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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Sanju Kuriakose, Bangalore, IN;

Sriram P R, Chennai, IN;

John R. Morrison, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Mark Ahlbrecht, Champlin, MN (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL IN., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G01C 17/38 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/005 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G01C 17/38 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and systems for use of a magnetometer calibration (MAG-CAL) application to calibrate a magnetometer while an aircraft is in-flight including: generating a MAG-CAL calculated pattern based on a set of aircraft parameters for the in-air magnetometer calibration, the set of aircraft parameters at least comprise: speed, bank angle, altitude and position of the aircraft; generating a set of waypoints that define a calibration flight path corresponding to the MAG-CAL calculated pattern; Configuring the calibration flight path of the MAG-CAL calculated pattern to be part of the original flight path of the in-flight aircraft to enable the aircraft while flying the original flight to proceed in part on the calibration flight path corresponding to the MAG-CAL calculated pattern; and enabling the aircraft to deviate while in-flight from the original flight path to the calibration flight path to enable a sufficient level of calibration for accurate magnetometer operation.


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