US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Sept. 2 for "Smart radar altimeter beam control and processing using surface database" (Czech Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,372, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Smart radar altimeter beam control and processing using surface database" was invented by Pavel Ptacek (Rosice, Czech Republic) and Petr Kejik (Brno, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a vehicle radar sensor including an antenna, transmitter, receiver, and processor. The processor hosts a scanning control module that sends a control signal to the transmitter, receiver, or both, to generate radar beams; and a signal processing module that receives a reflected signal from the receiver to generate radar data. The system...