CPC G08G 5/0013 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0065 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A flight data system for use aboard a host aircraft, comprising:
a mobile device having a processor, memory programmed with computer-readable instructions, a radio frequency (RF) communications circuit, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and a sensor suite configured to collect raw flight data, the sensor suite including a multi-axis accelerometer configured to generate a set of composite accelerometer readings as part of the raw flight data, wherein execution of the computer-readable instructions by the processor causes the mobile device to process the raw flight data into a synthesized data set, and to filter out human-induced motion of the mobile device from the synthesized data set, using a statistical filtering model, including calculating a rolling standard deviation of the set of composite accelerometer readings, thereby generating time-stamped filtered flight data;
a central data server in wireless communication with the RF communications circuit, and configured to receive the time-stamped filtered flight data therefrom; and
a transceiver communicatively coupled to the central data server, wherein the transceiver is configured to disseminate the time-stamped filtered flight data to a remote user device, wherein the time-stamped filtered flight data includes time-stamped turbulence data of the host aircraft based at least in part on the composite accelerometer readings.
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