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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7479925 | Airport runway collision avoidance system and method Systems and methods for avoiding runway collisions. In a disclosed embodiment of the invention, a collision avoidance system includes a position-sensing device that is operable to determine a position of the aircraft, and a communications system operable to support ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7444237 | Planning a journey that includes waypoints Planning a journey from an origin to a destination involves establishing selection criteria that includes one or more journey parameters and one or more rules. A journey parameter describes a constraint of the journey, and a rule specifies an action to perform in re... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7386385 | System for recognising the lane-change manoeuver of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the traffic environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own traffic lane, comprising an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal transmitter that produces a signal characteristic of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386386 | Driving control apparatus A driving control apparatus comprising: an detecting device that detects objects; a preceding vehicle determining device that determines a preceding vehicle; a driving control device that executes a driving control; a control start intention detection device that de... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369941 | Collision detection system and method of estimating target crossing location A collision detection system and method of estimating a crossing location are provided. The system includes a first sensor for sensing an object in a field of view and sensing a first range defined as the distance between the object and the first sensor. The system ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340660 | Method and system for using statistical signatures for testing high-speed circuits A method and system for testing a high-speed circuit is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining a high-speed statistical signature of the high-speed circuit using a conventional tester. The method and system further include comparing the high-speed statis... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7313402 | System and method for evaluating accuracy of an automatic location identification system A method (38) and system (56) evaluate the accuracy of an Automatic Location Identification (ALI) system (36) deployed within an environment (20) and configured to location a wireless communication device (24) originating an emerge... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301992 | Multipath processing for GPS receivers A GPS receiver system determines the presence of trackable signals at code delays less than the prompt delay being tracked for a particular, signal and changes the prompt delay to correspond to the smallest code delay having a trackable signal. Trackable signals at ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295633 | Triple multiplexing spread spectrum receiver A GPS car navigation system derives GPS position update information from motion of the car along the actual track. Turns along the track are detected when they actually occur and are compared with the predicted turns so that the time and position at the actual turn ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286912 | Method and apparatus for avoidance of power lines or trip wires by fixed and rotary winged aircraft An E-field sensing system is provided to detect the presence of obstacles, including wires, power lines or trip wires, as well as towers, guy wires, buildings and elevated terrain, in which a variation or tilt of the iso-potential electrostatic field adjacent the ob... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286955 | Ship proximity measurement display system including the remotely viewable billboard and bridge display with data communication and attachment framing This invention allows personnel located on two different structures, such as two ships, to continually monitor the separation distance between the two structures, with all of the necessary equipment being located on only one of the structures. This is accomplished u... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277043 | Tactical aircraft check algorithm, system and method A method of generating aircraft tactical alerts includes receiving track positions for two aircraft; receiving trajectories and static conformance bounds for the two aircraft; receiving current position for the two aircraft; generating tactical check segments and va... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271826 | Communications installation for aircraft An arrangement for audio, video and/or data communication between a ground station and an aircraft, having at least one communications channel and a monitoring device provided on board the aircraft includes at least one audio, video or flight data recording apparatu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271740 | System and process for providing improved aircraft operational safety The present invention relates to a system and a process for providing improved operational safety for aircraft. The system/process of the instant invention utilizes real-time, two-way transmission of voice and/or text and flight-critical data between an aircraft and... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269513 | Ground-based sense-and-avoid display system (SAVDS) for unmanned aerial vehicles The present invention is a Sense-And-Avoid Display System (SAVDS) that integrates airborne target position data from a ground-based radar with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) position data from the UAV ground control station (GCS). The UAV GCS receives the UAV positio... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266987 | Ultrasound transmit and receive path calibration methods and systems The clipping diodes used to limit voltage during medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging operation are used during calibration operation for measuring amplitude and phase differences. The amplitude and phase measurements using clipping diodes as the calibration node m... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248967 | Autonomous velocity estimation and navigation Measurement of a spatial velocity vector in order to make determination of a geographical position possible. A spatial velocity meter includes an inertial measurement unit, a direction-sensing module and a velocity processor. The inertial measurement unit registers ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248219 | Correlation of flight track data with other data sources A method of triangulating aircraft transponder signals using a number of receivers connected to a central station over communication links includes applying at least one logic rule at each receiver to incoming transponder signals to filter redundant transponder sign... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248949 | System and method for stochastic aircraft flight-path modeling Stochastic models of aircraft flight paths and a method for deriving such models from recorded air traffic data. Each stochastic model involves identifying the flight plan for one or more aircraft; identifying important parameters from each flight plan, such as airc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246000 | Harsh braking warning system and method, vehicle warning apparatus and method utilizing same, information transmitting apparatus and method utilizing the system and method, server apparatus, program for the system and information recording medium for such a program An apparatus is provided that warns a vehicle of a harsh braking-applied vehicle based on information sent from the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The apparatus includes a reception device, a position detection device, a forward side vehicle judgment device, and a w... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231630 | Method and system automatic control of graphical computer application appearance and execution A method and system are provided for controlling a computer, data, or media system in response to state changes in the computer system. At least one state table having a first dimension and a second dimension is created. At least one programming element is listed al... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7206686 | System and method for detecting an object ahead of a vehicle and controlling the vehicle in response to the detected object When a deceleration intention detector detects that an occupant has apprehension about a condition ahead of his own vehicle and attempts to decelerate the own vehicle, a detection area setter enlarges a detection area in which a control object is detected, upon a co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7196659 | Combined global positioning system receiver and radio A portable GPS/radio unit communicates over a wireless radio network with at least one other unit which is transmitting radio signals over the network indicative of that unit's location. The GPS/radio unit comprises a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals fro... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187320 | Matched maneuver detector A target tracking arrangement predicts the state of a target. The predictor may be a Kalman filter. In the presence of a target which is maneuvering, the prediction may be in error. A maneuver detector is coupled to receive residuals representing the difference betw... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7155322 | Vehicle information collection system and method thereof A vehicle information specification determining function is built in the on-board terminal installed on a vehicle to determine the specification for vehicle information collection. An information center determines service charges according to the vehicle information... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142900 | Combined global positioning system receiver and radio A portable GPS/radio unit (10) communicates over a wireless radio network (12) with at least one other such unit. The unit (10) may transmit radio signals over the network (12) indicative of the unit's location. The unit (10) inclu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136016 | Platform position location and control A method and apparatus for determining and tracking the geodetic position of a mobile platform (i.e., aircraft). The apparatus comprises a ground controller assigned to a geographic space (i.e., an airspace) and at least one mobile platform (i.e., aircraft) communic... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136755 | Driving assist system for vehicle In a vehicle driving assist system, an obstacle detection device detects an obstacle present in each of two obstacle detection directions with respect to a subject vehicle; and a TTC calculation device calculates a TTC between the subject vehicle and each of obstacl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136011 | System for avoidance of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle A field unit for warning of a danger of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle, in particular a topographical ground obstacle or an obstacle formed by a mast, building or aerial cable structure, comprises a multi-part tubular mast having devices for fixing a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132928 | Threat detection system interface A threat detection system interface that provides translates threat diction information into a tactile signal for a user to indicate the direction and distance of an identified threat relative to an object. The threat detection system interface having applications f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132982 | Method and apparatus for accurate aircraft and vehicle tracking A direct multilateration target tracking system is provided with the TOA time stamp as an input. A technique of tracking targets with varying receiver combinations is provided. Methods of correlating and combining Mode A, Mode C, and Mode S messages to enhance targe... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126534 | Minimum safe altitude warning A ground-based CFIT warning system provides pilots with CFIT alerts. The system is based upon a ground-based tracking system, which provides surveillance of aircraft, such as the AirScene™ multilateration system manufactured by Rannoch Corporation of Alexandria, V... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123192 | Correlation of flight track data with other data sources The surveillance system provides a means to augment Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) with “look alike ADS-B” or “pseudo ADS-B” surveillance transmissions for aircraft which may not be ADS-B equipped. The system uses ground based surveillanc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116266 | Traffic alert and collision avoidance system enhanced surveillance system and method A traffic alert and collision and avoidance system (TCAS) is disclosed. The TCAS comprises a first transponder and a first interrogator associated with a first aircraft. The first transponder sends an interrogation request. The TCAS also comprises a second transpond... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113130 | Method and system for determining location by implication Systems and methods for determining location by implication are described. A responsive environment includes a location determination method that operates in an area that is only partially instrumented with location-sensing devices. Some of the with location-sensing... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103478 | Vehicular control object determination system Whether or not a radar device detects an object is determined by a detection state determinator. Whether or not a time during which the object is not detected and which is measured by a clocking device becomes a determination threshold value or more, is determined b... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099764 | Braking control device A braking control device performs a steering and/or avoidance possibility determination based on the state of the vehicle to execute automatic vehicle braking when an obstacle in front of the vehicle cannot be avoided by steering and/or braking. The device determine... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099776 | GPS-based vehicle warning and location system and method An emergency vehicle alert system includes a first GPS receiving unit that is provided on the emergency vehicle and that determines emergency vehicle location information of the emergency vehicle. The system also includes a radio-wave transmitter unit that is provid... | 08/29/2006 |
