Device and method for extracting terrain altitudes
US8073579B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/21
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting terrain altitudes along a trajectory of an aircraft in flight includes an interface taking into account selected flight parameters of the aircraft; a terrain altitudes extraction requests manager; a geographical zones manager; a terrain data manager; a terrain profile provider. The disclosed embodiment is configured to be used within the framework of an anticollision device for preventing collision between an aircraft and the terrain.
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