TWI840910B - Checkerboard flight information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a checkerboard flight information display system. A convergence center collects flight information of aircrafts of multiple airports, and any data publishing server publishes the flight information of the aircrafts of the multiple airports collected by the convergence center, and then a real-time information update module obtains or updates the flight information of the aircrafts of the multiple airports collected by the aggregation center in real time through any data publishing server. Next, a data integration analysis module analyzes time axis bar charts of the flight progress of the aircrafts of the multiple airports according to the flight information of the multiple airports obtained or updated by the real-time information update module, and then a checkerboard-type flight information display module generates a checkerboard-type display screen to present the time axis bar charts of the flight progress of the aircrafts of the multiple airports analyzed by the data integration analysis module in real time.

Description

Chessboard flight information display system

The present invention relates to a flight information display technology, and in particular to a chessboard-style flight information display system.

In order to help passengers understand the flight takeoff and landing information of various airlines, domestic and foreign airports are equipped with flight information display systems (FIDS) to display the updated data of the flight information display system (FIDS) in real time through forms such as light-emitting diode (LED) screen panels or websites, and then provide flight information of aircraft at a single airport (such as real-time flight information). However, planning the development of our country's civil aviation industry must be considered from an overall macro perspective. Therefore, how to integrate the flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information sources of aircraft at multiple domestic airports in order to coordinate and plan civil aviation management measures and future development blueprints is an issue worth studying.

Furthermore, referring to the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), ACRP Report 13 has an overall discussion on the topic of Integrating Airport Information Systems. Airport managers can use a digital dashboard that integrates various types of information to grasp information, such as real-time messages, daily aircraft takeoff and landing dynamics, weather forecasts, etc. However, the scope of information provided by this digital dashboard is limited to the integration of various information systems within a single airport, and has not been extended to the integration or aggregation of flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information of aircraft at multiple domestic airports.

Therefore, how to provide an innovative flight information display technology to solve any of the above problems or provide related functions/services has become a major research topic for technical personnel in this field.

The present invention provides an innovative chessboard-style flight information display system, which is a chessboard-style display screen that combines a full-view screen with a visual method, and aggregates the flight information of aircraft at multiple airports on the chessboard-style display screen, so as to use a two-dimensional table visual method to "clearly see" the flight traffic transportation situation of the whole country in real time, or to combine or match the multiple data publishing servers of the aggregation center with the data cache buffer module to quickly obtain multiple airports. The data cache buffer module uses on-demand cache database technology to store flight information valid for a predetermined period of time through multiple data publishing servers, or when the data publishing server connected or communicated by the real-time information update module fails or the transmission is interrupted, it can actively or automatically switch to the data publishing server that has not failed or the transmission is interrupted to ensure that the flight information collected by the aggregation center is not interrupted.

The chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention includes: a plurality of data publishing servers of a collection center, the collection center is used to collect flight information of aircraft at a plurality of airports, so that any of the plurality of data publishing servers can publish the flight information of aircraft at a plurality of airports collected by the collection center; a real-time information update module, which is connected to or communicates with any of the plurality of data publishing servers, so that the real-time information update module can obtain or update the flight information of aircraft at a plurality of airports collected by the collection center in real time through any of the plurality of data publishing servers; a data The integrated analysis module is connected or communicated with the real-time information update module, so that the data integrated analysis module analyzes the flight information of the aircraft at multiple airports in real time obtained or updated by the real-time information update module to generate a time axis bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at multiple airports; and a chessboard-style flight information display module is connected or communicated with the data integrated analysis module, so that the chessboard-style flight information display module generates a chessboard-style display screen to present the time axis bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at multiple airports analyzed by the data integrated analysis module in real time.

In order to make the above features and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable, the following examples are given and detailed descriptions are provided in conjunction with the attached drawings. The following description will partially explain the additional features and advantages of the present invention, and these features and advantages will be partially known from the description or can be learned through the practice of the present invention. It should be understood that both the general description above and the detailed description below are exemplary and explanatory, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1: Chessboard-style flight information display system

10: Aggregation Center

11: Data publishing server

12: Data cache buffer module

20: Interface gateway module

30: Real-time information update module

40: Data integration and analysis module

41: Aircraft status judgment unit

42: Time axis bar chart calculation unit

50: Chessboard-style flight information display module

51: Real-time data visualization display unit

52: Statistical data query unit

61: Air Traffic Control System of Flight Services Center

62: Aviation Service Center Aviation Weather Service Network

71: Flight Information Display System (FIDS)

72: Airport Operations Database (AODB)

A1,A2,A3,A4,A5: Standard information interface

B1: First chessboard display screen

B2: Second chessboard display screen

B3: The third chessboard display screen

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the centralized real-time information integration architecture in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

FIG3 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the first chessboard-style display screen related to domestic routes in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the second chessboard-style display screen for departure of international flights in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the third chessboard-style display screen for international entry in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of a display screen for detailed aircraft information in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of a display screen of all aircraft information on a specified route on a given day in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of a display screen of all take-off and landing aircraft information of a single airport or a designated airport on the same day in the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention.

The following describes the implementation of the present invention through a specific concrete implementation form. People familiar with this technology can understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this manual, and can also implement or use it through other different specific equivalent implementation forms.

FIG1 is a block diagram of the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention, FIG2 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the centralized real-time information integration architecture in the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention, and FIG3 is a schematic diagram of an implementation example of the first chessboard-style display screen B1 (system screen) of the domestic route in the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention.

This chessboard-style flight information display system 1 is an innovative technology of the present invention, and there is no precedent for reference at home or abroad. At the same time, the design concept of the initial screen of this chessboard-style flight information display system 1 (such as the first chessboard-style display screen B1 in Figure 3, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 in Figure 4, or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 in Figure 5) is derived from the chessboard, and can also integrate and present the flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information of the flight information display system (FIDS) 71 of multiple airports in real time, so it is named chessboard-style flight information display system 1 (abbreviated as FIDSBoard).

Taiwan currently has a total of 17 civil/military airports, namely 16 airports (airports) under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aeronautics Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications plus one corporatized Taoyuan International Airport, and each airport is committed to completing the information integration of a single airport. For example, the 16 airports (airports) include Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Kinmen, Magong, Hualien, Taitung, Tainan, Chiayi, Nangan, Beigan, Green Island, Orchid Island, Qimei, Wangan, Hengchun and other airports.

Therefore, the present invention develops a chessboard-style flight information display system 1 that can provide a chessboard-style display screen as an information integration system with a full-view screen (such as being able to browse all or most information through a single screen), so as to be able to "clearly see" the flight transportation situation of the whole country in real time, and can also gather flight information (such as real-time flight information) or aircraft information of multiple domestic airports (such as departure airports and destination airports), which is of great decision-making reference value for the promotion of civil aviation industry.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the board-type flight information display system 1 may include an aggregation center 10 (multiple data publishing servers 11) that are interconnected or communicated, multiple interface gateway modules 20, a real-time information update module 30, a data integration and analysis module 40, a board-type flight information display module 50, and multiple standard information interfaces A1-A5, etc. The board-type flight information display system 1 may also be further connected or communicated with multiple external systems such as the flight service center air traffic control system 61, the flight service center aviation weather service network 62, the flight information display system (FIDS) 71, and the airport operation database (Airport Operation Database; AODB) 72 to obtain the flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information sources of the multiple external systems. The aggregation center 10 may have multiple data publishing servers 11 and at least one (e.g. multiple) data cache modules 12, the data integration and analysis module 40 may have an aircraft status judgment unit 41 and a time axis bar chart calculation unit 42, and the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 may have a real-time data visualization display unit 51 and a statistical data query unit 52.

In one embodiment, the aggregation center 10 (data publishing server 11) can be connected or communicated with the gateway module 20, the real-time information update module 30, the air traffic control system 61 of the air service center and the aviation weather service network 62 of the air service center through at least one (such as two) standard information interfaces A1. The service network 62 can be connected or communicated with the aggregation center 10 (data publishing server 11) through the standard information interface A2, standard information interface A3, standard information interface A4 and standard information interface A5 respectively, and the real-time information update module 30 can be connected or communicated with the data integration analysis module 40 and the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 respectively, and the data integration analysis module 40 can be connected or communicated with the chessboard-style flight information display module 50.

In one embodiment, the aggregation center 10 may be a data aggregation center, and may also be composed of at least one (e.g., multiple) data aggregation servers and/or multiple data publishing servers 11. The data cache buffer module 12 may be a data cache buffer, a data cache buffer software (program), etc., the interface gateway module 20 may be an interface gateway, an interface gateway software (program), etc., and the real-time information update module 30 may be a real-time information updater, a real-time information update software (program), etc. The data integration analysis module 40 may be a data integration analysis software (program), etc., the aircraft status judgment unit 41 may be an aircraft status judgment software (program), etc., and the time axis bar chart calculation unit 42 may be a time axis bar chart calculation software (program). The chessboard flight information display module 50 may be a chessboard flight information display software (program), etc., the real-time data visualization display unit 51 may be a real-time data visualization display software (program), etc., and the statistical data query unit 52 may be a statistical data query software (program). The standard information interface A1-A5 may be composed of hardware or software, and may also be an application programming interface (API), etc.

In one embodiment, the "connection or communication" described in the present invention may represent interconnection or communication in a wired manner (such as a wired network) or a wireless manner (such as a wireless network), "at least one" represents more than one (such as one, two or three), and "plurality" represents more than two (such as two, three, four, five or ten). "Users" may be decision makers, managers, practitioners, technicians, operators, etc. of civil aviation authorities (such as the Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Transportation) or airports (such as airports), and user devices (not shown) may be smartphones, computers, etc. used by users, and computers may be tablet computers, laptops, personal computers, desktop computers, etc. However, the present invention is not limited to those mentioned in the above embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the aggregation center 10 can aggregate the flight information of the aircraft at multiple airports, so that any one of the multiple data publishing servers 11 can publish the flight information of the aircraft at multiple airports aggregated by the aggregation center 10, and then the real-time information update module 30 can obtain or update the flight information of the aircraft at multiple airports aggregated by the aggregation center 10 in real time through any one of the multiple data publishing servers 11. Next, the data integration analysis module 40 can analyze the flight information of the aircraft at the multiple airports obtained or updated in real time by the real-time information update module 30 to generate a time axis bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at the multiple airports, and then the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 generates a chessboard-style display screen (such as the first chessboard-style display screen B1 in FIG. 3, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 in FIG. 4, or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 in FIG. 5) to present the time axis bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at the multiple airports analyzed by the data integration analysis module 40 in real time through the chessboard-style display screen.

In other words, the combination of the real-time information update module 30, the data integration and analysis module 40 and the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can provide a chessboard-style display screen that combines a full-view screen with a visual method (such as the first chessboard-style display screen B1 in FIG. 3, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 in FIG. 4, or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 in FIG. 5), so as to present the flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information of aircraft collected from multiple domestic airports in real time through the chessboard-style display screen.

As shown in FIG2 , the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 can utilize a centralized real-time information integration architecture to provide a chessboard-style display screen that combines a full-view screen with a visual method (such as the first chessboard-style display screen B1 in FIG3 , the second chessboard-style display screen B2 in FIG4 , or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 in FIG5 ), which is conducive to presenting flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information of aircraft collected from multiple domestic airports through the chessboard-style display screen. The centralized real-time information integration architecture of this chessboard-style flight information display system 1 is mainly composed of a collection center 10 (multiple data publishing servers 11), an interface gateway module 20, and multiple standard information interfaces (such as standard information interfaces A1-A2, A4-A5). For example, the aggregation center 10 (multiple data publishing server 11) can be set up in the Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and the aggregation center 10 can further aggregate flight radar information from the air traffic control system 61 of the Flight Service Center of multiple domestic airports, weather information from the aviation weather service network 62 of the Flight Service Center, flight information (such as real-time flight information) from the Flight Information Display System (FIDS) 71, and airport operation information from the Airport Operation Database (AODB) 72, etc.

For example, the air traffic control system 61 of the flight service center can provide flight radar information to be transmitted to the aggregation center 10 or the multiple data publishing server 11 through the standard information interface A4, and the aviation weather service network 62 of the flight service center can provide weather information to be transmitted to the aggregation center 10 or the multiple data publishing server 11 through the standard information interface A5. The multiple interface gateway modules 20 can be respectively installed at multiple airports in the country, and the multiple interface gateway modules 20 can transmit the flight information (such as real-time flight information) of aircraft at multiple airports provided by multiple flight information display systems (FIDS) 71 and the operation information of multiple airports provided by multiple airport operation databases (AODB) 72 to the aggregation center 10 or multiple data publishing servers 11 through multiple standard information interfaces A2.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the centralized real-time information integration architecture of this chessboard-style flight information display system 1 can provide two major technical features: [1] real-time information update mechanism and [2] chessboard-style display function.

[1] Real-time information update mechanism: The aggregation center 10 of the present invention can combine or match multiple (such as at least two) data publishing servers 11 with at least one data cache buffer module 12, so that the real-time information update module 30 can use the real-time information update mechanism to quickly obtain flight information (such as real-time flight information) of aircraft at multiple airports through the multiple data publishing servers 11 and the data cache buffer module 12 of the aggregation center 10.

The aggregation center 10 may be provided with a plurality (eg, at least two) of data publishing servers 11 as multiple data publishing points, and the data published by the plurality of data publishing servers 11 are the same. The real-time information update module 30 can connect to or communicate with any of the multiple data publishing servers 11 to obtain or update the flight information (such as real-time flight information) of the aircraft at multiple airports collected by the aggregation center 10 in real time. When the data publishing server 11 connected to or communicating with the real-time information update module 30 fails or the transmission is interrupted, the real-time information update module 30 can also actively or automatically switch to the data publishing server 11 that has not failed or the transmission is interrupted to obtain or update the flight information of the aircraft at multiple airports collected by the aggregation center 10 in real time, which is conducive to ensuring that the flight information (such as real-time flight information) collected by the aggregation center 10 is not interrupted.

The aggregation center 10 can combine or match multiple data publishing servers 11 with at least one data cache buffer module 12 to use on-demand caching database technology to store flight information (such as real-time flight information) with a validity period (such as validity time) within a predetermined time (such as 15 seconds) through multiple data publishing servers 11, thereby avoiding a large number of users such as civil aviation authorities or airports from accessing or connecting to the aggregation center 10 through their respective user devices at the same time (such as at the same time/short time) and causing excessive load on the aggregation center 10, which is also conducive to improving the execution performance of the aggregation center 10 and reducing the load.

[2] Chessboard display function: The chessboard-style flight information display module 50 of the present invention can be combined with the data integration analysis module 40 to provide a chessboard display function, and the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 automatically presents information (such as flight information) from the real-time information update module 30 or the data integration analysis module 40 through a two-dimensional table visualization method of the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG. 3, the second chessboard display screen B2 of FIG. 4, or the third chessboard display screen B3 of FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG3 , the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can actively or automatically display the departure airport (such as Magong Airport), the destination airport (such as Taipei Airport) and the weather information (such as sunny and cloudy) provided by the aviation weather service network 62 of the flight service center on the vertical axis (such as the Y axis) and the horizontal axis (such as the X axis) on the first chessboard-style display screen B1. The chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can also display the flight information on the first chessboard-style display screen B1. The vertical and horizontal cross grids (such as rectangles) of the disk display screen B1 display the flight call sign of the aircraft (such as MDA368), the time axis bar chart calculation unit 42 of the data integration analysis module 40 provides a time axis bar chart of the flight progress of aircraft at multiple airports (such as a bar chart of total flight time), and the total number of flights expected on each route on the day provided by the statistical data query unit 52 (such as 23).

Furthermore, the user can connect or communicate with the chessboard flight information display system 1 through a user device (not shown) to select the real-time flight call sign of the aircraft, and then display the detailed flight information of the aircraft according to the flight call sign of the aircraft selected by the user (see Figure 6). For example, the detailed flight information of the aircraft may include the flight call sign of the aircraft, airline, flight number, aircraft model, aircraft number, number of seats, number of passengers, departure point (departure airport), destination (destination airport), estimated departure time (Estimated Time of Departure; ETD), actual departure time (Actual Time of Arrival; ATD), estimated arrival time (Estimated Time of Arrival; ETA), etc.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , the data integration analysis module 40 may include an aircraft status judgment unit 41 and a time axis bar graph calculation unit 42, so that the aircraft status judgment unit 41 combines the aircraft's flight information (such as real-time flight information) with the real-time air traffic control records provided by the air traffic control system 61 of the flight service center to comprehensively judge the aircraft status and real-time position of the aircraft, and the time axis bar graph calculation unit 42 calculates the proportion of the aircraft's current flight time to the total flight time according to the real-time air traffic control records provided by the air traffic control system 61 of the flight service center to obtain the flight time progress.

The chessboard-style flight information display module 50 may have a real-time data visualization display unit 51 and a statistical data query unit 52, so that the real-time data visualization display unit 51 uses a two-dimensional table visualization method to present the real-time aircraft information (such as flight call signs, etc.) and the dynamic progress of flight time (such as the progress of the time flown, etc.) provided by the data integration analysis module 40 in the vertical and horizontal cross grids (such as rectangular grids) of the first chessboard-style display screen B1, and the statistical data query unit 52 counts or queries the total number of flights expected on each route on the day to present it in the vertical and horizontal cross grids (such as rectangular grids) of the first chessboard-style display screen B1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the first chessboard display screen B1 (system screen) of the chessboard-type flight information display system 1 of the present invention for domestic flights, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the second chessboard display screen B2 (system screen) of the chessboard-type flight information display system 1 of the present invention for departures from international flights, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the third chessboard display screen B3 (system screen) of the chessboard-type flight information display system 1 of the present invention for arrivals from international flights, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the chessboard-type flight information display system 1 of the present invention for departures from international flights. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a display screen of detailed aircraft information in the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a display screen of all aircraft information on a designated route (such as Taipei Airport to Kinmen Airport) on a designated route in the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are referred to for explanation.

In one embodiment, the program development tools, programming languages and operating system platforms of the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 can use, for example, "Microsoft Visual Studio", ".NET" and "Windows", etc.

[1] Example of chessboard display screen (system screen): The chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can be designed/divided into a first chessboard-style display screen B1 related to "domestic routes" as shown in FIG3, a second chessboard-style display screen B2 related to "international routes departure" as shown in FIG4, and a third chessboard-style display screen B3 related to "international routes arrival" as shown in FIG5.

As shown in the "domestic route" section of FIG3, there are 16 airports for domestic scheduled flights (such as Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Kinmen, Magong, Hualien, Taitung, Tainan, Chiayi, Nangan, Beigan, Green Island, Lanyu, Qimei, Wangan, Hengchun, etc.), so the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can use a two-dimensional table visualization method (such as 16x16) to directly display the real-time information of the aircraft in the air in the flight information area of our country (Taipei) on the first chessboard-style display screen B1 for a full view.

The left side of the first chessboard display screen B1 displayed by the chessboard flight information display module 50 can represent the departure airport (such as Magong Airport), and the top of the first chessboard display screen B1 can represent the destination airport (such as Taipei Airport). The number (such as 23) in the lower right corner of each vertical and horizontal cross grid of the first chessboard display screen B1 (such as the rectangular grid corresponding to Magong Airport and Taipei Airport on the left side of Figure 3) can represent the total number of flights on this route on that day (such as the number of all flights), and the number of the total number of flights (such as 23) can be used to obtain or roughly understand the busyness of this airport (such as Magong Airport).

If an aircraft is currently en route, the first chessboard display screen B1 displayed by the chessboard flight information display module 50 will present a timeline bar graph of the flight time of the aircraft. The continuous letters and numbers (i.e., letters + numbers) above the timeline bar graph of the first chessboard display screen B1 are the aircraft call sign of the aircraft (e.g., MDA368). The total length of the timeline bar graph below the aircraft call sign of the first chessboard display screen B1 represents the total flight time of the aircraft. The first part of the timeline bar graph (e.g., the slashed part) represents the current flight time progress of the aircraft, and the second part of the timeline bar graph (e.g., the non-slashed/blank part) represents the time progress of the aircraft waiting to fly.

Since airport weather is closely related to flight status, the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can combine the weather information or weather conditions of the destination airport provided by the flight service center aviation weather service network 62, so that the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can display the weather information or weather conditions provided by the flight service center aviation weather service network 62 near the destination airport displayed on the first chessboard-style display screen B1 (such as below Taipei Airport) The corresponding weather icon.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, for the "international flights" part, since there are many foreign destination airports, the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can display "international flights departure" and "international flights arrival" as two different second chessboard-style display screens B2 and third chessboard-style display screens B3 respectively.

For example, the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can display the departure (take-off) of the "international route" aircraft shown in FIG. 4 and the arrival (landing) of the "international route" aircraft shown in FIG. 5 as two different second chessboard-style display screens B2 and third chessboard-style display screens B3, respectively. The left side of the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 can be the main domestic airports with international routes (such as Taoyuan/Songshan/Kaohsiung/Taichung International Airport), and the top of the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 can be divided according to different regions or different countries in foreign countries for display.

The time axis bar chart calculation unit 42 of the data integration and analysis module 40 can calculate the time axis bar chart of the international line in the second chessboard display screen B2 of Figure 4 or the third chessboard display screen B3 of Figure 5 according to the control handover time of entering and leaving the Taiwan (Taipei) flight information region. The total length of the time axis bar chart of the international line represents the total flight time of this aircraft in the Taiwan (Taipei) flight information region. The first part of the time axis bar chart of the international line (such as the slash/left part) represents the current flight time progress of this aircraft, and the second part of the time axis bar chart of the international line (such as the non-slash/blank/right part) represents the time progress of this aircraft waiting to fly.

航機呼號(Callsign，如UIA8835)、航班編號(如B7 8835)、航空公司(如立榮航空)、機型(如A321或A321-211)；

起飛地(即起飛機場，如臺北RCSS)、目的地(即目的地機場，如金門RCBS)；

預計起飛時間(ETD，如2022-07-01 18：20：00)、實際起飛時間(ATD，如2022-07-01 18：38：00)、預計抵達時間(ETA，如2022-07-01 19：29：00)；

座位數(如184)、乘客數(如151)、機號(如B-16226)。 [2] Operational description of an embodiment: When a user clicks on any aircraft call sign on the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG. 3 , the second chessboard display screen B2 of FIG. 4 , or the third chessboard display screen B3 of FIG. 5 through the user device, the chessboard flight information display module 50 may display the aircraft information (detailed information) of the aircraft corresponding to the aircraft call sign. For example, in FIG. 6 , the aircraft information (detailed information) of the aircraft may include:

Aircraft call sign (e.g. UIA8835), flight number (e.g. B7 8835), airline (e.g. UNI Air), aircraft model (e.g. A321 or A321-211);

Departure point (i.e. departure airport, such as Taipei RCSS), destination (i.e. destination airport, such as Kinmen RCBS);

Estimated time of departure (ETD, e.g. 2022-07-01 18:20:00), actual time of departure (ATD, e.g. 2022-07-01 18:38:00), estimated time of arrival (ETA, e.g. 2022-07-01 19:29:00);

Number of seats (e.g. 184), number of passengers (e.g. 151), flight number (e.g. B-16226).

In Figure 3, Figure 4 or Figure 5, the number (decimal) at the lower right of the vertical and horizontal cross grids (such as rectangles) of the first chessboard display screen B1, the second chessboard display screen B2 or the third chessboard display screen B3 represents the total number of flights (such as the number of all flights) on a specified route on that day.

As shown in FIG. 7 , when a user wants to obtain relevant aircraft information of a specified route, the user can click on the number in the lower right corner of the vertical and horizontal cross grid (such as a rectangle) on the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG. 3 , the second chessboard display screen B2 of FIG. 4 , or the third chessboard display screen B3 of FIG. 5 through the user device. For example, if the user clicks the number (such as 13) in the lower right corner of the vertical and horizontal cross grid (such as the rectangular grid from Taipei Airport to Kinmen Airport) on the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG. 3 through the user device, the chessboard flight information display module 50 can display the aircraft information or detailed information of all flights (such as take-off and landing flights of today's flights) on the specified route (such as Taipei Airport to Kinmen Airport) on the display screen shown in FIG. 7, such as flight number 13, actual flight number 13, airline company UNI Air/B7/UIA, flight number 8801, departure point Taipei (RCSS), destination Kinmen (RCBS)...passenger capacity 70/70, etc.

As shown in FIG8 , when a user wants to obtain relevant flight information of a single airport or a specified airport, the user can click on the airport name of the departure airport or the destination airport on the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG3 , the second chessboard display screen B2 of FIG4 , or the third chessboard display screen B3 of FIG5 through the user device. For example, if the user clicks the name of the departure airport or the destination airport (such as Taipei) on the first chessboard display screen B1 of FIG. 3 through the user device, the chessboard flight information display module 50 can display the aircraft information or detailed information of all flights of the day (such as the take-off and landing flights of today's flights) at this airport through the display screen shown in FIG. 8, such as flight number 12, actual flight number 12, airline company Uni Air, flight number 8752, departure point Nangan (RCFG), destination Taipei (RCSS), ..., passenger capacity 70/70, etc.

Therefore, the innovative design of the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention can clearly distinguish the flight information (such as real-time flight information) or aircraft information of aircraft at multiple airports (such as multiple departure airports and destination airports) through chessboard-style display screens (such as the first chessboard-style display screen B1, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3, etc.), and can also provide the original information source of multiple stations (such as multiple airports) and multiple data (such as multiple types of data) attributes. However, if the traditional flight information display system (FIDS) bar-style paging display is adopted instead, the integrated information cannot be effectively obtained.

In addition, the chessboard-style flight information display system 1 of the present invention is presented through the first chessboard-style display screen B1, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 after information integration, which is beneficial for users (such as decision makers) to fully obtain (understand) the dynamics of aircraft in the sky through a single or information-integrated first chessboard-style display screen B1, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3, and the unique time axis bar chart on the first chessboard-style display screen B1, the second chessboard-style display screen B2 or the third chessboard-style display screen B3 allows users to grasp the dynamic progress of flight time and the real-time position (such as approximate position) of the aircraft. At the same time, in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 , the chessboard-style flight information display module 50 can also integrate or display the data of the number of passengers on an aircraft on the aircraft information of a single airport or a designated airport, so that users (such as decision makers) can grasp the status of the number of passengers on an aircraft in real time (see the number of "passengers" shown on the right side of FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 ).

In summary, the chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention has at least the following features, advantages or technical effects.

1. The present invention develops a chessboard-style flight information display system that can provide a chessboard-style display screen as an information integration system that combines a full-view screen with a visual method. It is conducive to "clearly presenting" the flight transportation situation of the whole country in real time, and can also gather flight information (such as real-time flight information) or aircraft information of multiple domestic airports (such as departure airports and destination airports), which is of great decision-making reference value for the promotion of civil aviation industry.

2. The chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention can utilize a centralized real-time information integration architecture to provide two major technical features, namely, a real-time information update mechanism and a chessboard-style display function.

3. The centralized real-time information integration architecture of the disk-type flight information display system of the present invention can provide a chessboard-type display screen (such as the first to third chessboard-type display screens) that combines a full-view screen with a visual method, so as to display flight information (such as real-time flight information) or related information of aircraft collected from multiple domestic airports through the chessboard-type display screen.

4. The chessboard-style flight information display module of the present invention can be combined with the data integration and analysis module to provide a chessboard-style display function, which is conducive to the chessboard-style flight information display module automatically presenting information from the real-time information update module or the data integration and analysis module through a two-dimensional table visualization method of the chessboard-style display screen.

5. The chessboard-style flight information display system of the present invention is presented through a chessboard-style display screen after information integration, which is conducive to users to fully obtain (understand) the dynamics of aircraft in the sky through a single or information-integrated chessboard-style display screen, and the unique time axis bar chart on the chessboard-style display screen allows users to grasp the dynamic progress of flight time and the real-time position of the aircraft, etc.

6. The present invention can combine or match the multiple data publishing servers of the aggregation center with the data cache buffer module, so as to use the multiple data publishing servers of the aggregation center and the data cache buffer module to quickly obtain the flight information of aircrafts at multiple airports through a real-time information update mechanism (such as real-time flight information).

7. The present invention can combine or match the multiple data publishing servers of the aggregation center with a data cache buffer module, so that the data cache buffer module uses the on-demand cache database technology to store flight information (such as real-time flight information) with a validity period within a predetermined time through multiple data publishing servers, thereby avoiding a large number of users from simultaneously flooding or connecting to the aggregation center through their respective user devices to access and causing excessive load, and is also conducive to improving the execution performance of the aggregation center and reducing the load.

8. The real-time information update module of the present invention can connect or communicate with any of the multiple data publishing servers to facilitate real-time acquisition or update of flight information (such as real-time flight information) of aircraft at multiple airports collected by the aggregation center. Moreover, when the data publishing server to which the real-time information update module is connected or communicated fails or the transmission is interrupted, it can actively or automatically switch to a data publishing server that has not failed or the transmission is interrupted, so as to ensure that the flight information (such as real-time flight information) collected by the aggregation center is not interrupted.

The above implementation forms are only illustrative of the principles, features and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Anyone familiar with this technology can modify and change the above implementation forms without violating the spirit and scope of the present invention. Any equivalent changes and modifications completed using the content disclosed by the present invention should still be covered by the scope of the patent application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be as listed in the scope of the patent application.

1: Chessboard-style flight information display system

10: Aggregation Center

11: Data publishing server

12: Data cache buffer module

20: Interface gateway module

30: Real-time information update module

40: Data integration and analysis module

41: Aircraft status judgment unit

42: Time axis bar chart calculation unit

50: Chessboard-style flight information display module

51: Real-time data visualization display unit

52: Statistical data query unit

61: Air Traffic Control System of Flight Services Center

62: Aviation Service Center Aviation Weather Service Network

A1,A2,A3,A4,A5: Standard information interface

Claims (9)

A chessboard-style flight information display system includes: a plurality of data publishing servers of a collection center, the collection center is used to collect flight information of aircraft at a plurality of airports, so that any of the plurality of data publishing servers can publish the flight information of aircraft at the plurality of airports collected by the collection center; a real-time information update module, which is connected to or communicates with any of the plurality of data publishing servers, so that the real-time information update module can obtain or update the flight information of aircraft at the plurality of airports collected by the collection center in real time through any of the plurality of data publishing servers; a data integration analysis module, which is connected to or communicates with the real-time information update module, so that the data integration analysis module can collect or update the flight information of aircraft at the plurality of airports collected by the real-time information update module in real time. The system analyzes the flight information of the aircraft at the multiple airports obtained or updated in real time to generate a timeline bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at the multiple airports; and a chessboard-style flight information display module is connected or communicated with the data integration analysis module, so that the chessboard-style flight information display module generates a chessboard-style display screen to present the timeline bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft at the multiple airports analyzed by the data integration analysis module in real time; wherein the chessboard-style flight information display system uses a centralized real-time information integration architecture to provide a chessboard-style display screen that combines a full-view screen with a visual method, so that the flight information of the aircraft from the multiple airports in the country can be presented through the chessboard-style display screen. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1 further includes at least one data cache buffer module of the aggregation center, wherein the aggregation center combines or matches the multiple data publishing servers with the data cache buffer module, so that the real-time information update module uses the real-time information update mechanism to obtain the flight information of the aircraft at the multiple airports through the multiple data publishing servers and the data cache buffer module of the aggregation center, and the data cache buffer module uses the on-demand cache database technology to store the flight information within the scheduled time through the multiple data publishing servers. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein when the data publishing server to which the real-time information update module is connected or communicated fails or the transmission is interrupted, the real-time information update module actively or automatically switches to the data publishing server that has not failed or the transmission is interrupted to obtain or update the flight information of the aircraft at the multiple airports collected by the collection center in real time. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1 further includes a plurality of interface gateway modules and a plurality of standard information interfaces, wherein the plurality of interface gateway modules transmit the flight information of the aircraft at the plurality of airports provided by the plurality of flight information display systems and the airport operation information provided by the plurality of airport operation databases to the aggregation center or the plurality of data publishing servers through the plurality of standard information interfaces, and the air traffic control system of the flight service center and the aviation weather service network of the flight service center transmit the flight radar information and weather information provided by each of them to the aggregation center or the plurality of data publishing servers through the plurality of standard information interfaces. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein the data integration analysis module has an aircraft status judgment unit and a time axis bar graph calculation unit, so that the aircraft status judgment unit combines the flight information of the aircraft with the real-time air traffic control record provided by the air traffic control system of the flight service center to comprehensively judge the aircraft status and real-time position of the aircraft, and the time axis bar graph calculation unit calculates the proportion of the aircraft's flight time to the total flight time based on the real-time air traffic control record provided by the air traffic control system of the flight service center to obtain the flight time progress. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein the data integration analysis module has a timeline bar chart calculation unit, and the timeline bar chart calculation unit calculates the timeline bar chart of the international route of the aircraft according to the control handover time of entering and leaving the flight information area of the Republic of my country, and the total length, the first part and the second part of the timeline bar chart of the international route respectively represent the total flight time of the aircraft in the flight information area of the Republic of my country, the time progress of the aircraft that has flown and the time progress of the aircraft to be flown. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein the chessboard-style flight information display module has a real-time data visualization display unit and a statistical data query unit, so that the real-time data visualization display unit uses a two-dimensional table visualization method to present the real-time aircraft information and the dynamic progress of flight time provided by the data integration and analysis module on the chessboard-style display screen, and the statistical data query unit counts or queries the total number of flights on each route on that day to present it on the chessboard-style display screen. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein the chessboard-style flight information display module displays the departure airport and destination airport of the aircraft on the vertical and horizontal axes of the chessboard-style display screen, and displays the flight call sign of the aircraft in the vertical and horizontal cross grids of the chessboard-style display screen, and the time axis bar chart of the flight progress of the aircraft provided by the data integration and analysis module and the total number of flights expected on each route on the day. The chessboard-style flight information display system as described in claim 1, wherein the chessboard-style flight information display module is further combined with the weather information or weather conditions of the destination airport provided by the aviation weather service network of the flight service center, so that the chessboard-style flight information display module presents a weather icon corresponding to the weather information or weather conditions provided by the aviation weather service network of the flight service center near the destination airport displayed on the chessboard-style display screen.

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