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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/04 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/045 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/04 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and system for alerting a Visual Decent Point (VDP) in an aircraft system. The methods and systems retrieve runway altitude data and Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) data from an avionics database for a target runway. Data in the avionics database for the target runway does not include a published VDP. The method includes calculating the VDP based on a difference between the runway altitude data and the MDA so as to achieve a target downward acceptable glidepath angle during final descent from the MDA to the target runway. The method includes outputting an alert of the VDP by an output device of the aircraft system.