation data, or to change encoding of the aeronautical navigation data.
  10. A method comprising: - executing, by an aeronautical navigation data standardization system, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 3 to 9, dependent upon claim 3 ; - receiving, by one or more aeronautical consumer systems (114), said one or more data sets that are changed (102') ; - executing, by said one or more aeronautical consumer systems (114), one or more one or more of planning flights and controlling aircraft using said one or more data sets that are changed (102').
  11. An aeronautical navigation data standardization system (100) comprising one or more modules to execute the steps of an aeronautical navigation data standardization method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
  12. The aeronautical navigation data standardization system (100) of claim 11, wherein the one or more modules are formed from hardware circuitry and one or more processors (310).
  13. The aeronautical navigation standardization system of claim 12, wherein the hardware circuitry and the one or more processors (310) of the modules include an application-specific integrated circuit "ASIC" for an artificial neural network "ANN", the ASIC comprising: neurons (306) organized in an array, each of the neurons (306) including a register, a processing element, and at least one input; and synaptic circuits, each of the synaptic circuits including a memory for storing a synaptic weight, wherein each of the neurons (306) is connected to at least one other of the neurons (306) via at least one of the synaptic circuits, the processing elements of the neurons (306) configured to select the one or more data standardization cases to apply to the one or more of the data sets (102) based on prior selections of the one or more data standardization cases.
  14. The aeronautical navigation data standardization system (100) of any claims 10 to 13, wherein the one or more modules include a reporting module (122) configured to send the one or more data sets that are changed (102') to one or more aeronautical consumer systems (114) for use in one or more of planning flights and controlling aircraft.
  15. A system comprising: - an aeronautical navigation standardization system of claim 14; - one or more aeronautical consumer systems (114) configured to: receive from the said aeronautical navigation standardization system the one or more data sets that are changed (102') ; one or more of planning flights and controlling aircraft using said one or more data sets that are changed (102').

Description

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE Examples of the present disclosure relate to receiving aeronautical data from different countries and standardizing the data into a common format for use in planning flights and/or controlling aircraft during flights. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Digital aeronautical navigation data is information used by pilots and air traffic control prior to and during flights to ensure the flights are safe. This information can be used for planning flights, navigation (e.g., avoiding obstacles or other aircraft), performing emergency procedures during flights, and the like. This information can include electronic maps of airports, weather information, procedures for aircraft at airports, temporary hazards, air traffic control information, and the like. Digital aeronautical navigation data such as Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) data are provided by Aeronautical Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from different countries in the form of digital data sets. While a globally accepted data model and data exchange standard exists for these data sets in form of the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), countries still provide the respective AIS data sets from those countries in each country's own version or "flavor" of AIXM, or in a completely different format, such as csv, xml, JSON, shape, etc. Currently, most known digital data sources, although available, are not used in Boeing production systems, as the data is still provided or published also in paper format (i.e., as a section of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which can be retrieved in non-structured formats such as pdf and html). Some exceptions are obstacle data sets, known as eTOD (electronic Terrain and Obstacle Data), which by many countries are provided in digital format and which are then no longer published in the AIP. For these cases, a country specific data transformation may be applied in the Jeppesen production process to map and convert the data into the USF format, which then can be loaded into the Jeppesen Obstacle Database (JODA). For all other digital sources, e.g. AIP Data sets containing navigational data, no solution is currently in place that would utilize the advantages of processing digital data sources, such as improved data quality and reduced manual interaction with the data, as data verification by the user is not required in that case. SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE This disclosure relates to systems as per the appended claims, and to methods as per the appended claims. By "aeronautical consumer systems", or more simply "consumer systems", we refer to systems, platforms, or applications that utilize aeronautical navigation data. Examples of aeronautical consumer systems include, but are not limited to: flight planning systems that assist in route selection and control, air traffic management "ATM" systems, air traffic control "ATC" systems, flight management systems "FMS", NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) systems for disseminating time-sensitive aeronautical information, Training and flight simulator, resource and aerodrome facility management systems, etc. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 illustrates one example of an aeronautical navigation data standardization system;Figure 2 illustrates a flowchart of one example of a method for standardizing aeronautical navigation data; andFigure 3 illustrates one example of a machine learning/artificial intelligence system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of certain examples will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. As used herein, an element or step recited in the singular and preceded by the word "a" or "an" should be understood as not necessarily excluding the plural of the elements or steps. Further, references to "one example" are not intended to be interpreted as excluding the existence of additional examples that also incorporate the recited features. Moreover, unless explicitly stated to the contrary, examples "comprising" or "having" an element or a plurality of elements having a particular condition can include additional elements not having that condition. One or more examples of the inventive subject matter described herein provide AIS data standardizer systems and methods that can examine AIS digital data sets from different countries, recognize non-standard elements in this source data, and transforms the non-standard data elements into a standard format that aligns with a predefined, common AIXM standard format. This standardized data can then be provided to data consumers according to the data requirements of the consumers, while avoiding standalone and manually maintained country-specific data processing solutions. For example, the AIS data standardization systems and methods can operate in a fully automated manner, thereby allowing for more frequent updates, larger data sets, etc. than some currently known systems and