US 12,424,116 B2
False target detection for airport traffic control
Vit Libal, Charlotte, NC (US); YuShin Jun, Charlotte, NC (US); Maksood Moidin Kadike, Charlotte, NC (US); and Kameswararao Belamkonda, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,284.
Claims priority of application No. 202111004542 (IN), filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246047 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/72 (2025.01); G06V 10/84 (2022.01); G06V 20/54 (2022.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/727 (2025.01) [G06V 10/85 (2022.01); G06V 20/54 (2022.01); G08G 5/22 (2025.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device for false target detection for airport traffic control, comprising:
a user interface;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
store one or more preceding sensor reports from an antenna used for multilateration or two-dimensional position location in the memory;
receive a current sensor report from the antenna used for multilateration or two-dimensional position location;
aggregate data that corresponds to a particular target from the one or more preceding sensor reports and the current sensor report;
determine current position of the particular target included in the current sensor report is inconsistent with a preceding position of the particular target included in the one or more preceding sensor reports responsive to a difference between the current position of the particular target included in the current sensor report and the preceding position of the particular target included in the one or more preceding sensor reports being greater than an expected error value;
determine the particular target is a false target responsive to determining the current position of the particular target included in the current sensor report is inconsistent with the preceding position of the particular target included in the one or more preceding sensor reports; and
display a map of an airport with one or more valid targets to allow an airport traffic controller to manage ground traffic at the airport on the user interface responsive to determining the particular target is a false target.