Airborne obstacle collision avoidance apparatus

Details Airborne obstacle collision avoidance apparatus Airborne obstacle collision avoidance apparatus

1994-01-27

1995-09-05

Swarthout, Brent

Communications: electrical

Aircraft alarm or indicating systems

Flight alarm

340961, 364461, G08B 2300

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054482330

ABSTRACT:
An airborne obstacle collision avoidance apparatus which includes an object sensor for sensing objects within a field of view of the aircraft and an aircraft navigation system for navigating the aircraft through space. The apparatus also includes a signal processor for receiving data from both the object sensor and the aircraft navigation system, for generating map data of the objects within the field of view of the aircraft, for dynamically changing the map data as the aircraft moves through space and for determining the probability that the aircraft is on a collision course with respect to each sensed object. The apparatus further includes an alarm which is activated when the signal processor determines that there is a high probability that the current aircraft flight direction is on a collision course with respect to a sensed object.

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