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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth W. McElreath, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/394 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/394 ;
Abstract
A baro altitude and terrain warning system with an integrity monitoring function which uses a radar altimeter to generate instantaneous altitude signals used to confirm the validity of a baro altitude signal, generated by a baro altimeter and an expected terrain clearance signal, provided by the terrain warning system, and for generating an alert when insufficient correlation exists between such signals.