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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Douglas A Bell, Marion, IA (US);
James H. Doty, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Sarah Barber, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for generating altitude data and/or height data are disclosed. A processor receives navigation data from an external source such as a global positioning system ('GPS'); receives navigation data from multiple internal sources; receives object data representative of terrain or surface feature elevation; determines an instant measurement of aircraft altitude as a function of these inputs; and generates aircraft altitude data responsive to such determination. In an additional embodiment, the processor receives reference point data representative of the elevation of the stationary reference point (e.g., a landing threshold point); determines an instant measurement of aircraft height as a function of this input and the instant measurement of aircraft altitude; and generates aircraft height data responsive to such determination.