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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Matthew J. Carrico, Mt. Vernon, IA (US);
Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Matthew J. Carrico, Mt. Vernon, IA (US);
Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Present novel and non-trivial system, apparatus, and method for generating at least one airport surface incursion alert in a runway awareness and warning system are disclosed. A navigation data source and an airport surface data source provide navigation data and airport surface data to a surface alert generator ('SAG'). The SAG constructs a reference line based upon the airport surface data (e.g., landing threshold points, taxiway hold short lines, etc. . . . ), constructs a ground track line, determines at least one alert distance to an alert point along the ground track line if there is a reference line converging on and intersecting with the ground track line to form an alert point, and generates surface alert data if an alert time to the alert point meets an alert threshold time. The surface alert data is provided to a presentation system in which a visual alert, aural alert, and/or tactile alert is presented.