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Systems and methods for determining best path for avoidance of terrain, obstacles, or protected airspace
 
   
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US Patent 7589646
Issued Date
September 15, 2009
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Systems and methods for generating navigation signals for a vehicle in an auto-avoidance situation. In one embodiment the method includes analyzing two or more paths with respect to information about obstructions stored in a database. The method disclosed then selects a path and generates navigation signals, if an auto avoidance situation exists.
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September 15, 2009
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11/367,671
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March 3, 2006
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340/963   340/976 340/979 701/14
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G08B   23/00   (20060101)  
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/782,055 filed Feb. 19, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,098,810 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/661,304 filed Mar. 9, 2005, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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