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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7755514 | Precision approach path indicator systems and light assemblies useful in same Precision approach path indicator systems (PAPIs) effective in providing approach slope guidance for aircraft approaching an airport runway are provided. Such PAPIs include a plurality of light assemblies positioned on or in proximity to an airport runway and struct... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7755513 | Visual navigational aids based on high intensity LEDS A visual navigational aid for guiding the approach path of incoming aircrafts, ships or other vehicles. The visual navigational aid comprises high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) or LED arrays and optical beam shaping apparatus that produce multiple light bea... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7375653 | Precision approach path indicator systems and light assemblies useful in same Precision approach path indicator systems (PAPIs) effective in providing approach slope guidance for aircraft approaching an airport runway are provided. Such PAPIs include a plurality of light assemblies positioned on or in proximity to an airport runway and struct... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7321824 | Presenting a travel route using more than one presentation style Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-rout... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7209053 | System and method for displaying validity of airport visual approach slope indicators An improved system and method are disclosed for indicating the validity of airport runway visual approach slope indicators on an aircraft display. An aircraft display system is provided, which includes a database for storing data about the specific visual approach s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7102540 | Remote access of an airport airfield lighting system Remote monitor and control of an airfield lighting system. A processing system local to the airport is provided in communication with the airfield lighting system for monitor and control thereof, the airfield lighting system producing airfield information for proces... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6917860 | Transmission, receipt, and presentation of vehicle specific environmental conditions and hazards information A method for transmitting environmental conditions information, which includes receiving at least some environmental conditions information, scaling the received information such that a scaled environmental conditions value is determined for a particular vehicle, re... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6771185 | Parking guidance and management system A parking guidance and management system. The system provides graphical information regarding the relative availability of parking spaces within a parking garage or other large facility. The system relies on a pair of sensors in each space which combine to provide h... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6509844 | Apparatus and method for providing a portable landing zone A portable landing aid apparatus is disclosed along with a method for operation in aiding a pilot of a helicopter to land the helicopter in adverse conditions, such as at night or in inclement weather, at a non-traditional landing site. The landing aid ap... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6459969 | Apparatus, program product and method of processing diagnostic data transferred from a host computer to a portable computer A diagnostic mechanism for processing diagnostic data transferred from a host computer (e.g., a motor vehicle computer) to a portable computer (e.g., a personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone, etc.) An alert is provided based on a comparison in t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6046679 | Method and indicator light for indicating the wind direction and wind velocity and the air pollution level The indicator light is constituted by a panel supporting juxtaposed and alternating neon tubes of blue, yellow, green and red color, these colors being assigned to the cardinal points north, east, south and west respectively. These tubes have voltage appl... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6028535 | Integrated approach lighting system and method of use thereof Systems and methods for an integrated approach lighting system are described. An integrated approach lighting system includes a threshold bar and a plurality of lighting towers. The systems and methods provide advantages in that pilots are given a precise... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6023232 | Vehicle communications system and method A vehicle communications system and method includes a central computer for performing data networking applications, individual devices for transmitting, receiving, recording, and/or processing data associated with the data networking applications, and one... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5995214 | Process for pose estimation of a camera viewing an image scene Pose estimation of a camera is facilitated by including in the scene a space fiducial, an object that has the property that its appearance as viewed by the camera uniquely determines the direction from which it is viewed.... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5982299 | Laser based visual landing aids and method for implementing same In this application are disclosed a variety of improvements to the original system. These improvements provide for greater utility, effectiveness, and ease of manufacturing of the laser visual landing aid system.... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5940014 | Vehicular approach guidance method and system A method and system for visually guiding a vehicle to an approach corridor and subsequent landing, parking, or docking zone. As a vehicle approaches the designated landing, parking, or docking zone, the pilot is visually guided into the approach corridor ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5559510 | Aircraft landing site indication and light A light unit has a strobe operated flash tube and a non-strobe peripheral lamp immediately beneath the flash tube; a switch can turn the unit off, operate either light or enable the pilot of an aircraft to signal the light unit to operate the flash tube o... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5287104 | Method and apparatus for aiding a landing aircraft A method and apparatus for aiding a landing aircraft. Three differently-colored beams of laser light are produced and transmitted, one of the beams of laser light being transmitted in a plane containing the direction from which the aircraft is approaching... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5200748 | Path guidance indication apparatus for vehicles or craft Apparatus for indicating to a vehicle or craft a desired path of travel, comprising a body including a plurality of systems adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation over a desired path, means partially to mask electromagnetic radiation emitted by at leas... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5136288 | Method and installation for providing alignment guidance to an aircraft in the approach stage The invention relates to a method and an installation for providing an aircraft with alignment guidance during the approach stage. At least three flashing lights are disposed on either side of the runway and directed towards an approaching aircraft. The b... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4856896 | Optical guidance system and apparatus A unitary optical guidance system and apparatus directs operators of vehicles such as airplanes, watercraft, trucks, and automobiles along a path or to a predetermined location (e.g., parking an aircraft at a terminal gate or landing an aircraft on a runw... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4763125 | Light array for providing passive rendezvous guidance between closing aircraft spacecraft and the like A passive type forward/aft indicator for mounting on an aircraft refueling tanker. The indicator providing the appearance of an ascending liquid thermometer for guiding an aircraft to be refueled. The indicator providing proper longitudinal positioning un... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4707696 | Portable glide slope indicator An improved glide slope indicator system for facilitating aircraft landings under adverse lighting conditions on remote or austere landing sites is provided which comprises a pair of indicators deployable near ground level on each side of a runway, each i... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4554544 | Diffuse incandescent runway marker light apparatus for overt/covert operation A diffuse incandescent runway marker light apparatus has a housing with a visible light diffusing plate mounted in one end and an infrared light diffusing plate mounted in the other end, and a pair of incandescent light sources mounted in the housing and ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4532512 | Omnidirectional approach slope indicator system An omnidirectional approach slope indicator unit for heliports is disclosed. The unit may include two oppositely directed light beam generators secured to a rotatable shaft, the light beam generators generating light beams of differing colors to alert an ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4435694 | Air terminal guidance system Four generally radially arranged base paths extending outwardly from the center of an airport are provided and each base path is defined by a pair of side-by-side rows of lights with a first row of lights comprising white lights and the second row of ligh... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4291294 | Spectrally balanced chromatic landing approach lighting system A landing approach lighting system which corrects for the effects of chromatic aberration of the human eye to help prevent a pilot from making misjudgments leading to landings short of a runway threshold. The system utilizes red warning lights to delineate the... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4222027 | Glide path lighting system Disclosed is a glide path lighting system which is provided with a lens, a light source, and a screen whether or not constructed as a color filter disposed in the focal plane of the lens between the lens and the light source. The lens is provided with a d... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4209768 | Aircraft take-off and landing system and method for using same An aircraft take-off and landing system, wherein a symbol of a specified configuration is employed as an instrument means for take-off and landing. This symbol is formed by directed extended references made up of electromagnetic pencil beams with a wavelength ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4183078 | Approach slope indicators An indicator unit for use at the edge of airfield runways which produces a split beam of light, the interface of which may be adjusted to the required angle of flight path to guide incoming aircraft, the indicator unit comprising a support assembly having... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4170767 | Visual approach system for aircraft A visual approach system for indicating the glide slope and course of an aircraft to a runway. The system includes a plurality of light beam generators of various colors enclosed by tubular light shields for precisely controlling the divergence angles of ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4064424 | Visual glide path beacon system Generally speaking, according to the inventive concept, the lamp enclosure is made of an optically transparent material which allows the beacon to be observed by a pilot throughout the entire traffic pattern. The beacons are placed in pairs at opposite en... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4040004 | Color coded vehicle guidance system A vehicle guidance system including means for projecting a beam of light to guide a vehicle such as an aircraft on a glide slope, and means for pulse coding the upper the lower portions of the beam providing to the aircraft pilot an indication of the airc... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4015235 | Aircraft parking guidance indicator An optical system for guiding the pilot of a ground-maneuvering aircraft towards a parking bay has, an illuminated target positioned behind a fixed stop aperture along a line of sight of the pilot which is inclined to the direction of approach of the airc... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3972125 | Visual approach and landing system for aircraft with supplementary indicating and warning devices A visual approach and landing system for aircraft including a basic slope indicator supported on or adjacent the ground in predetermined relation to a runway for visually indicating to a pilot the correct path which he should follow when approaching the r... | 08/03/1976 |
