ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,708, issued on June 2, was assigned to Honeywell International s.r.o. (Prague).
"Radar inertial vertical hybrid filter scheme resistant to terrain variations" was invented by Radek Baranek (Brno, Czech Republic), Vibhor L Bageshwar (Rosemount, Minn.), Douglas Mark Weed (Forest Lake, Minn.) and Tomas Vaispacher (Brno, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a radar altimeter producing range-to-ground measurements; an aided INS or AHRS producing vertical acceleration, roll, and pitch measurements; an air data system producing barometric altitude measurements; and a processor including a BIV hybrid filter, and a ...