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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Jan Urbanec, Brno, CZ;
Gabriel Sarkozy, Brno, CZ;
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A synthetic radio altimeter system is provided. At least one sensor is used to generate sensor data that is used at least to determine a then current vehicle location. At least one controller is configured to determine an elevation of terrain under a vehicle based on the determined then current location of the vehicle and terrain information in the terrain database. The at least one controller is further configured to determine a height of the vehicle above terrain based at least in part on the determined elevation of terrain under the vehicle and the sensor data. The at least one controller further configured to augment the determined height of the vehicle above terrain with at least in part navigation database information when the vehicle is near one of a travel path origin and a travel path destination. The height above terrain may also be augmented based on a navigation radio.