US 6,983,206 B2 | ||
Ground operations and imminent landing runway selection | ||
Kevin J Conner, Kent, Wash. (US); Scott R. Gremmert, Redmond, Wash. (US); Yasuo Ishihara, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Ratan Khatwa, Sammamish, Wash. (US); John J. Poe, Woodinville, Wash. (US); and James J. Corcoran, III, Scottsdale, Ariz. (US) | ||
Assigned to Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, N.J. (US) | ||
Filed on May 15, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/440,461. | ||
Application 10/440461 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/800175, filed on Mar. 06, 2001, granted, now 6,606,563. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/381029, filed on May 15, 2002. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/381040, filed on May 15, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0030465 A1, Feb. 12, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 701—301 | 41 Claims |
1. A runway awareness computer program residing on a computer usable storage medium, the computer program comprising:
computer-readable program code means for receiving one or more signals representative of updated aircraft state parameter
information; and
computer-readable program code means for accessing stored runway survey information as a function of the updated aircraft
state parameter information;
computer-readable program code means for identifying a runway as a function of the updated aircraft state parameter information
and the runway survey information;
computer-readable program code means for determining that the aircraft has encountered the identified runway;
computer-readable program code means for determining an orientation of the aircraft relative to the identified runway as a
function of the updated aircraft state parameter information and the runway survey information;
computer-readable program code means for generating a runway awareness advisory as a function of: the updated aircraft state
parameter information, and the orientation of the aircraft relative to the identified runway.
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