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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7156034 | Steering system for boat A steering system for a boat can include a main switch for turning power on and off, an emergency stop switch for stopping an engine, a steering wheel for operation by an operator, a steering wheel displacement sensor for detecting the operator's displacement of the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158136 | Methods and apparatus for displaying multiple data categories Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying data categories. The apparatus comprises a display that is configured to produce a first visual presentation of a first data category of the data categories and a second visual presentation of a second data category ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158877 | Waypoint navigation The invention relates to remote control of an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, (100) from a control station (110) by means of a wireless command link (115). The UAV (100) may be controlled in an autonomous mode wherein it flies according to ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158978 | Network method system and apparatus for recording and maintaining records A computerized record keeping system and method using a network to keep records that cannot be erased by a user thereby guaranteeing the accuracy of records kept with the system. A client computer system contacts, through a computer network, a server system which st... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152332 | Navigational assist system Disclosed is a navigational assist system to assist a pilot or other person in the entry into an entry environment, such as a holding pattern or runway traffic pattern. The navigational assist system is comprised of a plurality of entry determining elements moveably... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152828 | Method and apparatus for the hookup of unmanned/manned (“hum”) multi purpose vehicles with each other A system for the hookup of either a manned or unmanned vehicle with a second vehicle which may be refueling. These vehicles may be both airborne, one airborne and the other on the ground or both on the ground. A probe extending from a first vehicle which may be refu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152134 | Interfacing a legacy data bus with a wideband data bus utilizing an embedded bus controller Various methods and systems provide interfaces between legacy data buses such as MIL-STD 1553 buses and wideband data buses such as IEEE 1394 data buses. One technique for interfacing a legacy bus to a wideband data bus involves providing a hybrid bus controller/rem... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151487 | Method for measuring GPS air sensitivity and mobile terminal having function of measuring GPS air sensitivity A method for measuring an air sensitivity of a global positioning system (GPS) signal in a mobile terminal. A GPS signal value is obtained in the mobile terminal. The air sensitivity of the GPS signal value based on a reference GPS signal value is stored in a memory... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151985 | System and method for exchanging programs in aircraft computers In an aircraft, individual computers are connected by a data bus to a central controller system. To reprogram, i.e. load a new program into, any one of the computers, each computer is equipped with a radio interface module and a radio antenna to establish a radio li... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7152213 | System and method for dynamic key assignment in enhanced user interface An improved user interface for data input without the use of a standard keyboard is provided. Input is accepted through a data entry means such as a shuttle control system, a standard telephone keypad, or a speech recognition system. The data that is entered is sele... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150560 | Device and method for determining total temperature for aircraft The invention relates to a device for determining total temperature for aircraft. This device is particularly useful in a probe, called a multifunction probe, for measuring several aerodynamic parameters such as, for example, the total pressure (Pt), the static pres... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149610 | Momentum estimator for on-station momentum control A method and apparatus for estimating spacecraft momentum is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of spacecraft momentum measurements, fitting the plurality of spacecraft momentum measurements to a parametric model of a spacecraft mome... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148814 | Methods and systems for displaying aircraft engine characteristics A method and system for displaying aircraft engine information. In one embodiment, the method includes directing the display of an icon that represents an overall operational state of an aircraft engine, with the overall operational state including one of a started ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149366 | High-definition hyperspectral imaging system A compact high-definition hyperspectral imaging system (HDHIS) for light aircraft remote sensing to perform concurrent pushbroom hyperspectral imaging and high-resolution photographic imaging. The HDHIS comprises a sensor head having a hyperspectral scanner and a CC... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146260 | Method and apparatus for dynamic configuration of multiprocessor system A multiprocessor system used in a car, home, or office environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data m... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145477 | Anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system and method The disclosed device is directed toward an anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system. The anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system comprises a pilot sensor including at least one of a biometric sensor and a physiological sensor. An input component is operativel... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142971 | System and method for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle The method and system for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle include engaging an automatic control system when the security of the onboard controls is jeopardized. Engagement may be automatic or manual from inside the vehicle or remotely via a c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143003 | Pilot indicator for predicting changes in the monitoring parameters of a gas turbine engine A pilot indicator is provided for an aircraft provided with at least one gas turbine engine. The indicator includes a set of sensors delivering information relating to different monitoring parameters of the engine, namely: the speed of rotation Ng of the gas generat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142152 | Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes A portable, handheld electronic navigation device includes an altimeter and a GPS unit. An internal memory stores cartographic data, for displaying the cartographic data on a display of the navigation device. Accordingly, the device is capable of displaying cartogra... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142159 | Pseudolite navigation system The pseudolite includes a communication (COM) satellite receiver for receiving a communication satellite specific RF signal from a communication satellite and providing communication satellite navigation and position data. A GNSS receiver receives a GNSS signal from... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142981 | Laser range finder closed-loop pointing technology of relative navigation, attitude determination, pointing and tracking for spacecraft rendezvous A closed-loop LRF pointing technology to measure the range of a target satellite from a chaser satellite for rendezvous is provided that includes: LOS angle measurements of the target, a relative navigation Kalman filter, attitude determination of the visible sensor... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139643 | Control device with servocontrol loop, particularly an electro-hydraulic flight control actuator A control device includes a main servocontrol loop having a servocontrolled system, and a compensation device on the input side of the control device. The control device includes an internal loop that receives a first signal derived from the main servocontrol loop a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139644 | Process and system for transmitting information on an aircraft A process and system for transmitting information on an aircraft may employ an avionics-type device having a first determining section that determines a first check code representative of information that one wishes to display on a display screen of an interface dev... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139718 | Notification apparatus and method therefor When a schedule is updated, a check is performed to determine whether matters concerning the updated schedule are included in a To Do List, in which all processes to be performed are registered, and a schedule list. When there is an associated undertaking, added to ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7140027 | Method and system to reinitialize objects without losing a reference connection The present invention is a method and system that enables reference processes that have access to a long running object to maintain the current access to this object while this object performs a re-initialization operation in order to refresh data contained in the o... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139206 | Memory component with improved noise insensitivity A memory component comprises a memory cell array, signal inputs, input amplifiers connected to respective ones of the signal inputs, for receiving, amplifying and outputting data, address or control signals, a data, address or control signal generator for the memory... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136726 | Airborne reconnaissance system An airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map s... | 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 |
| 7132960 | Approach monitoring and advisory system and method A system, method, and computer program product are provided for monitoring for high energy landing approaches and advising a flight crew of an aircraft. Specific aircraft energy is predicted at a touchdown zone of a runway. The predicted specific energy is compared ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132977 | Target identification from a pool of targets using a new adaptive transmitter-receiver design A design methodology for jointly optimizing the transmit waveform and receiver filter for multiple target identification is presented in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The methodology is applied and illustrated for various... | 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 |
| 7133776 | Attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system A method for attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system connected to a rotationally mobile platform supported by a vehicle that is stationary relative to a reference navigation frame comprises the steps of mounting a master reference inertial measurem... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130725 | Method for correcting control surface angle measurements in single viewpoint photogrammetry A method of determining a corrected control surface angle for use in single viewpoint photogrammetry to correct control surface angle measurements affected by wing bending. First and second visual targets are spaced apart from one another on a control surface of an ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129857 | Intelligent weather agent Method and system for automatically displaying, visually and/or audibly and/or by an audible alarm signal, relevant weather data for an identified aircraft pilot, when each of a selected subset of measured or estimated aviation situation parameters, corresponding to... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130724 | Aircraft cabin equipment control system An aircraft cabin equipment control system has control hardware that includes a data processing apparatus and a plurality of interfaces for connection to items of cabin equipment of an aircraft, as well as equipment programs for controlling the cabin equipment. To s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130741 | Navigating a UAV with a remote control device Navigating a UAV, including receiving in a remote control device a user's selection of a GUI map pixel that represents a waypoint for UAV navigation, the pixel having a location on the GUI; mapping the pixel's location on the GUI to Earth coordinates of the waypoint... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127683 | Method to detect application spoofing in mixed use avionics display A method to detect application spoofing in a mixed use avionics display by indicating when a mixed use avionics display is displaying information from a non-certified source. The method comprises providing an avionics display having a display area that is capable of... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7127334 | System and methods for preventing the unauthorized use of aircraft An aircraft having a memory loaded with geolocation data corresponding to restricted airspace boundaries and an autonomous system for rerouting the aircraft outside of the restricted airspace boundaries as the aircraft approaches to within a predetermined distance o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127335 | Low airspeed assist algorithm for air data computer applications A method of estimating the airspeed of an aircraft during low airspeed conditions includes measuring a negative impact pressure using a pitot-static probe on the aircraft. Then, the method includes estimating a non-zero airspeed of the aircraft as a function of the ... | 10/24/2006 |
