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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Christian L. Houlberg, Ventura, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A protocol converter for use on board an aircraft with space limitations which converts navigation data from one format to another format for use by the aircraft's moving map display. The navigation data is supplied by an aircraft inertial navigation unit to the protocol converter in the ARINC-429 protocol which converts the data to the NMEA-0183 protocol. The converted data is then supplied to a moving map display on board the aircraft. An interface board receives ARINC navigational data from the aircraft navigation unit and stores the data prior to its transfer to a digital computer. The computer reads the data stored in the interface board including a status word which indicates the validity of the data. A computer software program within the computer converts the ARINC-429 navigational data to NMEA-0183 protocol data. The NMEA-0183 protocol data is transmitted through an RS-232 serial port to the moving map display.
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