Radek Baranek

Title: Radek Baranek and a Terrain-Resistant Radar-Inertial Navigation Filter

Introduction

Radek Baranek is an inventor based in Brno, Czech Republic, associated with Honeywell International s.r.o. His patent work addresses vertical navigation and the challenge of maintaining reliable altitude estimates as terrain changes.

Latest Patents

Baranek is associated with 1 patent, titled “Radar Inertial Vertical Hybrid Filter Scheme Resistant to Terrain Variations.” The invention describes a system that combines radar-altimeter measurements of distance to the ground with vertical acceleration, roll, and pitch measurements from an aided inertial navigation system or attitude and heading reference system. It also uses barometric altitude measurements from an air data system.

The system’s processor includes a barometric inertial vertical hybrid filter and a set of radar-aided inertial vertical hybrid filters. The radar-aided filters operate in parallel across separate filter slots, processing partially overlapping measurements over staggered, time-limited intervals. The system then uses statistics from those filter slots to compute estimated vertical navigation statistics. This approach is designed to help the navigation solution remain resistant to terrain variations.

Career Highlights

Baranek’s listed patent reflects work on integrating radar, inertial, and barometric data for vertical navigation. His association with Honeywell International s.r.o. connects this work to a company active in aerospace and navigation technologies.

Collaborations

Baranek’s listed coworker is Douglas Mark Weed. The patent’s technical approach combines measurements from multiple navigation and altitude-sensing systems, though the provided information does not specify individual contributions by the listed coworkers.

Conclusion

Radek Baranek’s patent focuses on a parallel hybrid-filter architecture that combines radar, inertial, and barometric measurements to support vertical navigation across changing terrain.