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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120019407 | MULTISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM FOR AIRPORT MONITORING The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring targets on a runway, wherein emitting modules and receiving modules are alternately distributed along each one of longitudinal sides of the runway. Orthogonal signals are emitted in a narrowband by the emitting m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110248878 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING LOCATION PRIVACY OF AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATIONS Methods of protecting location privacy of air traffic communications from unauthorized monitoring of aircraft locations in an uncontrolled airspace include designating a bounded region of uncontrolled airspace; ceasing transmission of a traffic beacon by each aircraft o... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110227780 | Transmission Scheduling for ADS-B Ground Systems System and methods for reducing redundant messages broadcast in an Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B) system. For a given target, a controller determines the relevant customers that should receive information about the target, identifies all of the gro... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110163908 | VALIDITY CHECK OF VEHICLE POSITION INFORMATION A method for validating received positional data in vehicle surveillance applications wherein vehicles transmit positional data indicating their own position to surrounding vehicles. A a radio direction finding antenna arrangement of a receiving unit receives a signal c... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110057830 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC CONTROL DATA A method for group travel and group communications, wherein the group travel parameters and group communications are combined for verifying and validating ADS-B data on aircraft. The full connectivity within a navigating group of aircraft allows all the group members to... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110030538 | INTEGRATED AIRPORT DOMAIN AWARENESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, SYSTEM FOR GROUND-BASED TRANSPORTABLE DEFENSE OF AIRPORTS AGAINST MANPADS, AND METHODS Embodiments of an apparatus and method for defending a physical zone from airborne and ground-based threats are disclosed. In the various embodiments, an apparatus includes a detection component configured to detect and track a ground-based or airborne threat proximate ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100295719 | System, Method, and Software for Performing Dual Hysteresis Target Association In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving first track information comprising data for a particular aircraft track. The method further includes receiving a first radar plot comprising first location information corresponding to first aircraft identification inf... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100265120 | Methods and Apparatus for Integration of Distributed Sensors and Airport Surveillance Radar to Mitigate Blind Spots Methods and apparatus for a first radar; identifying a blind spot in coverage of the first radar; providing a second radar to illuminate the blind spot, and merging data from the first and second radars using target classification prior to tracking to reduce false targe... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100156698 | Multiple-Sensor Tracking Processing Method with Reduced Latency Time A multiple-sensor tracking method, notably implemented in an air traffic control system, making it possible to reduce the latency time introduced by the tracking system, characterized in that the correlation (302) and association (303) functions work on th... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100117887 | Multi-use bearing and range line A method (400), a system and a computer program product are disclosed for graphically displaying air traffic control information in an air traffic control system. Information about objects in an air traffic control environment is compiled and calculated (410 | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100079328 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION/CLASSIFICATION OF RADAR TARGETS INCLUDING BIRDS AND OTHER HAZARDS Methods and apparatus for processing data from a low beam channel, a high beam channel and a weather channel to perform an altitude estimation based upon a target amplitude ratio between the low beam channel and the high beam channel and target range, and for performing... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100001895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DME REPLY EFFICIENCY This invention relates to a method for determining the reply efficiency of a DME navigation beacon and to an apparatus for performing the method. The invention involves locating an RF receiver nearby a DME beacon to be tested. The RF receiver analyses all signals receiv... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090322586 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING INTERFEROMETRY TO PREVENT SPOOFING OF ADS-B TARGETS Methods and apparatus for preventing spoofing of targets, such as aircraft, in an air traffic control system. In one embodiment, first and second antennas at respective ground stations can be used to receive a signal transmitted by an aircraft from which a phase signal ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090267826 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TURBULENCE REMOTELY A system for detecting turbulence along a path that is subject to turbulence. The system may make use of at least one transmitter to transmit electromagnetic (EM) energy along the path and at least one receiver to receive the EM energy. At least one of the transmitter a... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090243911 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AIRCRAFT, SUCH AS FOR AUTOMATIC GUIDING DURING THE LANDING PHASE The present invention relates to a method and a device for locating aircraft. A radar (3) performs distance and angle location of the aircraft. Location is refined by means of at least one airborne beacon (4) aboard the aircraft and of at least one beacon ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090201190 | Surveillance and warning system A system and method for providing entry-point, boundary-line, and presence intrusion detection by means of an intelligent controller process capable of driving both field alert/alarm systems and security station monitoring devices and for providing occupancy warnings an... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20080186222 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTACT AIRCRAFT Methods and apparatus to alert a pilot in an aircraft of certain conditions, such as airspace violations. In one embodiments a system uniquely identifies aircraft and send a message to alert the pilot to contact air traffic control on a selected frequency.... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080158041 | Airport Surface Detector and Control System An airport surface detector and control system to detect aircraft, vehicles, and other objects moving on concerned pathways of the airport, including at least a Central Processing Unit and Central Surveillance/Control Unit. The system comprises at least a laser-scanning... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080055150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND DECODING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPLY SIGNALS A method and system are provided for detecting an edge of a received signal associated with air traffic control communications. The system includes an A/D converter to convert a received signal to a series of digital data samples and an edge detector module to determine... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080004792 | AIR TRAFFIC DEMAND PREDICTION Systems and methods for airspace demand prediction with improved sector level demand prediction are provided. In one embodiment, an air traffic demand prediction system (10) operable to predict demand within an airspace divided into sectors includes an expanded r... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070290919 | Airspace Separation Control and Collision Avoidance The invention provides methods for validating a position of an airborne platform, by comparing rate of change of a measure of barometric altitude with rate of change of a measure of geometric altitude. When the difference in rates of change exceeds at least one predeter... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070252748 | COLLISION ALERTING AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. The array includes a plurality of horns; a polar horn, 45-degree horns, and equatorial horns.... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070229349 | Radar device and method for adjusting among radar sites A radar device includes a generation unit, a transmission unit, and a control unit. The generation unit selectively generates a set of a plurality of transmission signals whose center frequencies are different from one another within an assigned frequency band. The tran... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070222666 | COLLISION RISK PREVENTION EQUIPMENT FOR AIRCRAFT This equipment is of the TCAS type. In order to improve its integrity and the reliability of its measurements, its computing unit is provided with a cross-checking function carrying out the comparison between two values of a same parameter, for example a relative distan... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070210953 | Aircraft collision sense and avoidance system and method A collision sense and avoidance system and method and an aircraft, such as an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) and/or Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV), including the collision sense and avoidance system. The collision sense and avoidance system includes an image interrogator id... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070198170 | Reducing Airport Delays Using Passive Radar Information and Analytics A system and method for reducing airport delays using passive radar information and analytics. The system includes (a) a data receiving arrangement receiving, from a data source, at least one type of information for a plurality of aircraft; (b) a data processing arrange... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070159378 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADAR TIME SENSOR Methods and apparatus to detect and measure energy transmission or azimuth angle information from a radar system at one or more known or measured azimuth angles, determine, for each azimuth angle, the time corresponding to the center of the beam of the energy transmissi... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070139252 | System and method for monitoring airspace A method for receiving data corresponding to an aircraft in a monitored airspace, comparing the data to rules, each rule corresponding to a threat posed by the aircraft and generating a threat indication based on at least one of the rules triggered by the data. A system... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070126621 | Seamless Air Traffic Control (ATC) Datalink Transfers Systems and methods for automatically transferring control from one air traffic control (ATC) center that uses one ATC data link standard to another ATC center that uses a different ATC data link standard are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a receiver ... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070120729 | System and method for providing airport financial reports A system and method for receiving a first set of data for a plurality of aircraft landings at an airport, receiving a second set of data corresponding to the plurality of aircraft landings at the airport, the second set of data being received from a passive radar data s... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070115165 | Extension of aircraft tracking and positive identification from movement areas into non-movement areas At most airports, responsibility of air traffic control starts and stops at the entrance or exit to the runway movement areas, which are taxiways and runways. In the non-movement areas, such as hangers, ramps, and aprons, aircraft movements and separation are no longer ... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070088467 | Integrated system for providing real-time assistance to aircrew The present invention is directed to a virtual copilot system that includes a subscriber aircraft copiloting system configured to obtain at least one aircraft sensor parameter from the aircraft. The copiloting system also is configured to transmit an aircraft identifier... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070080849 | Digital DPSK demodulation method and system An aircraft transponder comprises an antenna for receiving an RF signal a downconverter coupled to the antenna for downconverting the RF signal to an IF signal, an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the downconverter to digitize the IF signal to produce a digital si... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070078592 | Method and device for evaluating the licitness of the situation of a craft on the surface of an airport A method for evaluating the licitness of the situation of a craft on the surface of an airport including the steps of: modelling of a first licitness cost surface covering a surface of the airport where the craft is deploying, termed the deployment surface, related to t... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070024490 | Modification of Chart Representation of Tabular Data in an Information Display System A method and system for controlling the graphical display of stored user supplied tabular data as a chart in a system stores the data for display on a display device. In response to user selection of a style of representation, the tabular data is converted to a form cor... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060259232 | System for monitoring vehicle and airplane traffic on airport runways An airfield runway occupancy warning system includes inductive loops buried in a runway proximate to an intersection of said runway and a taxiway. Other inductive loops are buried in a taxiway proximate an intersection of the taxiway and a runway. A communication system... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060250295 | Distributed radar data processing system A distributed radar data processing system for generating data to be supplied to air traffic control by processing radar data obtained from a radar device, comprises a plurality of data buses provided in accordance with types of flowing data, a plurality of applications... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060217851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A GROUND STATION IN AN AIR-GROUND DATA NETWORK Systems and methods for selecting a ground station for air-ground communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a system includes a communications device operable to maintain bi-directional communications between an aircraft and a selected ground station, and a commun... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060181447 | Secondary surveillance radar system, and ground system for use therein A secondary surveillance radar system comprising a ground system which observes an observation area where an aircraft equipped with a mode S transponder and an aircraft equipped with an ATCRBS transponder possibly coexist, wherein the ground system comprises a transmit ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060167618 | Aircraft traffic warning system using an ad-hoc radio network Methods and apparatus are provided for a traffic warning system (TWS) for light aircraft. The TWS comprises a processor coupled to a transceiver, adapted to measure signal strength and send/receive messages containing station ID and preferably altitude and position data... | 07/27/2006 |
