Premature descent into terrain visual awareness enhancement to EGPWS

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6292721
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09103349

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In order to provide the pilots with a display or a map of the terrain below the aircraft, a display is generated on a cockpit display, such as a weather radar, of the contours of the terrain below the aircraft. The terrain contour display is generated from aircraft position information, a terrain data base, and a terrain awareness envelope defined by awareness boundaries. Terrain contours are depicted with the highest terrain within the envelope colored red, high intermediate terrain contours in yellow with varying dot densities, low intermediate terrain contours in green with varying dot densities, and the lowest terrain in black. The green contours can be overwritten with a low density yellow based on a pre-caution envelope which extends certain of the awareness boundaries to provide notice to a pilot of upcoming cautions.

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ALLIEDSIGNAL INCP O BOX 2245 101 COLUMBIA ROAD MORRISTOWN NJ 07962

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Conner, Kevin J Kent, WA 77 1968
Muller, Hans Rudolf late of Redmond, WA 12 124

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