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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:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

May. 17, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brian O. Helfrecht, Batavia, IL (US);

Luca Manica, Trento, IT;

Carlo L. Tiana, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/933 (2020.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01S 13/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/953 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 13/933 (2020.01);
Abstract

A system including a radar system. The radar system may include a transmit antenna, a receive antenna, and a controller. The controller may be configured to: determine or obtain information indicative of at least one of a phase of flight or an environmental condition; determine or obtain information indicative of a mission associated with the determined phase of flight and/or environmental condition; and based at least on the determined mission and the determined phase of flight and/or the environmental condition, tune radar parameters of the radar system to values to fulfill the determined mission associated with the determined phase of flight and/or environmental condition. The radar system may be reprogrammable by tuning the radar parameters to operate over any of a collection of phases of flight, any of a collection of environmental conditions, and any of a collection of missions.


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