Quotables
"Man will not fly for 50 years."
Wilbur Wright ; 1901
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7247821 | Cooking device with luminous display A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and display panel can display the different operation modes of the cooki... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248342 | Three-dimension imaging lidar This invention is directed to a 3-dimensional imaging lidar, which utilizes modest power kHz rate lasers, array detectors, photon-counting multi-channel timing receivers, and dual wedge optical scanners with transmitter point-ahead correction to provide contiguous h... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7245231 | Collision avoidance system A method of collision avoidance. The method includes receiving a signal indicative of a potential collision of a vehicle. The method also includes generating a haptic collision alert in response to the signal. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246003 | Dual-architecture microserver card An integrated system for monitoring a deployed product on a movable platform, gathering data about the deployed product, and disseminating the data about the deployed product is disclosed. The system includes a server located on the movable platform capable of commu... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243008 | Automated intel data radio The present invention is directed to a system for automating mission related tasks in a tactical environment. The system includes a receiver component configured to receive intelligence data. The intelligence data describes the tactical environment in real-time, or ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242311 | Method and system for providing work machine multi-functional user interface A method is performed to provide a multi-functional user interface on a work machine for displaying suggested corrective action. The process includes receiving status information associated with the work machine and analyzing the status information to determine an a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237747 | Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device includes means of determining a ground speed vector and means of display... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239311 | Global visualization process (GVP) and system for implementing a GVP A system and process that incorporates hardware and software as elements to be combined with procedures and processes to obtain, format, store, combine, control, display, record, and visualize dynamic scenarios by interacting with accurate, realistic models and actu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236914 | Integrated aircraft flight dynamics prediction and simulation In a flight simulator program, a flight dynamics editing module enables the user to input parameters for modifying an existing aircraft design or creating an aircraft design. Starting with the type and purpose of aircraft, the user is able to specify parameters defi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234667 | Modular aerospace plane This invention relates to the design of a Modular Aerospace Plane (MAP) comprising a forward fuselage section, a main wing section, a tail section and wing attachments. Various sections can be integrated to offer a variety of aircraft characteristics, performance an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236858 | Flight mode system for personal electronic device A personal communications device includes a processor, a plurality of subsystems connected to the processor for exchanging signals therewith, at least one of the subsystems being configurable between a flight mode and a non-flight mode, an input device connected to ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233258 | LED matrix current control A system is employed to provide a substantially constant intensity light source via functional circuitry, the functional circuitry comprises a switching power supply. At least one signal is part of a matrix of LEDs connected in series and parallel and configured for... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231294 | Navigating a UAV Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for navigating a UAV. Such embodiments include receiving in a remote control device a user's selection of a GUI map pixel that represents a waypoint for UAV navigation. The pixel has a location on the G... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225976 | Aircraft anti-theft and safety system A fixed program processor having a timer relay and a comparator relay interprets, stores and compares inputted biometric data with pre-loaded biometric data and responds including activation of a vehicle's electronic systems. An electronic system interrupter allows ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228232 | Navigating a UAV with obstacle avoidance algorithms Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for navigating a UAV that include piloting the UAV, under control of a navigation computer, in accordance with a navigation algorithm. While piloting the UAV, embodiments include reading from the GPS recei... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228207 | Methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles The present invention relates to methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles under maintenance and operational constraints. In the case of aircraft, the methods and systems may generate an aircraft routing proposal based on information describing a possible flig... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224405 | Horizontal contour correction circuit A horizontal contour correction circuit for correcting a horizontal contour of a video signal to output as a corrected signal, comprising: a delay circuit for outputting video signal values of a video signal at at least three different times either before or after a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225061 | Method and device for detecting pilot induced oscillations in an aircraft A method and device for detecting pilot induced oscillations in an aircraft may detect signals having frequencies of between 0.3 Hz and 0.6 Hz within commands signals generated by a pilot for controlling an aerodynamic surface of the aircraft. The energy of the dete... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225062 | Device for indicating the vibration level of a vehicle A device for indicating at least a first vibration level VIB1 derived from a first acceleration signal γ1 includes: first analysis element FT1 for resolving the first acceleration signal γ1 into a plur... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225076 | Map search system Retrieving an on-map position is executed within a targeted search area that is one of search areas. Search information items are stored for retrieving. Each of the search information items is related to one of the search areas. Area-designating information items ar... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223071 | Device for providing assistance to the pilot of a rotorcraft in the event of engine failure The present invention provides a device enabling the collective pitch of the blades of the main rotor of a single-engined rotorcraft to be reduced automatically in the event of an engine failure. The device comprises an actuator which increases the collective pitch ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222002 | Vibration engine monitoring neural network object monitoring The present invention provides an aircraft engine vibration system that provides information about engine health. Embodiments of the present invention monitor for excessive vibration, monitor for bird strike, monitor for ice build up on the fan section, and monitor ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222017 | 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... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221290 | Packetized voice communication method and system A packetized voice communication method and system. Techniques are disclosed for supporting communication between aircraft and ground stations using packetized digitally-encoded messages. The encoded messages, which originate from verbalized messages, may be transmi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219011 | Vertical deviation indication and prediction system A vertical deviation indicator and predictor includes a vertical deviation scale having a plurality of vertically spaced markers, one of the markers indicating the vehicle's present vertical position. Current vertical flight path segment symbols are selectively supe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7219014 | Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a database A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catal... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216055 | Dynamic attitude measurement method and apparatus A method and system senses the attitude of an accelerating object by measuring acceleration with accelerometers in three orthogonal axes and measuring angular rate with angular rate sensors disposed about each such axis to compute attitude of the object accurately r... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215256 | Method and apparatus for displaying attitude, heading, and terrain data A method for displaying attitude, heading, and navigation data on a single display is described. The method comprises configuring the display with terrain data, overlaying the terrain display with a compass rose display, and superimposing an attitude direction indic... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212917 | Tracking, relay, and control information flow analysis process for information-based systems Methods and apparatus for controlling movement of aircraft through a defined air space are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a model of the defined air space. The model is configured to indicate a safe subset of the defined air space for mov... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212920 | Speed dependent variable range display system The speed dependent variable display system for a computer-implemented moving-map vehicle display system includes a data conversion module for converting a vehicle speed input signal to a distance range value; and, an application module for utilizing the distance ra... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210653 | Electric-based secondary power system architectures for aircraft Methods and systems for providing secondary power to aircraft systems. In one embodiment, an aircraft system architecture for providing power to an environmental control system includes an electric generator operably coupled to a jet engine. The jet engine can be co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212216 | Perspective view primary flight display with terrain-tracing lines and method A display system and method are provided for a vehicle that includes a processor and a display. The processor is adapted to receive terrain data and navigation data operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more image rendering display commands. The display de... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212942 | Power available and limitation indicator for use with an aircraft engine An instrument for use in a helicopter includes a performance calculator typically housed in a control unit (16) and a display unit (14). The system receives electronic indicia (44) of current altitude, air temperature, fuel on-board and engine m... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212890 | Aircraft dialog device for dialog with system of aircraft A dialog system for dialog between an operator of an aircraft and at least one system of the aircraft including a display configured to display at least one window including a plurality of responsive objects respectively associated with one of multiple functions of ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212938 | Method of using a self-locking travel pattern to achieve calibration of remote sensors using conventionally collected data The present invention provides a method to calibrate an on-board remote sensing system using a self-locking travel pattern and target remote sensing data. The self-locking travel pattern includes a number of parallel travel lines having overlapping swath widths betw... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209809 | Method and apparatus for obtaining high integrity and availability in multi-channel systems Systems and methods for asynchronous multi-channel data communications are provided. An embodiment of the invention includes a minimum of three channels for digital computation in Primary Flight Computers and four channels for digital/analog conversion in Actuation ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207517 | Munition with integrity gated go/no-go decision A munition is presented which includes an integrity verification system that measures the integrity of the munition. When an integrity threshold is not met, engagement of the munition with a predetermined target is aborted. Also presented is a methodology for gating... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209051 | Intersection assistance system and method An intersection assistance system includes at least one vehicle sensor and a gap estimator. The vehicle sensor is configured to obtain vehicle information on vehicles approaching the intersection along a main roadway. The gap estimator is configured to estimate gap ... | 04/24/2007 |
