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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180506 | Flight management computer with consideration of approach speed constraint The flight management computer discloses and carried onboard an aircraft can be programmed with a newly apparent speed constraint while it ensures the guidance of the aircraft in the course of a landing runway approach. It then takes account of the speed constraint ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175762 | Electrically activated aircraft landing gear control system and method An electrically activated landing gear control system is provided. A processing module of landing gear control system is provided with landing gear control system software that receives data relating to the position of a landing gear lever. Proximity sensors positio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175763 | Automatic aircraft takeoff and landing apparatus and method for accomplishing the same An automatic landing apparatus for an aircraft includes: an altitude sensor; an airspeed sensor; an attitude angle sensor; a direction sensor; a position sensor; a landing command inputting section; and a control device, including: an approaching flight control sect... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160758 | Methods and systems for radar aided aircraft positioning for approaches and landings A method for radar aided positioning of an air vehicle for approach and landing is described. The method includes integrating global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial data to calculate a position of the air vehicle, scanning the environment forwar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160759 | System and method for optimized flight planning A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and optimization of flight plans is disclosed. Information regarding a plurality of previous flight plans is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database preferably inc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155806 | Aircraft display systems and methods for enhanced display of landing information A display system is provided for a vehicle. The system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of landing information and navigation and control information and to supply display commands associated with the landing information and navigation ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150623 | Manual selection of the active reference of a flight plan for the guidance of an aircraft The present invention relates to a method allowing a modification of the flight plan of an aircraft in a semi-automated manner. The invention presents the main advantage of affording the crew of an aircraft a method for aiding the rejoining of a flight plan requirin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145367 | Closed airport surface alerting system A system and a method alerts the occupant of an aircraft that the aircraft is in, or approaching, a zone of awareness associated with a closed surface at the airport. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140199 | System and method for predicting aircraft gate arrival times A method for receiving passive data corresponding to an aircraft in a vicinity of an airport, receiving additional information corresponding to the aircraft and predicting a time of arrival at a gate based on the passive data and the additional information. In addit... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140200 | Turret assemblies for small aerial platforms, including unmanned aircraft, and associated methods Turret assemblies for small aerial platforms, including unmanned aircraft, and associated methods. In one embodiment, an aircraft system can include a turret assembly having a payload with a line of sight to a target and a gimbal system carrying the payload. The gim... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135503 | Ground proximity sensor An unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a housing, a rotor that is rotated to propel the housing, a pressure sensor that generates a signal indicative of an air pressure proximate a bottom surface of the housing, and a processor configured to determine, based on the si... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126600 | Method and apparatus for improving pilot situational awareness during flare to touchdown A system and method for selectively alerting a pilot of an aircraft about distance remaining to the end of a runway. A position of the aircraft is received. A position of a runway is retrieved from a runway database. The retrieved position of the runway is compared ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126599 | Method of calculating approach trajectory for aircraft The general field of the invention relates to a method of calculating a so-called continuous descent approach procedure for aircraft. The method comprises calculation steps making it possible to determine a minimum distance making it possible to attain the runway by... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121747 | Flight management system, process, and program product enabling dynamic switching between non-precision approach modes Embodiments of a process and a program product are provided suitable for implantation by a flight management system (FMS), which is deployed onboard an aircraft and including a display device and a user interface. The FMS operable in a plurality of non-precision app... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112188 | Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing Disclosed is a device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft in an approach phase during landing. The device includes a guidance system for aiding guidance of the aircraft. Controllers can be actuated by the system during an initial phase in accordance with a first ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108087 | Sequencing, merging and approach-spacing systems and methods An aircraft control system is delineated for a host aircraft, the system comprising a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the aircraft control system, a transceiver for transmitting information from and receiving ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108088 | Method and device for automatically guiding an aircraft during a spacing flight with a landing Disclosed is a method and device for automatically guiding separation of a follow aircraft from a lead aircraft. The method involves determining first guidance instructions based on a speed that enables a desired separation between the lead and follow aircraft, and ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099202 | System and method for providing a final approach curtain The present invention is a method for providing a depiction of an approach path to a landing area and of terrain proximal to the landing area via a flight deck situational awareness system of an aircraft. The method may include providing a vertical reference graphic... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8078344 | System and method for displaying the protected airspace associated with a circle-to-land maneuver A display system and method for an aircraft displays, in real-time, the protected airspace associated with a CTL maneuver. The system processes aircraft approach category data and determines the protected airspace based at least in part on the processed aircraft app... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078345 | Method and device for automatically controlling an emergency descent of an aircraft A method and device automatically engage an emergency descent function of an aircraft as a function of pressure variation measured in the cabin of the aircraft. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060261 | Method and system of determining effectiveness of an aircraft braking system on an aircraft during an aircraft landing A method of determining effectiveness of an aircraft braking system on an aircraft during an aircraft landing including generating a scalar deceleration value when a predefined braking event occurs that corresponds to effectiveness of a braking system associated wit... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060262 | Airport lighting aid simulation system An airport lighting aid simulation system comprises a data storage unit configured to store lighting aid data relating to a plurality of airports. The lighting aid data indicates a type and a location of an airport lighting aid at a runway at each airport. The syste... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055396 | Landing load monitor for aircraft landing gear A landing gear monitor for aircraft landing gear including a plurality of pairs of wheels on a bogie, in which the main strut oil pressure serves to indicate landing load and is monitored in relation to, respectively, the two-wheel mode and the four-wheel mode, the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055395 | Methods and devices of an aircraft crosswind component indicating system A system for providing crosswind component information to a pilot of an aircraft is disclosed. The system is comprised of a navigation system; datalink system; devices for manual input of data; a crosswind component module consisting of, in part, a processor and dat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8019495 | Method and device for assisting the flying of an aircraft during an autonomous approach An aircraft guidance system defines a main approach path and a corrected approach path, which has an extra vertical margin related to the ground over which the craft is flying as compared with a main approach path representing a category-1 precision approach. The gu... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014913 | Aircraft engine management for fuel conservation method and apparatus A method includes controlling an aircraft during descent, and controlling the engine pressure ratio of a jet engine so that the engine has a substantially equal pressure at the exhaust, and at the front of the engine during the descent. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014912 | Method and device for aiding the piloting of an airplane during an approach phase A method and device for aiding the piloting of an airplane includes: (1) determining current values of flight parameters of the airplane, (2) determining, with the aid of the current values, an approach distance that corresponds to a distance in a horizontal plane b... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010245 | Aircraft systems and methods for displaying a touchdown point A display system for an aircraft includes a processing unit configured to determine a touchdown point for the aircraft and to supply display commands associated with the touchdown point; and a display device coupled the processing unit and configured to receive the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7899586 | Aircraft guidance system A guidance system includes a device to generate an alphanumeric identification characteristic, enabling identification of a data item which is used for a selected guidance mode of an aircraft. The system also includes a display unit which automatically shows the alp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7853370 | Method for estimating the touchdown point of the wheels of an aircraft on a landing runway and the distance to be traveled from the touchdown point to reach a controlled speed The present invention relates to a method for estimating the touchdown point of the wheels of an aircraft on a landing runway and the distance to be traveled by the aircraft on the runway from the touchdown point to reach a controlled speed below which it can perfor... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840317 | Method and system for controlling a hijacked aircraft A method and apparatus for controlling the flight of an aircraft in the event of an in-flight emergency is disclosed. The apparatus includes: (a) a remote flight control, located separate and apart from said aircraft, for remote flight control of said a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818100 | System and method for optimized runway exiting Methods and apparatus are provided for optimizing runway exiting. Prior to landing, the pilot may choose to input one or more new landing parameters. Then, based on current landing parameters (e.g., any new landing parameter(s) and remaining default landing paramete... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813845 | Airport taxiway navigation system A method and system for providing taxiway navigational information to a crewmember of an airplane taxiing at an airport. An airport taxiway navigation system (“ATNS”) that executes on an onboard computer system that displays a map of the taxiways of an airport, ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7797086 | Process to avoid confusion between landing runways The process according to the invention is one of identifying the landing runway for which an aircraft is heading, wherein on the basis of on-board information and at least one database relative to the configuration of the landing airport zone, it is possible to dyna... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7765037 | Runway incursion detection system and method for displaying a runway incursion A method for displaying a runway incursion for an aircraft includes electronically gathering traffic information data from a traffic information system, employing a runway incursion algorithm to the traffic information data to detect a collision hazard, automaticall... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7720579 | Method, system, and computer program product for performance monitored aircraft rejected takeoff braking In exemplary embodiments, braking of an airplane is controlled during a rejected takeoff. A rejected takeoff of an airplane from a runway is initiated. Position of the airplane is determined, such as by inputting aircraft position from a global positioning system. D... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715955 | Aircraft piloting system, at least for piloting the aircraft during a non precision approach with a view to a landing An aircraft piloting system may include information sources that provide a position indication relating to the aircraft and information that characterizes a virtual approach axis. An information processing unit processes information emanating from the information so... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7693620 | Approach guidance system and method for airborne mobile platform An approach guidance method for an airborne mobile platform, for example an aircraft, and associated system. The method includes determining a radius of a capture arc tangential to a glide slope, determining an altitude for tangentially intercepting the capture arc,... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693621 | Apparatus and methods for displaying arrival, approach, and departure information on a display device in an aircraft Systems and methods of the present disclosure are used to determine and display arrival, approach, and departure information on a display device in an aircraft, such as a moving map on a multi-function display. An arrival, approach, and/or departure may be received ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7672758 | Method and a device for assisting the piloting of a rotary wing aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point The invention relates to a method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point, by: determining the locus of entry and/or exit points for a given approach and/or departure altitude that ar... | 03/02/2010 |
