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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Patrick Y. Hwang, Marion, IA (US);
Shih-Yih R. Young, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method of deriving a ground speed of an aircraft on a descent along a flight path. A vertical speed signal is produced as a function of an altitude signal and a vertical acceleration signal. The vertical speed signal is transformed to a nominal ground speed signal based upon a glide slope defined by a glide slope beam. A correction is produced based on a glide slope deviation rate representative of deviation of the aircraft from the glide slope. The nominal ground speed signal is corrected with the correction to produce a corrected ground speed signal. The corrected ground speed signal is filtered with a horizontal acceleration signal and a runway heading signal to produce a smoothed ground speed signal.
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