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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7825831 | Aircraft flight display with a non-linear pitch scale A display image for use in an aircraft is produced in response to receiving aircraft location, heading, altitude, and pitch data. The location and heading data are employed to access a topographical database and obtain terrain information for a region on the earth's... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7724155 | Graphical methods for enhancing attitude awareness An avionics display is disclosed. A synthetic rendering of terrain is created using stored terrain data. A horizon line is overlaid upon the synthetic rendering of terrain. The horizon line represents zero degrees pitch attitude in a direction of travel of an aircra... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7482951 | Auditory attitude indicator with pilot-selected audio signals An auditory attitude indicator for aircraft that includes an audio source providing an audible signal, a′ stereo headset with a left side and a right side, an aircraft avionics system that provides at least aircraft pitch data and roll data to an audio processor u... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7460029 | Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information are disclosed. In one embodiment, information corresponding to a vertical motion of the aircraft can be displayed between information corresponding to a lateral motion of the aircraft and in... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7403133 | Dynamic primary flight displays for unusual attitude conditions Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of dynamically transitioning into a distinct display format during unusual attitude conditions. In one embodiment, the method includes collecting attitude data, comparing current attitude to a first set attitude ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7365705 | Flight control display An aircraft flight control display for orientation of the pilot during an approach of the aircraft toward a destination has a center of the display as its fixed point. An aircraft symbol with a center depicts the longitudinal axis as well as a lateral line to depict... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365652 | Method of pilot support in landing helicopters in visual flight under brownout or whiteout conditions The invention relates to a method and system for supporting pilots in landing helicopters in visual flight under brownout or whiteout conditions. According to the invention, 3D data of the planned landing site are generated during the approach for landing, and are a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352292 | Real-time, three-dimensional synthetic vision display of sensor-validated terrain data A terrain database that is rendered in three-dimensional perspective on a Synthetic Vision display in a moving vehicle is updated in real-time in response to data from a ranging sensor. The updated database may be stored and shared with users of displays in other ve... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342515 | Hybrid centered head-down aircraft attitude display and method for calculating displayed drift angle limit Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying terrain and attitude data symbology for an aircraft. The apparatus is a hybrid centered head-down display for an aircraft having a monitor configured to generate a display and a processor coupled to the display. The ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7307549 | Standby display aircraft management system One embodiment of the present invention includes an aircraft instrumentation system for a cockpit instrument panel having a first device associated with a first pilot of an aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the first pilot. Th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7268702 | Apparatus and methods for providing a flight display in an aircraft Apparatus and methods are provided for flight instruments in an electronic format. The flight instruments may appear in a standard configuration, including both primary flight instruments and secondary flight instruments. The apparatus and methods may also provide s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256710 | Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for and natures of aircraft flight control instructions Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for aircraft flight control instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes displaying at a display medium a map of a region at least proximate to an aircraft and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7224311 | System and method for visualization of attitude and attitude/position dependent data A system and method for visualization of attitude dependent data is disclosed. An attitude sphere is defined around an object of interest located at the center. Grid points are defined on the surface of the attitude sphere to represent directions. An attitude depend... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215256 | Method and apparatus for displaying attitude, heading, and terrain data A method for displaying attitude, heading, and navigation data on a single display is described. The method comprises configuring the display with terrain data, overlaying the terrain display with a compass rose display, and superimposing an attitude direction indic... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205907 | Non linear tape display A graphical display of a nonlinear scale emulating the view of a mechanical drum gauge. The nonlinear scale may be used for the display of aircraft flight data including airspeed, altitude, heading, and other aircraft data suitable for presentation on a nonlinear sc... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206695 | Navigation apparatus A current place indicating icon a for indicating the current place of a user, a used road image b for indicating a used road being followed by the user, an option road image c for indicating an option road connected to the used road and located in front of the curre... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194342 | Navigational instrument, method and computer program product for displaying ground traffic information The present invention provides an aircraft navigational system including a graphical user interface that is capable of displaying navigational information in a split-screen format. The split-screen format includes displaying multiple graphical user panels, each depi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191406 | Avionics display system for memorization of display configuration to phase of flight pushbuttons An avionics system having displays with display configurations pilot selected for a phase of flight of an aircraft and reconfigurable for each phase of flight. A multifunction flight display stores and displays the stored phase of flight display configurations for e... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188007 | Apparatuses and methods for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information Methods and apparatuses for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes displaying at least one first indicator to an operator of the aircraft, with a first indicator c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7161501 | Historical analysis of aircraft flight parameters Method and system for analyzing and displaying one or more present flight parameter values FP(t) of an aircraft in motion at a measurement time tn, and for comparing the present flight parameter value with a selected percentage band, containing historical... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7123999 | Aircraft dialog device for dialog with system of aircraft A dialog method for dialog between an operator of an aircraft and at least one system of the aircraft. The method includes the steps of displaying on a display at least one window including a plurality of responsive objects respectively associated with one of multip... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113167 | Aircraft dialog device, for dialog with a system of said aircraft A dialog device includes at least one screen displaying responsive objects on at least two interactive windows. An actuatable cursor control device of the dialog device has a device for displacing a cursor on one of the interactive windows to designate and confirm a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106217 | Technical design concepts to improve helicopter obstacle avoidance and operations in “brownout” conditions A method for flying in a degraded visual environment comprising the steps of collecting environmental data, processing the data and fusing the data together into a combined input output. The output is fed into a head down display, head mounted or heads up display an... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095338 | TCAS VSI display A graphical display of a vertical speed indicator showing “fly-to” and “no-fly” commands on the periphery of a vertical speed indicator during TCAS traffic or resolution advisory conditions. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7046170 | ANP/RNP display A graphical display or presentation of lateral ANP/RNP information for RNAV environments. The display may also be adapted to present aircraft data for monitoring the vertical flight performance of an aircraft under RVSM. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031812 | System and method for monitoring aircraft engine health and determining engine power available, and applications thereof Smart instrumentation and monitoring provide primary engine instrumentation for an aircraft. The instrumentation generates real time engine power available data for the entire power regime and flight envelope of the aircraft while engine monitoring functions track, ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026956 | Method of integrating speed deviation cues in a vehicle navigation display A display system for a vehicle is provided. The display system includes a display configured to render a representation of an intended vehicle path. At least one relative speed indicator is rendered upon the display. The at least one relative speed indicator is conf... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6952630 | Method and apparatus for facilitating ease of viewing and interpretation of data concurrently presented to the flight crew on a multifunction flat panel display in an aircraft A flat panel display for presenting graphical renderings of aircraft flight, operation and system status data to an aircraft pilot renders the data at various predetermined brightness levels depending on the category of data assigned to that data. Primary data appea... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949924 | Electromechanical rotation sensing device An electromechanical rotation sensing device includes a mechanical sensing system for sensing a physical parameter; a rotational member rotated by the mechanical sensing system in response to the parameter sensed; a magnetic device movable with the rotational member... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946976 | Cockpit display systems and methods of presenting data on cockpit displays Systems and methods for cockpit display systems are provided. A cockpit display is segmented into a first and a second region, within the first region flight setting data are presented including communication settings and navigational settings. The second region of ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930617 | Methods and apparatus for airspace navigation Methods and apparatus are provided for airspace navigation. Airspace navigation information for an aircraft is displayed in a first mode, such as, in a horizontal mode. One or more navigation events may then be detected, such as, proximity to a terrain feature, weat... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6690299 | Primary flight display with tactical 3-D display including three view slices A primary flight display with three-dimensional capability provides information in an intuitive format for enhanced situational awareness. The display also includes other navigational data such as airspeed, attitude, altitude, and heading. The display may... | 02/10/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6633810 | Graphical system and method for defining pilot tasks, patterns and constraints Various embodiments of the invention suitably provide dialog boxes in response to pilot commands so that task parameters may be input or modified. Pilot tasks include "direct-to", "hold", "procedure turn", "cross with flyover", "show info", "orbit", "radi... | 10/14/2003 |
