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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010289 | Method and apparatus for detecting and processing lightning A lightning detector designed for aircraft carried applications provides for improved lightning discrimination and display. The instrument employs a relatively wide band receiver so as to retain the received waveform or digital replicas thereof. This allows more pre... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7769585 | System and method of voice activity detection in noisy environments An efficient voice activity detection method and system suitable for real-time operation in low SNR (signal-to-noise) environments corrupted by non-Gaussian non-stationary background noise. The method utilizes rank order statistics to generate a binary voice detecti... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7715954 | Flight management system vector functions Disclosed is a system and method for diverting from a flight plan without adjusting an autopilot by treating a heading change as the new leg of a flight plan. The present invention allows the pilot of an aircraft to enter a heading to follow into a flight management... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7668656 | Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is store... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668647 | Computer method and apparatus for filling in an entry field using geographical proximity and character criteria Entering an identifier to select a navigational waypoint requires “head-down” time, resulting in less time for operating a vehicle. Accordingly, a technique for selecting a navigational waypoint for use is provided. The present invention includes receiving a par... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667621 | Primary flight display (PFD) including weather information and terrain awareness The present invention provides a method and system for displaying critical navigational data on a primary flight display to a pilot of an aircraft. The method includes providing an image representative of weather information on a primary fight display and superimpos... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7379816 | Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is store... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7085630 | Method and apparatus for predicting runway overrun A critical point on a runway indicates a point at which an aircraft may experience a runway overrun if landing beyond the critical point. A path projection is extended from the aircraft at a descent slope angle to determine whether the aircraft will land beyond the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7039518 | Computer method and apparatus for aircraft mixture leaning A computer implemented lean assist function monitors exhaust gas temperature in a plurality of cylinders in an engine along with fuel flow. The lean assist function automatically detects whether the pilot is leaning for best power or best economy and provides an ind... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039505 | Method for digital transmission and display of weather imagery A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is store... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6614383 | Beam width display method and system A weather radar display system displays a beam indicator indicative of a radar beam. The beam indicator represents width of the radar beam as a function of range (distance from the radar beam source). The beam indicator allows a pilot to easily discern ac... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6614382 | Beam elevation display method and system The relative altitude of the center of a radar beam in relation to the aircraft's altitude at a plurality of distance ranges from the radar source is computed. A plurality of range rings representing the distance ranges are displayed. The computed relativ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6606564 | Displaying lightning strikes Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6560538 | Displaying lightning strikes Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6405133 | Displaying lightning strikes Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed ... | 06/11/2002 |
