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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165790 | Dynamic weather selection The different advantageous embodiments provide a system comprising a weather band selection process and a processor unit. The processor unit is configured to run the weather band selection process. The weather band selection process identifies a flight trajectory as... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155866 | Method and device for guiding an aircraft Disclosed is a method and device for guiding an aircraft flying along a flight trajectory. The flight trajectory has at least one constrained section, and the aircraft flies at a required speed within the constrained section to comply with a required arrival time at... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145415 | Automatic determination of aircraft holding locations and holding durations from aircraft surveillance data A method using airport surveillance data to output a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between two locations, the delays being observed in the surveillance data as a knot of several data po... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140252 | System and method for displaying protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of aircraft in a confidence display A display system and method for a display, in real-time, of a confidence display, displaying the protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of a first aircraft and the protected airspace associated with a projected trajectory of at least one additiona... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121778 | Method, control system and software program for executing the method for optimized use of the airside capacities of an airport A method for optimized use of the airside capacities of an airport, in which by means of electronic data processing system a current operating capacity of the airport and a current traffic demand are calculated. Information for an optimized use of the available reso... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8090525 | Device and method for providing automatic assistance to air traffic controllers A method and a system for assisting air traffic controllers that automatically detects conflicts between aircraft trajectories and selects the conflicts that can be solved by minor modification(s) of aircraft speed, climbing rates or descending rates and lateral shi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8060295 | Automated separation manager A separation management system includes a data input module for receiving and filtering aircraft information and airspace information related to a control aircraft and a relevant aircraft, the aircraft information enabling the calculation of a trajectory window for ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046159 | Programming airplane systems based on instructions A method of receiving an instruction by an airplane from a control system includes facilitating, by the airplane, a user of a system of the airplane in accepting or rejecting the instruction. The instruction may be received by the airplane via a data link between th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046158 | Method and system for reducing runway incursion at airports The present invention relates to a system and method for minimizing or preventing runway incursion at airports by utilizing data packets of information transmitted over the voice communication channel used by pilots at the airport. The data packets of information co... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041504 | Method and system for display of guidance reference for traffic situational awareness Situational Awareness and Guidance Reference (SAGR) and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a display system utilized for a traffic application and an SAGR associated with the own-ship sym... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027783 | Device for guiding an aircraft along a flight trajectory An aircraft guidance device includes a flight computer that formulates all guidance orders for the aircraft, irrespective of a selected guidance mode. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7979200 | Managing an air-ground communications network with air traffic control information Systems and methods that coordinate assignments of aircraft operating within a controlled airspace to ground radios are provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes an air traffic control (ATC) facility (12), a plurality of ground radios (16A- | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979199 | Method and system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan comprising receiving input from at least one flight-plan-relevant source, determining a revised flight route based on the received input, and generating a preconfigured clearance request message ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974773 | Methods and devices of an aircraft taxi navigation system A system for providing taxi navigation information to a pilot of an aircraft is comprised of a navigation system; a taxi navigation module consisting of, in part, a processor and database; and an indicating system consisting of, in part, a tactical display unit syst... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962279 | Methods and systems for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between aircraft on a taxiway Methods and system are provided for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on a first taxiway. Real-time positioning data related to the first aircraft on the first taxiway is monitored. Data related t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7908078 | Perspective-view visual runway awareness and advisory display A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisor display is provided. The method comprises obtaining current craft position and trajectory, determing if a runway is being targeted, and displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the ru... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908077 | Land use compatibility planning software A land use compatibility software module uses an existing suite of airport management programs to generate exception reports for FAA Part 77 land use compatibly surveys. Land use compatibility management is a manually intensive and time-consuming process. The noise ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908079 | Portable runway intersection display and monitoring system Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which an apparatus located on an airfield provides information to pilots in aircraft on the ground and simultaneously gathers information on the motion and position of the aircraft for controllers. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899613 | Method and device for ensuring the safety of low-altitude flight of an aircraft Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. The device (1) comprises a recording means (8) corresponding to an operation critical instrument for recording, during a low-altitude flight, one part at least of... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890248 | Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict aware... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890247 | System and method for filling available airspace with airplanes A system and method for determining a minimum spacing requirement for each of a plurality of aircraft landings, determining an actual spacing for each of the plurality of aircraft landings, calculating an efficiency score based on the actual spacing and the minimum ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877197 | Systems and methods for real-time conflict-checked, operationally preferred flight trajectory revision recommendations Systems and methods for actively seeking and generating real-time, conflict-checked, operationally preferred flight trajectory revision recommendations are disclosed. The system analyzes air traffic based on a plurality of uniquely integrated inputs, to produce at l... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7860642 | Seamless air traffic control (ATC) datalink transfers Embodiments for seamless air traffic control (ATC) data link transfers are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method includes receiving a new air traffic control center designation from an original air traffic control center through an active connection. The a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860641 | System for selective display of airport traffic information This system for displaying, on the flight deck of an aircraft travelling on the surface of an airport, an airport map mentioning the surface traffic, for the purpose of a taxiing aid and protection of the ground movements of the aircraft, shows on the airport map on... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848877 | Displaying and/or programming airplane systems based on clearances and/or instructions Methods and apparatuses for receiving, by an airplane, one or more clearances and/or instructions from a control system via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane, are described herein. The system of the airplane may then facilitate a us... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844392 | Optoelectronic taxi-assistance safety device for aircraft The field of the invention is that of optoelectronic taxi-assistance devices for aircraft, including a head-up display providing for the presentation of information in the pilot's field of vision. The invention applies in particular to large civil aircraft of the Bo... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813871 | Methods and systems for aircraft departure enhanced situational awareness and recovery A method for providing an enterprise with a situational awareness for conditions related to aircraft departure is described. The method includes receiving data related to one or more events that have the potential to affect conditions related to an aircraft's depart... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7792634 | Flight information reminder system and method A flight information reminder system includes a computer system maintaining updated flight information about a flight having a duration. The computer system is adapted to issue messages to individual subscriber units over a wireless network at spaced intervals throu... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783612 | Creation of optimized terrain databases Systems and methods for generating an optimized terrain database identify several regions, including test regions that are established from the identified regions. A first set of terrain data is received for a first test region. The first set of terrain data is comp... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778768 | Reducing airport delays using passive radar information and analytics A system and method for reducing airport delays using passive radar information and analytics. The system includes (a) a data receiving arrangement receiving, from a data source, at least one type of information for a plurality of aircraft; (b) a data processing arr... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7747382 | Methods and systems for real-time enhanced situational awareness A system and method of automatically advising an individual, in real-time, of all available facts related to a current situation. The method is facilitated by a system, which automatically retrieves data related to a situation from a plurality of aviation enterprise... | 06/29/2010 |
| RE41396 | Method and system for entering and displaying ground taxi instructions A system and method are provided for the efficient entry and display of ground taxi routes on an electronic airport map display. The system may include a touchscreen entry device, a display device, a computer, a map database, a vehicle position sensor and a transmit... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7706968 | System and method for characterizing traffic behavior at an airport A method is provided for characterizing traffic behavior at an airport. Scheduled and real-time flight information for the airport is obtained and used to determine, over a selected interval of time, flight delay information. The flight delay information is used to ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702453 | System and method for guiding an aircraft to a stopping position A method for guiding an aircraft toward a stopping position within an aircraft stand of an airport includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that is carried by the aircraft. The RF signal comprises aircraft-typ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7664596 | Air traffic demand prediction Systems and methods for airspace demand prediction with improved sector level demand prediction are provided. In one embodiment, an air traffic demand prediction system (10) operable to predict demand within an airspace divided into sectors includes an expand... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7634353 | Method and device for aiding the flow of a craft on the surface of an airport The invention relates to aiding airport navigation by emission of an alert reminding the pilot of a craft moving on the surface of an airport of the circulation constraints encountered locally over his route. The method comprises the following steps: partitioning of... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630829 | Ground incursion avoidance system and display An airborne processor is linked to a ground-based, vehicle based, or satellite-based supplier of approaching aircraft data and/or terrain data, including airfield structures. The processor also has access to the aircraft's state, e.g. position, speed, intended route... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623957 | System, method, and computer program product for optimizing cruise altitudes for groups of aircraft Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing cruise altitudes for multiple aircraft. The embodiments may be used for optimizing cruise altitudes of multiple aircraft on multiple flight paths and/or system capacity by an operator... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7590484 | Safe runway aircraft arrival and departure system using split runway design A Safe Runway Aircraft Arrival and Departure System Using Split Runway Design comprising a linear runway divided into separate landing strip and takeoff strip portions. Arriving aircraft land on the designated landing strip portion of the runway, while departing air... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584046 | Method for assisting low altitude navigation of an aircraft A method for assisting low-altitude navigation of an aircraft equipped with a system suited to determine a flight-plan ground trajectory based on intermediate points P at an altitude alt(P), and the aircraft's performance. The method includes the following steps: fo... | 09/01/2009 |
