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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Donald J. Whalen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Brad A. Walker, Mount Vernon, IA (US);
Scott E. Schultz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Ronald E. Heberlein, Wilsonville, OR (US);
David I. Han, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing sensor-based navigation correction of a GPS-sensed position of an aircraft includes a synthetic vision system. The synthetic vision system captures a visual image of the surrounding area via image sensors and generates a location model based on the image. A georeference engine compares the location model to static high-resolution terrain and obstacle databases to determine a corrected position of the aircraft. The georeference engine then updates the GPS-sensed position with the corrected position, transmitting the corrected position to the combiner. The combiner generates for display an enhanced image based on the visual image and the corrected position of the aircraft.