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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7825830 | Simplified self-powered attitude survival indicator This simplified self powered aircraft attitude survival indicator is easily and readily transportable from one aircraft to another and provides a simple indicator which gives a visual indication of aircraft attitude and alarms when the aircraft is in a dangerous att... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7432828 | Dynamic lateral deviation display A method of dynamically displaying lateral deviation in formats on a display is provided. The method comprises assigning one or more positional boundaries for displaying the lateral deviation information, wherein the one or more positional boundaries define areas on... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418318 | Method and HUD system for displaying unusual attitude Methods and systems are provided for displaying an unusual attitude of an aircraft in a head-up display system. The system comprises a projection unit configured to project the unusual attitude of the aircraft and a processor coupled to the LCD projection unit. The ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400951 | Method and device for automatic guidance of an aircraft, for a flight at least in part at low altitude A method of automatically guiding an aircraft for flight at low altitude determines an LLF (low level flight) trajectory section for following terrain to be overflown by the aircraft. The LLF trajectory section takes account of predictions of the aircraft's mass and... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397391 | Method and system for aiding the piloting of an aircraft, during a maneuver bringing about an increase in the attitude of the aircraft A method of aiding the piloting of an aircraft during a maneuver, bringing about an increase in the attitude of the aircraft, is carried out automatically and repeatedly. According to the method, an attitude deviation is determined by subtracting a first value of at... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367530 | Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a yaw generating system that can include an aerospace vehicle having a fuselage with a first portion and a second portion. The system... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7305772 | Graphical clinometer display system and method A system for monitoring inclination of a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the system comprises a clinometer in communication with a computer. The clinometer is configured to measure at least one inclination angle of the vehicle and send an electrical signal representin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7295134 | Terrain avoidance method and device for an aircraft An aircraft terrain avoidance method and device may employ a collision warning section that transmits a caution signal when the aircraft risks colliding with the terrain at the end of a first predetermined period of time. A warning signal is transmitted when the air... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295135 | Flight information system A flight instrument displays azimuth information in combination with horizon information and other optional information such as altitude and/or airspeed. Azimuth information is displayed using an elliptical pattern placed below a horizon line displaying horizon info... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286911 | Aircraft pilot assistance system and method A system and method for assisting a pilot to recover the aircraft from a variety of dangerous situations involving one or more of the following: altitude, airspeed, attitude, roll rate, and a partial equipment failure in the control panel. In accordance with the inv... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7219011 | Vertical deviation indication and prediction system A vertical deviation indicator and predictor includes a vertical deviation scale having a plurality of vertically spaced markers, one of the markers indicating the vehicle's present vertical position. Current vertical flight path segment symbols are selectively supe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206698 | Ground operations and imminent landing runway selection A method, computer program product and apparatus for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and environs, generating a graphical display of the aircraft position, heading and ground speed information relative to the aircraft runways and environs, and annu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203577 | Methods and systems for displaying the source of aircraft control instructions Methods and systems for displaying the source of aircraft control instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment to the invention includes receiving a first target to which an aircraft will be automatically directed upon authorization from an... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185859 | Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a yaw generating system that can include an aerospace vehicle having a fuselage with a first portion and a second portion. The system... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173618 | Image creation program and method of creating image A character object 2001 which stands on a ground in a virtual space is arranged to rise on a land object 1802. Here, the character object 2001 is arranged to look towards a side of a virtual camera 1601. Further, the land object 1802 | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167715 | System and method for determining relative positioning in AD-HOC networks A system and method for improving the ability of a portable voice and data wireless communications network to provide position information regarding mobile nodes located within a network. The system and method employs mobile access points, wireless routers, and mobi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164366 | Process and device for detecting on an aircraft an overshoot of design loads at the level of a structural part of said aircraft A process and device for detecting on an aircraft an overshoot of design loads at the level of a structural part of the aircraft. The detection device includes a speed measuring device for measuring an effective speed of the aircraft. A first comparator compares the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7132936 | Angular rate sensor A sensor for measuring yaw rate or roll rate of an automotive vehicle comprises a freely rotating inertial disk and an angular rate sensor responsive to the rotation of the inertial disk relative to a housing. In one embodiment the inertial disk presents an alternat... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126951 | System and method for identifying the floor number where a firefighter in need of help is located using received signal strength indicator and signal propagation time A system and method for deploying a network of wireless devices, including mobile terminals, wireless routers and a least one control console, within a three dimensional deployment area such as a building, so that communication, identification and position calculati... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110777 | Apparatus and method for tracking the location and position of an individual using an accelerometer The present invention generally relates to electronic position and location tracking of various items. More particularly, the present invention is useful for tracking of an individual's position and location. Data is received from both an external position locating ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098809 | Display methodology for encoding simultaneous absolute and relative altitude terrain data A display control device, having a processor structured for receiving terrain elevation information and samples of current position and altitude above ground data; and one or more algorithms resident on the processor for generating, as a function of the current posi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091881 | Integrated hover display with augmented approach to hover symbology cueing for degraded visual environmental conditions A flight control system includes a primary flight display having a hover display which facilitates operations in DVE conditions. The hover display includes a radar altitude display, heading drift symbology and lateral drift symbology which assists pilots in the dete... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088264 | Flight safety system monitoring combinations of state values A method and system compares combinations of vehicle or aircraft state variables against known combinations of potentially dangerous states. Alarms and error messages are selectively generated based on such comparisons. In one embodiment, pairs of aircraft state var... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089090 | Flight control indicator determining the maximum slope for the flight control of an aircraft by terrain following The flight control indicator may include a set of information sources, a computation unit connected to said set of information sources, and a head-up display device. The computation unit determines, on the basis of information emanating from the set of information s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7030780 | Method for displaying position of an aircraft in a display for air traffic control There is provided a method for displaying aircraft positions, which is capable of effectively avoiding the occurrence of near miss or collision. The method displays the terrain of an air space under air traffic control apparently in three dimensions on a display scr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015829 | Method for displaying flight information A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a sec... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999005 | Image compensation apparatus In an image compensation apparatus for controlling an attitude of an image pickup section capable of rotating around mutually orthogonal three axes, the apparatus comprises a sight line direction information detection section for detecting information about a sight ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6985091 | Electronic flight instrument displays The present invention is directed to novel primary flight displays, moving map displays and engine parameter displays for aircraft cockpits. These displays process data gathered from various aircraft sensors and, using an various electronic databases, generate intui... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982655 | Method and indicator for displaying information showing the airspeed tolerance margins for an aircraft Method and indicator for displaying information showing the airspeed tolerance margins for an aircraft. The indicator comprises a central processing unit which selects, from a plurality of longitudinal scales, the longitudinal scale representative of the curr... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980128 | Display system for an aircraft A display system for an aircraft includes a central unit configured to determine a speed vector of the aircraft and to determine a longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft. The longitudinal margin of maneuver is expressed as a load factor and is related to on... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972696 | Aircraft future position and flight path indicator symbology A programmable symbology is provided that defines a series of geometric forms in the visual field of a pilot. The symbology includes a virtual representation of a predicted flight path of the aircraft and a virtual representation of a projected contact point with an... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970107 | Flight situation presentation system and method A flight situation presentation system displays a large majority of the information required for piloting an aircraft in an enhanced manner to reduce potential for misinterpretation and instances of piloting error. Approaches include visual integration of flight dat... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6940427 | Pitch alerting angle for enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) A ground proximity warning system including a pitch angle alerting device, the pitch angle alerting device including warning logic having an input that is structured to receive a signal that is representative of the indicated pitch angle of the aircraft, the warning... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937166 | Process and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft The device (1) for aiding piloting comprises means (2) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction (4) for presenting on a display screen (6) a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector of the aircraft... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6924737 | Vehicle engine status detection mechanism for presenting engine status to third-party automotive accessories A circuit for detecting voltage states output from a voltage generating engine has a first connection point connecting the circuit to a voltage output of the engine, a second connection point connecting the circuit to electrical ground and a digital output signal po... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6819266 | System and method for reducing the speed of an aircraft An aircraft system for reducing the airspeed of an aircraft as it passes through a preselected altitude includes an automatic throttle system including a computer, a device for inputting a preselected altitude and a preselected airspeed into the computer. An altimet... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6751529 | System and method for controlling model aircraft In one embodiment, a method for controlling an aircraft comprises providing an attitude error as a first input into a neural controller and an attitude rate as a second input into the neural controller. The attitude error is calculated from a commanded attitude and ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6727912 | Methods and apparatus for viewing variable resolution information on a display The present invention includes a display for viewing information, where a number of lines on the display has a variable line resolution scale. Each of the number of lines corresponds to a value of information, such as angle degrees relative to the horizon line of th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6686850 | System of pitch attitude symbols A system of pitch attitude symbols, which can be generated by a head-up display unit of an air vehicle, is provided. The system of pitch attitude symbols can be displayed by the head-up display as a virtual image in the direction of flight, behind the coc... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6600977 | Glideslope monitor for aircraft A system, method, and computer program product for alerting an aircraft flight crew of an inconsistency during an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to a selected runway. The system includes a component configured to receive glideslope and localizer... | 07/29/2003 |
