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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188889 | Method and system for display of traffic information in the flight deck Context-Sensitive Reference (CSR) for situational awareness, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment includes an aircraft display system having a traffic application with traffic symbols representing traffic aircraf... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8040258 | Enhanced situational awareness system and method Methods and apparatus are provided for enhancing the situational awareness of an operator. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) traffic data transmitted by a traffic entity are received. The ADS-B traffic data are processed to determine traffic entity ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040259 | Systems and methods for alerting to traffic proximity in the airport environment Systems and methods for alerting to traffic proximity in the airport environment. Knowledge of the geographic position, speed, rate of change of speed, heading (or track-angle) and/or altitude of own-aircraft (or vehicle) and another, potentially conflicting aircraf... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026833 | Method and device for generating a taxiing speed for an aircraft of a convoy The device (1) comprises means (5) for calculating a controlled speed enabling the aircraft to observe a longitudinal separation relative to an aircraft of the convoy that precedes it. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7948404 | Obstacle avoidance situation display generator A display generator for providing obstacle avoidance guidance to a pilot is described. The display generator receives data from an obstacle avoidance dispatcher and resolver module, a hybrid ground collision avoidance module, a hybrid air collision avoidance module,... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7772992 | Method and device for assisting the ground navigation of an aeroplane in an airport The invention relates to a device (1) comprising a set (2) of information sources for determining the active values of a plurality of parameter of an aeroplane, calculating means (3) for determining, by means of said active values, a first posit... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7755516 | Traffic display system, aircraft including the display system and method of displaying off-scale traffic in the display system A aircraft traffic display system, aircraft including the display system and a method of displaying aircraft and vehicle traffic in the display system. The system includes an ownship location finder determining ownship location and maps, including airport maps store... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7755515 | Apparatus and method for preventing night blindness and/or vertigo among pilots caused by the reflection of an aircraft's anti-collision warning lights from clouds or other light reflecting conditions into the cockpit The following is an aircraft warning light adjustment system. Levels of ambient light and/or reflected light can be detected by detectors and transmitted to a processing unit. A processing unit, based on the received detections, can make automatic decisions concerni... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7733243 | Device and method for signaling lateral maneuver margins The device relates to the signaling, to the pilot of a moving vehicle, for example an aircraft, of its lateral maneuvering margins taking into account obstacles placed in its maneuvering zone. This device determines, over the maneuvering zone of the moving vehicle, ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7701362 | Optical system for detecting an object A system for optically detecting an object comprises a light source associated with the object and operated to produce a temporal pattern of emissions and a detector, synchronized to the operation of the light source by signals from a global positioning system, to i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696904 | Altitude range filter for cockpit traffic display A system and method for filtering various targets (such as ground vehicles, stationary objects, and aircraft) from display on a display screen within the cockpit of an “Own Ship” aircraft. The system and method withhold from display any non-exempt targets that h... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7646313 | Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft A device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft includes a detecting device for detecting all the aircraft in the vicinity and a display device for presenting, on a display screen illustrating a vertical plane, characteristic symbols indicating the positions o... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7570177 | Aircraft terrain warning systems and methods Methods and systems are disclosed for preventing aircraft collisions with forward looking terrain avoidance (FLTA) functionality based on a terrain avoidance profile used to evaluate potential terrain threats based on the projected flight path of an aircraft in flig... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570178 | Traffic display The present invention is directed to a traffic display for an aircraft, which includes a vertical traffic indicator. The vertical traffic indicator includes flight levels, depicted utilizing differing visual patterns to represent the current flight level as well as ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7564372 | Display of hold lines on head-up display A head-up display (HUD) is disclosed. The HUD is provided on board an aircraft. The HUD comprises a projector and a combiner. The combiner enables viewing of the world outside of the combiner and also allows viewing of information provided from the projector. A comp... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7444146 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443334 | 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. A transmitter/receiver probe is coupled to the antenna array. The transmitter/receiver pr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437225 | Flight management system The present invention is a system and method for providing flight management to one or more aircraft via a communication link between a fight management system located outside the aircraft and a flight management system located inside the aircraft. Remote flight man... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428412 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426388 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426387 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7414546 | White anti-collision light utilizing light-emitting diode (LED) technology A white anti-collision light mounted on an aircraft utilizes a set of high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and dedicated reflectors to distribute the light in a particular pattern that satisfies predetermined intensity requirements along a horizontal coverage are... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414543 | Multiple miniature avionic displays A display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. In one embodiment, an aviation display screen includes a main window and a plurality of miniature windows. The main window is adapted to illustrate one set of information. Each miniature windo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398057 | Security messenger system The invention provides a communication and control system and method including a portable control and display unit, such as a portable handheld pocket PC, an aircraft mounted integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite receiver, a VHF radio modem, an Aircra... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386373 | System, method and apparatus for searching geographic area using prioritized spatial order A spatial data search method, system and apparatus for identifying particular data of significance around a reference vector through the spatial data. The method involves determining a reference vector within a spatial region for which spatial data exists, loading a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385527 | Smart airport automation system A smart airport automation system gathers and reinterprets a wide variety of aircraft and airport related data and information around unattended or non-towered airports. Data is gathered from many different types of sources, and in otherwise incompatible data format... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382285 | Pilot-programmable altitude range filter for cockpit traffic display A system and method for filtering various targets (such as ground vehicles, stationary objects, and aircraft) from display on a display screen within the cockpit of an “Own Ship” aircraft. The system and method withhold from display any non-exempt targets that h... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382286 | System and method for the correlation of multiple data feeds A method of receiving a first set of target data points from a first data feed and receiving a second set of target data points from a second data feed arrangement. Comparing a time variable included in the target data points from the first set to the time variable ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382288 | Display of airport signs on head-up display A head-up display (HUD) is disclosed. The HUD is provided on board an aircraft. The HUD comprises a projector and a combiner. The combiner enables viewing of the world outside of the combiner and also allows viewing of information provided from the projector. A comp... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7362262 | Method and apparatus for providing an integrated communications, navigation and surveillance satellite system An integrated communications, navigation and surveillance system includes a plurality of satellites in communication with one another and broadcasting navigation signals. The satellites are capable of bi-directional communication and of receiving and relaying survei... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363121 | System, method and apparatus for searching geographic area using prioritized spatial order A spatial data search method, system and apparatus for identifying particular data of significance around a reference vector through the spatial data. The method involves determining a reference vector within a spatial region for which spatial data exists, loading a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356389 | Vehicle data services A method and devices are described for wirelessly uploading and downloading data to and from a mobile vehicular platform while within range of a coordinated network of base stations that monitor the location of the vehicle and optimize data throughput using any comb... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342514 | Display of automatic dependent surveillance (ADS-B) information on head-up display A head-up display (HUD) is disclosed. The HUD is provided on board an aircraft. The HUD comprises a projector and a combiner. The combiner enables viewing of the world outside of the combiner and also allows viewing of information provided from the projector. A comp... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343229 | Method and apparatus for dynamic taxi path selection A method and apparatus for selecting a taxi path by one or more acceptable taxi paths according to a taxi destination. A primary taxi path is selected according to an operation parameter and is made available as an aeronautical pilot aide. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337043 | Terrain maneuver advisory envelope system and method A terrain advisory system for an aircraft is disclosed. The terrain advisory system includes a processing unit, a display unit coupled to the processing unit where the display unit displays a map, and a database coupled to the processing unit. The system also includ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333030 | Method and system for preventing an aircraft from penetrating into a dangerous trailing vortex area of a vortex generator The invention relates to methods and devices for aircraft's safe operation and is embodied in the form of a method and system for informing a user, for example an aircraft crew and/or a flight controller, on the probable penetration of the aircraft into dangerous ar... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330780 | Safety system for aircraft This invention relates to a safety system for aircraft, wherein prohibited airspaces which aircraft may not enter are marked on a digitally stored image of the airspace, wherein the aircraft is provided with an automatic control device that automatically steers the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330147 | System and method for ground proximity warning with enhanced obstacle depiction Systems and methods for displaying ground obstructions on a visual display are disclosed. In an embodiment, a ground proximity warning system includes at least one aircraft sensor system operable to acquire aircraft data and a ground proximity warning computer coupl... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327284 | Smart altitude callout for helicopters A method, computer software product, and system to generate altitude callouts according to proximity to a runway at an airport or heliport includes determining whether the helicopter is flying in proximity to the runway and automatically selecting an altitude thresh... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328011 | Management of mobile networks Exemplary methods and systems manage a mobile network. A mobile network node is managed when the node is connected to the network. However, an alarm is not necessarily generated when the node is not connected to the network. A status message is periodically generate... | 02/05/2008 |
