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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Patrick D. McCusker, Walker, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An airborne system for detecting and avoiding atmospheric particulates, which include a sensor coupled with an aircraft and configured to capture electromagnetic signals from a flight path of the aircraft, including infrared wavelengths, an output device configured to provide visual and an aural messages to a flight crew, and a processor coupled with sensor, the output device, and a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions for causing the processor to: receive a signal from the sensor via an input port; calculate a temperature difference between a first and second infrared wavelengths; determine a presence of atmospheric particulates in the flight path based on the temperature difference; generate an aural message and/or a visual message indicative of the presence of atmospheric particulates; and provide the message to a flight crew. The processor may calculate an alternate flight path and provide the alternate flight path to the flight crew.