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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2013
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Steven L. Fleiger-Holmes, Edmonds, WA (US);

Timothy Allen Murphy, Everett, WA (US);

Jean Marie Crane, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 1/18 (2006.01); G01S 19/15 (2010.01); G01S 19/20 (2010.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); G01C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/02 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/04 (2013.01); G01C 5/005 (2013.01); G01S 1/18 (2013.01); G01S 19/15 (2013.01); G01S 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An onboard monitor that ensures the accuracy of data representing the calculated position of an airplane during final approach to a runway. This airplane position assurance monitor is a software function that uses dissimilar sources of airplane position and runway data to ensure the accuracy of the respective data from those dissimilar sources. ILS data and GPS or GPS/Baro data are the dissimilar sources of airplane position data used by this function. This function will calculate the airplane's angular deviations from the runway centerline and from the glide slope with onboard equipment and then compare those angular deviations to the ILS angular deviation information.


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