US 12,469,395 B2
Method and system to filter and sort clearances in air traffic control (ATC) transcription
Jitender Kumar Agarwal, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,050.
Claims priority of application No. 202211030785 (IN), filed on May 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0386344 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/21 (2025.01); G08G 5/25 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/21 (2025.01) [B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/25 (2025.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying transcribed messages from Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications, the method comprising:
displaying, by a transcription app hosted on a display device, a set of traffic operating in airspace of an ownship wherein the set of traffic is categorized in a first category of traffic and a second category traffic, wherein the first category of traffic comprises a set of aircraft that is operating within a defined range to the ownship in comparison to the second category of traffic that comprises another set of aircraft that is operating outside the defined range to the ownship wherein the defined range comprises a user-configured range or an automatically configured range;
classifying, by the transcription app, the first category of traffic operating within the defined range to the ownship as proximate traffic, and the second category of traffic operating outside the defined range to the ownship as non-proximate traffic for enabling at least selection of either messages associated with the proximate traffic or the non-proximate traffic on the display device for decluttering a display of traffic on the display device;
generating, by the transcription app, a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display device that is populated with one or more messages associated with each aircraft displayed on the display device from either the first or second category that comprises the proximate traffic and the non-proximate traffic wherein the one or more messages are configured for display in a message list associated with each aircraft and have been identified for display in the message list by a flight call sign converted from a flight identifier associated with the aircraft;
sorting, by the transcription app, the message list of the one or more messages for display in accordance with at least a priority scheme or a time-based sequence wherein the message list is associated with at least one aircraft of either the first or second category of proximate or non-proximate traffic;
identifying, using the transcription app, a lead aircraft by a user selection action via the GUI on the display wherein the lead aircraft is from either the proximate or non-proximate traffic, and the message list associated with the lead aircraft is displayed upon the user selection action;
validating, by the transcription app, a spoken callsign associated with the one or more messages based on data related to the callsign stored in a callsign database wherein the callsign database is in communication with the transcription app;
enabling a set of actions comprising at least searching and sorting, by the transcription app, one or more messages based on user input via the transcription app wherein the user input includes voice and text input via at least a flight deck and comprises at least data related to a flight identification number, the callsign, or certain aircraft parameters; and
decluttering, by the transcription app, the display of proximate or non-proximate traffic based on selection or removal of either a set of proximate or non-proximate traffic associated with one or more messages for display.