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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert B. Wood, Beaverton, OR (US);
Carlo L. Tiana, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffery A. Finley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Gregg A. Walt, Newberg, OR (US);
Irina R. Sandu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is for use with an aircraft radar system having a radar antenna. The apparatus includes processing electronics configured to cause the radar antenna to emit radar pulses having a pulse width less than 6 microseconds and configured to receive radar data associated with signals associated with the radar antenna. The radar data is processed to identify centroids associated with indications of the runway lights for a runway in the radar data. A best fit analysis of the centroids is used to identify a runway centerline associated with the runway.