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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Inventors:

Jon E. Kirtz, Center Point, IA (US);

Travis S. VanDerKamp, Marion, IA (US);

Assignee:

ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods provide a precaution in an aircraft equipped with a terrain avoidance warning system (TAWS). The precaution is provided before a caution and a warning are issued by the TAWS for a subsequent condition to a precaution condition. The systems and methods determine an existence of the precaution condition at least partially in response to an altitude signal and provide a line on a display indicative of a threshold altitude in response to the precaution condition or a bar on an altitude tape of a primary flight display. The line is between a representation of the aircraft and a representation of terrain. The threshold altitude is an altitude at which a caution is issued by the TAWS.


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