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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125352 | Guiding and taxiing assistance optoelectronic device for an aircraft having a dedicated symbology The invention pertains to optoelectronic devices for aiding the guidance and taxiing of aircraft, comprising a so-called head-up collimator allowing the presentation of information in the pilot's visual field. It applies notably to large-size civil aircraft of the B... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8063798 | Methods and apparatus to assist pilots under conditions in which spatial disorientation may be present Embodiments include systems and methods for assisting a pilot of an aircraft. The system includes a near-eye display and a processing subsystem. The near-eye display includes a transparent display panel that is adapted to be oriented in proximity to at least one eye... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8026834 | Method and system for operating a display device Methods and systems for operating a display device are provided. A first image is caused to be displayed on the display device. The first image is at least representative of a field of view from on-board an aircraft. A second image is rendered over the first image o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7961117 | System, module, and method for creating a variable FOV image presented on a HUD combiner unit The embodiments disclosed herein present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for creating a variable FOV image presented on a HUD combiner unit. A processor receives navigation system data and data associated with eye position. A variable FOV image data... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7772995 | Display system for aircraft A display system for an aircraft includes a device for controlling the presentation on a head-down screen of primary piloting information during a detected display defect on a head-up display device, which normally displays such primary piloting information. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7737867 | Multi-modal cockpit interface for improved airport surface operations A system for multi-modal cockpit interface during surface operation of an aircraft comprises a head tracking device, a processing element, and a full-color head worn display. The processing element is configured to receive head position information from the head tra... | 06/15/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7382284 | Aircraft surface operations guidance on head up display The present invention is a method and system of aircraft surface operations guidance on a head up display. An aircraft surface operations guidance method includes the following steps. At time t1, a taxi guidance cue and a trend vector are displayed on a h... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382237 | Display arrangement for a vehicle A display arrangement for a vehicle has, in particular, a multipurpose instrument or is configured as a multipurpose instrument. The display arrangement includes a first display device to display information concerning operation of the vehicle, a glass with adjustab... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7342512 | Aircraft flat panel display system A flat panel display system for an aircraft display includes a graphics rendering computer for rendering of anti-aliased graphical imaging data derived from aircraft sensors for full-field imaging on a cockpit display screen. A comparator processor independently gen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7319438 | Stabilization of the effects of jitter on a displayed image In an exemplary display system adapted to display an image to an observer using a display where at least one of the display and observer is subjected to physical vibration referred to as jitter, accelerometers are mounted to elements subject to jitter and associated... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312725 | Display system for operating a device with reduced out-the-window visibility A display system for a device with reduced out-the-window visibility includes a display processor that receives an image from a sensor, wherein the sensor is capable of providing a continuously updated image of an area outside the device that is obscured from view o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309048 | Vision system and method incorporating graphics symbology for use in a tanker refueling system A vision system and method for use on a refueling tanker to assist a boom operator in performing an airborne refueling operation on a receiver aircraft. The system includes a digital camera system, a sensor subsystem and a processing system that receives information... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301536 | Electro-optic vision systems An image processing system for delivering real scene information to a data processor. The system includes the data processor, an image-delivery mechanism, an information delivery mechanism, and a graphic processor. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283064 | System and method for facilitating target aiming and aircraft control using aircraft displays An improved system and method are disclosed for facilitating target aiming and aircraft control by flight crews using electronic displays. For example, an aircraft display system is disclosed that includes a database for storing target location and boundary data, a ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266446 | Helmet mounted tracking system and method A helmet mounted tracking system for target designation includes an airplane azimuth sensor, a helmet mounted azimuth sensor, an airplane pitch sensor, a helmet mounted pitch sensor, and a processor. The airplane azimuth sensor determines an azimuth heading for an a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251550 | Aircraft accessory monitor Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring an aircraft accessory. The apparatus comprises a processor associated with said aircraft accessory, a transducer coupled to said processor and operable to produce parametric data relating to said aircraft accessory a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7239976 | Method and system for automatic pointing stabilization and aiming control device A platform residing viewing sensor and a pointing system/weapon. An operator system is remotely monitoring the scene on a display as viewed by the viewing sensor such that an operator system can gaze, acquire and track targets by scanning the scene with eyes and loc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230632 | Airport display method including changing zoom scales An airport display method including the steps of providing data related to an airport, selecting a degree of zoom for the airport to be displayed on a displayed from a plurality of different degrees of zoom, controlling the display to display in the at least one win... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209618 | Scanner transparent media adapter using fiber optic face plate A transparent media adapter for scanning transmissive media on a flatbed scanner comprises a fiber optic face plate. The fiber optic face plate translates the image from the media to the scanner focal plane. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180476 | Exterior aircraft vision system using a helmet-mounted display An improved multiple-sensor vision system for use on vehicles or aircraft. The system utilizes a plurality of fixed sensors, such as infrared sensors, that provide signals that are recorded on tape and/or stored in memory. A processor digitally samples the stored im... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180020 | Steering column module A steering column cover body accommodates therein at least one of an electric junction block, a meter and at least one switch which are directly connected with each other. The switch includes at least one of a turn switch, a wiper switch, a hazard switch and an igni... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167782 | Flight management system and method for providing navigational reference to emergency landing locations An aviation navigational system and method for predicting glide range for an aircraft for specific airports and other potential emergency landing locations in proximity to the aircraft. Information is presented to the pilot by complementing a conventional moving map... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158096 | Compact, head-mountable display device with suspended eyepiece assembly A compact, lightweight, head-mountable display device is provided for transmitting an image to a user's eye. The device includes a projection system including a display attached at one end to a head-mountable support fixture. An eyepiece assembly is attached to a se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148861 | Systems and methods for providing enhanced vision imaging with decreased latency The systems and methods of the present invention provide an image processor that displays enhanced vision images based on a plurality images sources. The image processor comprises both serial and parallel processors. The serial processor performs low data volume cal... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135961 | Method and system for providing directions for driving A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117136 | Input and feedback system An input and feedback system for use with simulator devices immobilizes a portion of the user's body using a securement device which holds the immobilized portion in a fixed position. Pressure sensors are disposed upon the securement device to detect the force resul... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110866 | Security enhanced automatic pilot system for air vehicles A security enhanced automatic pilot system for an air vehicle. Upon a change of trajectory for an air vehicle during flight, the pilot is requested to confirm the change in trajectory. Through the placement of the pilot's finger on a fingerprint sensor, messages can... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7081828 | Heads-up display for propeller-driven aircraft Described is a heads-up display system for an aircraft having a rotating propeller within view of at least one occupant of the aircraft. The heads-up display system comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on a side of a propeller blade substantiall... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7062364 | Electronic non-linear aircraft dynamic parameter display A method and apparatus is disclosed for displaying a dynamic parameter of an aircraft, the apparatus comprises a display unit receiving a display signal and displaying a scale that changes dynamically and non-linearly in accordance with a selected display algorithm,... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7015876 | Heads-up display with improved contrast A heads-up display for a vehicle is in contrast to the windshield behind the display or the environment outside the vehicle windshield. In this way, the heads-up display is more visible than prior art heads-up displays. In one embodiment, the windshield is tinted to... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6992578 | Display system mounted in automobile vehicle A display system has a display unit and a reflector which are disposed in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle. The display unit emits an image that is reflected by the reflector, and the image is projected on a windshield of the vehicle via an opening of th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992597 | Symbology for representing aircraft position A symbology system uses programmable software in a computerized system interacting with the altitude, attitude, air speed, and other flight indicators of an aircraft to create symbology in the pilot's display seen in the field of view of the pilot. The symbology rep... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977630 | Mobility assist device The present invention is directed to a visual mobility assist device which provides a conformal, augmented display to assist a moving body. When the moving body is a motor vehicle, for instance (although it can be substantially any other body), the present invention... | 12/20/2005 |
