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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Devang R Parekh, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry H Fung, San Diego, CA (US);
Michel M Azar, San Diego, CA (US);
Britton Bankson, Escondido, CA (US);
Devang R Parekh, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry H Fung, San Diego, CA (US);
Michel M Azar, San Diego, CA (US);
Britton Bankson, Escondido, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
One example includes a terrain profile system. A data store stores map data of a geographic region of interest and DTED. A route input system facilitates user inputs associated with defining a planned flight path of an aircraft between two points on a map associated with the map data and with defining flight characteristic data of the aircraft. A terrain profile controller defines a terrain signature associated with a topography of terrain features of the geographic region of interest along the planned flight path based on the DTED and a planned altitude of the aircraft along the planned flight path based on the flight characteristic data. A display system displays a terrain profile comprising the terrain signature, the planned altitude relative to the terrain signature, and a real-time location of the aircraft superimposed on the planned altitude based on real-time location data associated with the aircraft.