US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Jan. 13 for "Avionic system and method for selectively preventing and enhanced ground proximity warning system alert mode from generating an alert" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,136, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Avionic system and method for selectively preventing and enhanced ground proximity warning system alert mode from generating an alert" was invented by Yasuo Ishihara (Phoenix) and Supratik Gon (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for selectively preventing an alert mode implemented in an enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) from generating an alert includes retrieving from a cruise altitude data source, using the EGPWS, cruise altitude data that is indicative of a cruise altitude of an aircraft, and retrieving f...