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| 20120068863 | Systems and Methods for Remote Detection of Volcanic Plumes Using Satellite Signals Systems and methods for remote detection of volcanic plumes using satellite signals. The invention solves the problem of remotely detecting volcanic plumes, including those embedded in clouds, by providing a system that can be installed onboard a mobile platform, such a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068862 | Systems and Methods for Early Detection of Aircraft Approach to Volcanic Plume Onboard systems and methods for early detection that an aircraft is approaching a volcanic (ash) plume or a gas plume having a concentration of a volcanic gas which would be toxic to humans. The detection method generally comprises the steps of measuring the concentrati... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044093 | COMBINED TIME-OF-FLIGHT AND IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEMS An object detection system of a vehicle includes a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor that receives a reflected object detection signal at a second time based on an object detection signal transmitted at a first time. An image sensor generates an image signal including an imag... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120029738 | AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING, AIRCRAFT MANEUVERING ASSIST METHOD, AND INTERFACE An aircraft capable of hovering, and characterized by having at least one sensor, which has a plane sweep region and is designed to acquire, when the aircraft is manoeuvring, values of respective distances between first points on an obstacle within the plane sweep regio... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110290947 | Automatic Method And Device For Aiding The Piloting Of An Airplane The device (1) comprises means (10) for determining, in the case of the loss of a speed information, control parameters which are used on at least one automatic pilot of the aircraft, instead of said speed information.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110273314 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PILOT WARNING SIGNAL FOR A PILOT OF AN AIRCRAFT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND WARNING DEVICE The present invention provides a method and a device for providing a pilot warning signal for a pilot of an aircraft. The method comprises: providing a first signal to indicate a pedal angle of a pedal which can be actuated by the pilot; pr... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267206 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SWATH-BASED DISPLAY OF TERRAIN HEIGHT INFORMATION The present invention provides a system and a method. The method includes receiving data representing a position of a host aircraft, and based on the position of the host aircraft, receiving data extracted from a database representing an elevation of at least one of a t... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110205089 | AIRCRAFT POWER FAILURE SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD Disclosed is a flight management means verification apparatus (1) adapted to verify at least one flight management means (36,38), wherein the flight management means in use outputs a warning, disables an aircraft means and/or inhibits the activation thereo... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110175754 | Dynamic dashboard display This invention relates to an electronic instrument panel for vehicles consisting of information display that provides on-demand imaging where instruments are not in static, fixed position, but rather change in location, dimension, information presented based on conditio... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110148665 | Method And A Device For Detecting Lack Of Reaction From The Crew Of An Aircraft To An Alarm Related To A Path A method and a device for detecting lack of reaction of the crew of an aircraft to an alarm related to a path. The device (1) comprises means (6, 8) for automatically emitting at least one auxiliary alert signal for signalling... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110115649 | INTELLIGENT CREW ALERTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT AND OTHER VEHICLE APPLICATIONS A method of managing alerts associated with the operation of an aircraft is provided. The method maintains an alert model database that correlates root causes to alerts associated with onboard aircraft subsystems. During operation of the aircraft, the method receives fi... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110095912 | JET ENGINE PROTECTION SYSTEM A modern jet engine inlet protection system that protects against large birds and operates autonomously, that is dormant in routine aircraft operations, that automatically actuates its protective device(s) only at the immediate point of need, then returning it (them) to... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110063137 | INSTALLATION FOR DETECTING AND DISPLAYING THE FAILURES OF THE FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS OF AN AIRCRAFT An installation for detecting and displaying the failures of the functional systems of an aircraft is described. The installation can include both a general alarm system (4) connected to said functional systems (2) and to the auxiliary alarm detection mean... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110063136 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF WARNINGS IN AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SEVERAL WARNING PRESENTATION INTERFACES The invention in particular has as an object a method and a device for centralized management of warnings in an aircraft comprising a centralized system for management of warnings (405) and a plurality of warning presentation interfaces (220′, 225′), e... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110018739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING ABSENCES OF MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT According to the invention, as a function of the altitude, the vertical speed and the heading of the aircraft, as well as of the deviation of the actual trajectory of the aircraft with respect to the automatic trajectory, a time interval (T) is determined, during which ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013016 | Visual Detection of Clear Air Turbulence Presented is a system and method for detecting clear air turbulence comprising an image capturing element, a lens having focal length adapted to focus a scene onto the image capturing element such that the combination of the lens and array of pixels are capable of optic... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110006919 | NEAR END-OF-LIFE INDICATION FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION LIGHT A system and method for determining when a LED-based position light is nearing its end of life by providing to maintenance personnel visible indication that end of life is approaching. An example system includes a controller, a main LED light, an indicator LED light, a ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100318295 | Method and Device for Displaying the Limits of Flight Margins for an Aircraft A method of displaying, for a system for anti-collision monitoring of an aircraft, the limits of flight margins in relation to obstructions located in a flight zone, and a device for displaying the limits of operational flight margins and the limits of alert zones, is p... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315265 | AUTOMATED TURBULENCE DISPLAY SYSTEM A method identifies turbulence information from turbulence data generated by a set of remote aircraft based on a request to form identified turbulence information. The turbulence information is identified in response to the request received at an aircraft to view the tu... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100309025 | Method of Presenting Anti-Collision Information in a Head-up Display for Aircraft The invention relates to a method for managing an anti-collision system for aircraft, said system comprising means of detecting collision with a threat and at least one head-up viewing device. The symbol system comprises two display modes dedicated to collision detectio... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100288883 | Method for detecting a fuel leakage in an aircraft engine and system for carrying out said method A method for detecting and localizing a fuel leakage in the engine of a multi-engine aircraft consisting in determining a fuel consumption for each aircraft engine, in comparing the consumption of each engine with the other aircraft engines, in determining the engine ex... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100073199 | Method for Monitoring the Flight of an Aircraft A method for monitoring the flight of an aircraft consisting in triggering a warning representative of hazardous meteorological conditions liable to face the aircraft while the navigation screen is displaying the terrain-following information.... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066565 | System for Scheduling Tasks to Control the Execution of Warning Procedures on an Aircraft The invention relates to onboard failure warning management systems on aircraft, or flight warning systems (FWS). Traditionally, the logic of these systems refers to procedures to be executed by the crew in response to warnings. Modifications, however minor, to the proc... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100052948 | DETERMINING AND PROVIDING VEHICLE CONDITIONS AND CAPABILITIES A transponder module for vehicles. The module has a substantially universal vehicle sensor input interface capable of receiving sensor input from different types of vehicle sensors and from different types of vehicles. One or more processors and memory, in real time, re... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100045486 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUDIBLE WARNING WHEN AN AIRCRAFT AUTOPILOT IS DEACTIVATED The invention relates to a method for producing an audible warning when an aircraft autopilot (2) is deactivated consisting: a) in transmitting a first sound in the aircraft cockpit during a time ranging from a first predetermined value (d1) and a second p... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100033350 | STANDBY INSTRUMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT PANEL DETECTING OVERLOAD, PARTICULARLY DURING THE LANDING PHASE The present invention relates to a standby instrument fitted to the instrument panel of an aircraft detecting overloads. The standby instrument includes a processor to calculate and display flight information based on data provided by associated sensors integrated into ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100019938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RE-TRIGGERING OF A RADAR WEATHER DISPLAY After deactivation of the presentation of weather information on a radar weather display, systems and methods re-trigger when weather conditions change so that the crew is advised of the changed weather conditions. An exemplary embodiment monitors at least one condition... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100007527 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE DIGITAL ORIGIN OF AN ANALOGUE SIGNAL The present invention relates to an alarm management system intended to be carried onboard an aircraft. More precisely, the invention is aimed at improving the certainty level relating to the integrity of the announcements of faults or information intended for the pilot... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090322567 | Flight restriction zone detection and avoidance A method, system and computer program product to detect and indicating TFR zone violations, potential TFR zone violations or TFR zones in vicinity of an aircraft and indicating measures to avoid or exit a TFR zone are provided. TFR zone information and an aircraft's pos... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090288123 | Passenger tray convenience system An aircraft entertainment, gaming, internet, telephone, information, menu selection, ordering and purchasing system, video projection system, and seat occupied system providing pre-flight, in-flight, post-flight passenger entertainment, internet, information, menu selec... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090273488 | Method and system for alerting aircrew to unsafe vibration levels An onboard system for a rotary wing aircraft detects a limit cycle oscillation in the tail mast and provides a timely indication of the limit cycle oscillation to an aircrew before serious damage to the airframe is likely to occur.... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090273487 | APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTING A PILOT STATION TO AT LEAST ONE OTHER AIRCRAFT ZONE, COCKPIT AND AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN APPARATUS An interconnecting apparatus for interconnecting a pilot station of an aircraft to at least one aircraft zone includes a device for communicating between the pilot station and the aircraft zone. The aircraft zone includes a device permitting a person present in the airc... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090261989 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR LOCK PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method of at least reducing the likelihood of a rotor lock in an aircraft gas turbine engine is provided. A determination is made that each propulsion gas turbine engine on an aircraft has experienced a flameout. The rotational speed of each propulsion gas ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090212977 | DEVICE FOR ERROR DETECTION OF ADJUSTABLE FLAPS With a device for error detection of adjustable flaps on aircraft wings, it is proposed that each flap is provided with a tube as a transmission element arranged in the wing span. The tube is connected fixedly at one end with the flap and is rotatably held. On the free ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090189786 | Method and device for modifying the sound volume of an audio alarm signal onboard an aircraft A method for modifying a current sound-volume value assigned by an on-board system to an acoustic alert signal emitted on board an aircraft is provided. The method includes furnishing, on board the aircraft, the on-board system with at least one information item definin... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090132100 | Flight Control System An aircraft (1) and a terrestrial station (40) for communicating with each other are provided. An airframe and a payload device of an aircraft is controlled from the terrestrial station. The aircraft (1) transmits data concerning a situation of the ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090121866 | Systems and Methods for Handling Information From Wireless Nodes, Including Nodes for Communication with Aircraft Systems and methods for handling information from wireless nodes, including nodes for communication with aircraft, are disclosed. A system in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes a sensor configured to sense information corresponding to a characteristic ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090125167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ICING CONDITIONS FOR AN AIRCRAFT A method for detecting icing conditions for an airborne aircraft operating within a zone defined using one or more aircraft-related parameter and one or more environment parameter includes: (a) In no particular order: (1) measuring the aircraft-related parameter(s) to o... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090116155 | Automated Anti-Explosion System and Method for Integrated-Drive-Generator A system for automatically cutting off the energy from, and shutting down an electric generator positioned inside an aircraft engine and supplying electrical power to the aircraft. The system comprising an electric generator, a control panel and driving cabin. The gener... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090015438 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN INTERRUPTION OF A BROADCAST OF A SONOROUS MESSAGE IN AN AIRCRAFT The invention relates to a method for managing an interruption of emission, in an aircraft, of an acoustic message comprising an information item about a state of part of the said aircraft and/or about its environment, characterized in that, the acoustic message being s... | 01/15/2009 |
