Patents by Inventor Dean Farnham

Dean Farnham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for providing terrain alerts and display utilizing temperature compensated and GPS altitude data
    Publication number: 20060247828
    Abstract: A method of accounting for errors in the altitude reporting of a terrain alert and warning system (TAWS) is disclosed wherein errors due to non-standard atmospheric conditions, incorrect altimeter setting and air data computer (ADC) sensor error are detected and corrected for by compensating ADC altitudes for cold temperatures as well as using global positioning system (GPS) altitude data to confirm the accuracy of the ADC altitude information at all times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ricardo Ardila, Dean Farnham, Nick Feng, Robert Ferguson, Patrick Krohn, Steven Moss