US 12,302,136 B2
System and method to display connectivity strength and communication performance of connected vehicles
Saravanakumar Gurusamy, Tamil Nadu (IN); Jayasenthilnathan Balasubramanian, Morris Plains, NJ (US); and Madhava Gadicherla, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/376,647.
Claims priority of application No. 202111022051 (IN), filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369135 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/25 (2010.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G08G 1/137 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01S 19/25 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/137 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 24/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of receiving and displaying connectivity data by a first network-connected vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, from an off-board system, a subset of connectivity data relating to the first network-connected vehicle, wherein:
the connectivity data was received by the off-board system from one or more other vehicles communicatively connected to the off-board system and comprises communication connectivity strength at a first location within an airspace,
the received subset of the connectivity data includes the communication connectivity strength at the first location within the airspace,
the first location comprises an area or a region along a route or flight plan of the first network-connected vehicle, and
the off-board system comprises a communications station or a ground operations station;
identifying a portion of the received subset of the connectivity data that includes a low or non-existent connectivity location along the route or flight plan of the first network-connected vehicle;
receiving, from the off-board system, an updated route for the first network-connected vehicle based on the received subset of the connectivity data that circumvents the low or non-existent connectivity location;
generating a display of (i) the airspace, (ii) the route or flight plan of the first network-connected vehicle, and (iii) the updated route for the first network-connected vehicle; and
displaying, on a display unit of the first network-connected vehicle, the generated display that includes (i) the airspace, (ii) the route or flight plan of the first network-connected vehicle, and (iii) the updated route for the first network-connected vehicle.