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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130565 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM OF AIRCRAFT A flight control system of an aircraft and a flight control method of the aircraft are provided in which the overrunning an operation limitation on a flight condition can be prevented even when a pilot operates a flight control device fast. The flight control system of ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ENABLING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT A system and method are disclosed for selectively enabling a control system using a biometric and a physiological sensor to determine the status of an operator. An input component is operatively coupled to the sensor to permit an operator to initialize the sensor. A cen... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING AN EQUI-DISTANCE POINT (EDP) FOR AIRCRAFTS A system and method for dynamically computing an equi-distance point (EDP) for aircrafts is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for dynamically computing an EDP for an aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurren... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109427 | AUTOMATIC TAKEOFF METHOD FOR AN AIRCRAFT WITH A FLEXIBLE AIRFOIL, AND AIRFOIL AND AIRCRAFT The invention relates to an automatic takeoff method for an aircraft with a flexible airfoil, comprising a carriage suspended by rigging lines from an airfoil. According to said method:—said carriage is provided with an autopilot controlling actuators that control sai... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109424 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED MODULAR ARCHITECTURE An aircraft control system in which a plurality of elementary control systems, corresponding to different aircraft functions, can share one or more sensors due to a common AFDX network. The transmission of commands is carried out via AFDX messages sent to network-subscr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083946 | TAILORED ARRIVALS ALLOCATION SYSTEM TRAJECTORY PREDICTOR The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for generating trajectory predictions for a flight comprising a flight object manager and a trajectory predictor. The flight object manager is configured to generate flight information using a number of flight plan... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083947 | INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR VEHICLE OPERATOR ASSISTANCE BASED ON A TRAJECTORY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT Various types and levels of operator assistance are performed within a unified, configurable framework. A model of the device with a model of the environment and the current state of the device and the environment are used to iteratively generate a sequence of optimal d... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072056 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT A flight control system and method includes a control loop control law to bias the collective stick toward a trim reference position with a motor and generate a force gradient with a clutch.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072057 | METHOD OF MANAGING MOVEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND The invention relates to a method of managing movement of an aircraft on the ground, the aircraft including at least one left main undercarriage and at least one right main undercarriage, each comprising wheels associated with torque application members for applying tor... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072058 | Pilotless Aircraft for Commercial and Military Use An aircraft control system is described having an Automatic Monitoring System (“AMS”), an Aircraft Parameter Management Computer (“APC”), and a Flight Management Computer (“FMC”) to monitor the parameters of the aircraft automatically and to fly the aircraft... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053757 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING A LOCATION According to one embodiment, a method for providing location information to a mobile receiver from a plurality of aerial vehicles is provided. The method includes receiving a source location from at least three location sources at each aerial vehicle of the plurality of... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053762 | INCEPTOR SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL REAL-TIME MODEL The present invention relates to an active inceptor system for controlling an aircraft with at least one mechanically movable inceptor, at least one controller for actuating the inceptor, and at least one state variable detection means for detecting one or more state va... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053763 | INCEPTOR SYSTEM The present invention relates to an active inceptor system for controlling an aircraft with at least one mechanically movable inceptor, at least one control of at least one control element or actuator for actuating the inceptor, and at least one detection means for dete... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053760 | FOUR-DIMENSIONAL GUIDANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT Guiding an aircraft to follow a four-dimensional flight path during a descent with a nominal thrust setting corresponding to idle thrust or non-idle thrust includes monitoring actual along-track position and actual vertical position of the aircraft relative to correspon... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053761 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING REDUNDANT SIGNALS, ASSOCIATED METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM This invention relates to a system for processing redundant signals, an associated method, as well as an aircraft comprising such a system, from a viewpoint of monitoring and passivation of erratic or oscillating failures affecting the sources of these redundant signals... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053764 | PARTICLE SWARM-BASED MICRO AIR LAUNCH VEHICLE TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION METHOD The particle swarm-based micro air launch vehicle trajectory optimization method is carried out by formulating a parameter optimization problem, which is solved using a particle swarm optimization procedure. The optimization problem is formulated using a single objectiv... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046810 | FUZZY LOGIC-BASED CONTROL METHOD FOR HELICOPTERS CARRYING SUSPENDED LOADS The fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads utilizes a controller based on fuzzy logic membership distributions of sets of load swing angles. The anti-swing controller is fuzzy-based and has controller outputs that include additional di... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043414 | CONTROL OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR HELICOPTERS CARRYING SUSPENDED LOADS The control optimization method for helicopters carrying suspended loads during hover flight utilizes a controller based on time-delayed feedback of the load swing angles. The controller outputs include additional displacements, which are added to the helicopter traject... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SPOOF DETECTION Spoof detection can be performed by various systems and methods. The systems and methods can provide for detection by passive listening, active interrogation, and other techniques. Moreover, systems and methods can also provide for reporting and displaying information r... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041619 | System for Aircraft This invention relates to a sensing system with networking capabilities that is integrated into an aircraft that allows for rapid reconfiguration, monitoring, and access control of the aircraft by way of using fastening mechanisms, namely those with intelligent capabili... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035787 | LAYERED ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOMER PAYLOAD SYSTEMS A layered architecture for customer payload systems is disclosed to provide a scalable, reconfigurable integration platform targeted at multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and remove both UAV specific and payload equipment specific characteristics that increase com... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035788 | NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first prede... | 02/09/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120025033 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing a Load in a Flight Control System While an Aircraft is on the Ground A method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing movement of a flight control surface on an aircraft. A control signal is received to move the flight control surface to a position. Travel in a number of actuators in a plurality of actuators coupled to the ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029737 | CENTRALIZED NAVIGATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM In a centralized navigation information management system installed on board an aircraft which is in a current position at a current time, the aircraft having a warning management system and a route management system with means for creating a route plan, the route plan ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029735 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL NAVIGATION USING TIME-OF-ARRIVAL CONTROL A method and systems for controlling an aircraft during descent are provided. The control system includes an input device configured to receive a speed margin for the vehicle and a processor communicatively coupled to the input device wherein the processor is programmed... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029736 | Method for Dynamically Consolidating Items of an Aeronautical Procedure A method is provided for dynamically consolidating items of an aeronautical procedure in order to present to the operator the best action to perform according to the context of all the systems, in order to reduce his cognitive workload faced with an action to be carried... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018574 | MOTOR CONTROLLER This application describes the software invented to control an electric motor system. The electric motor system is mounted on one or more aircraft main wheels or nose wheels to drive an aircraft independently on the ground without aircraft engines or tow vehicles. The s... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022720 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING SOFTWARE COMMANDS IN AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT The invention in particular has as an object the control of execution of software commands of a data-processing system in an aircraft cockpit comprising means for allowing a user to call up these commands. For these purposes, the means making it possible to call up thes... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022722 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OTOACOUSTIC PROTECTION OF AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic unit transmits an otoacoustic signal to counteract a potentially harmful incoming signal.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022721 | FLYING OBJECT By using the interaction between the wind flow and the stabilizer arranged in the wind flow and along the direction of the wind flow, this invention provides the flying object that secures the stability of device or aircraft or stabilizer itself unified with the stabili... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016537 | System and Method for Detection of Anti-Satellite Vulnerability of an Orbiting Platform A system and method for detection of anti-satellite vulnerability of an orbiting platform. An engagement volume processing unit receives a maximum impulse velocity of an SBI launched from a carrier platform of interest, a maximum time of flight (TOF) until intercept, an... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016538 | UAV POWER LINE POSITION AND LOAD PARAMETER ESTIMATION A system and method for providing autonomous navigation for an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) in the vicinity of power lines is presented. Autonomous navigation is achieved by measuring the magnitude and phase of the electromagnetic field at an unknown location within a spa... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010765 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PROCEDURE TO AN AIRCRAFT OPERATOR DURING A FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT A system is disclosed for displaying a procedure to an aircraft operator during a flight of an aircraft. The system includes, but is not limited to, a display unit, a data storage unit that is configured to store the procedure, an input unit, and a processor that is com... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315806 | Modular and morphable air vehicle An unmanned air module includes one or more rotors, engines, a transmission and avionics. Any of several different ground modules may be attached to the air module. The air module may fly with and without the ground module attached. The ground module may be a vehicle gr... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313600 | INTEGRATED APPROACH NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of na... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313599 | AIRCRAFT BACKUP CONTROL A system is disclosed for controlling an aircraft when the hydraulic system of the aircraft has been compromised. The system includes a digital fly-by-wire control system configured to rescale at least one gain vector. The gain(s) may then used by a digital control to m... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313597 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING ANNOTATIONS ON AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY Methods and systems are provided for presenting content on a display device onboard an aircraft. A method comprises displaying, on the display device, information corresponding to a first procedure and displaying an annotation associated with the first procedure on the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY MANAGING A FLIGHT PROCEDURE OF AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLAN A method of managing a flight procedure of an aircraft flight plan, which has at least one segment, includes a step in which an additional attribute of the segment representative of a compulsory or optional nature of the flight of said segment is dynamically selected.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307125 | METHOD OF MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DAMPER, AND A DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD The present invention relates to a method of monitoring the effectiveness of a damper system, wherein the method consists in measuring the relative movements of two strength members, in filtering the measurements in order to isolate those that relate to the lead-lag res... | 12/15/2011 |
