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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190309 | Method and device for detecting a lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft Disclosed is a method and device for detecting lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft. A control parameter determination unit is used to determine a current value of a control parameter representative of all roll control surfaces of the aircraft, and a control parameter... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190308 | Method and device for detecting a risk of collision of an aircraft with the surrounding terrain A method and device for detecting a risk of collision of an aircraft, having a profile unit having knowledge of the terrain profile, a determination unit for determining effective values of particular flight parameters, a checking unit for verifying whether a flight... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175760 | Displaying method and device for an aircraft following a flight plan A device comprises means for computing the air-craft (A) current position, means for determining at least one maximum permitted deviation (E1) around a set position of the flight path of the flight plan according to accuracy and integrity performances of said... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160757 | System and method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display The present invention is a method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display of an aircraft. The method includes outputting absolute terrain data to the navigation display for display by the navigation display. The method further inc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140197 | Personal navigation system There is provided a personal navigation system, including a head-mounted orientation sensor, a coordinate position sensor, a head-mounted display, and a processor receiving an input from the head-mounted orientation sensor and an input from the coordinate position s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8086361 | Advisory system to aid pilot recovery from spatial disorientation during an excessive roll Systems and methods for outputting instructions when a vehicle is not responding to a roll-angle alert. An example system includes one or more altitude sensors that determine one of altitude above ground level or barometric altitude, one or more roll-angle sensors t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082070 | Methods and systems for displaying assistance messages to aircraft operators Methods and systems for displaying assistance messages to aircraft operators are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes receiving an input from an aircraft operator at an aircraft flight deck, comparing a characteristic of the input to at lea... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065043 | Predicted path selection system and method for hazard coding in selectively constrained aircraft control systems A surveillance system detects potential hazards and alerts the pilot to them. The alerts can be modified to indicate proximity to the predicted path of the aircraft. An autopilot receives instructions from a flight management system (FMS) regarding a planned path an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8010244 | Intervisibility determination A system and method for efficient intervisibility determination. The intervisibility determination method of the present invention provides a multiple threat processing capability within a specified area of terrain using a common database. Computation is simplified ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7957853 | Flight restriction zone detection and avoidance A method, system and computer program product to detect and indicating TFR zone violations, potential TFR zone violations or TFR zones in vicinity of an aircraft and indicating measures to avoid or exit a TFR zone are provided. TFR zone information and an aircraft's... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7920943 | Precision approach guidance system and associated method A precision approach guidance system that provides flying craft guidance information during a precision approach to a landing site and methods associated therewith are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes: an inertial navigation system, an onboard rangin... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917255 | System and method for on-board adaptive characterization of aircraft turbulence susceptibility as a function of radar observables A turbulence data circuit for use in an aircraft. The aircraft can include a radar system configured to transmit a first radio frequency wave and receive a second radio frequency wave and a display for receiving a display signal representative of turbulence. The air... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912594 | Predicted path selection system and method for hazard coding in selectively constrained aircraft control systems A surveillance system detects potential hazards and alerts the pilot to them. The alerts can be modified to indicate proximity to the predicted path of the aircraft. An autopilot receives instructions from a flight management system (FMS) regarding a planned path an... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908045 | System and method for presenting an image of terrain on an aircraft display unit A system and method for presenting an image of terrain threats are disclosed. Substantially transparent terrain symbols (color or monochrome) are depicted where each symbol is representative of a level of threat. Terrain symbols may overlay a weather image without a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899585 | Device for monitoring aircraft control information A device includes a computer for computing the difference between at least two items of control information that are generated by at least two different flight management systems of an aircraft, and a system for generating a warning signal if the difference is great... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7856295 | Device for issuing authorization to act on the operating conditions of an aircraft engine and engine control system comprising same A device for issuing authorization to act on the operating conditions of an aircraft engine and engine control system includes a first unit for determining particular parameters concerning the aircraft, including the position of a power lever controlling the supply ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7835827 | Methods, systems and computer program products for communicating auditory alert to aircraft Systems, methods, and computer-program products for communicating auditory alerts about runway hazards to aircraft. A conflict on at least one arrival runway is identified using information received from an existing conflict detection system. An auditory alert assoc... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7801649 | Predicted path selection system and method for hazard coding in selectively constrained aircraft control systems A surveillance system detects potential hazards and alerts the pilot to them. The alerts can be modified to indicate proximity to the predicted path of the aircraft. An autopilot receives instructions from a flight management system (FMS) regarding a planned path an... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7778745 | Systems and methods for detecting and alerting mis-setting of barometric altimeter setting during a transition altitude Systems and methods for producing an advisory if barometric altitude transition setting needs adjusting in an aircraft. In one embodiment, the method determines transition altitude, receives an uncorrected altitude, compares the uncorrected altitude to the transitio... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761196 | Methods and systems of determining bearing when ADS-B data is unavailable System, method and computer program product for determining bearing using ADS-B and TCAS standard reply bearing estimates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for determining bearing based upon ADS-B signals includes receiving ADS-B signals and standard transp... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7739004 | Automatic engine fuel flow monitoring and alerting fuel leak detection method A method for automatically monitoring and alerting a fuel leak downstream of an engine fuel flow meter in an aircraft is provided. The method uses existing engine sensor data to input into a predetermined parameter model to predict the nominal fuel flow, and also co... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7668628 | Detecting and alerting before an aircraft leaves an approved or safe region of operation Methods and systems are provided which warn a pilot or flight crew to prevent navigation of an aircraft into an unapproved region of operation. A boundary of an approved region of operation for the aircraft is identified. A position of the aircraft relative to the b... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7640083 | Record and playback system for aircraft Multiple data and images are multiplexed and sequenced in order to minimize the recording and monitoring hardware required to process the images, providing a detailed record of an event, greatly enhancing event reconstruction efforts. The multi-media safety and surv... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636618 | Responding to aircraft excursions from flight envelopes A method of monitoring an aircraft during use. Flight parameters of the aircraft are monitored to detect an excursion from a flight envelope. While the aircraft is still in flight, the monitored flight parameters are used to determine the severity of a detected excu... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7590475 | Method and system for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft A system and method for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft is provided. Generally, the system contains a detection system capable of detecting the hazard, and a transceiver capable of allowing the system to provide the covert warning ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7551990 | System and method for management of a ground obstacle display Systems and methods for managing a visual display in a ground proximity warning system. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one aircraft sensor system operable to acquire aircraft data and a ground proximity warning computer coupled to the aircraft sensor ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7451021 | Model-based fault detection and isolation for intermittently active faults with application to motion-based thruster fault detection and isolation for spacecraft The present invention is a method for detecting and isolating fault modes in a system having a model describing its behavior and regularly sampled measurements. The models are used to calculate past and present deviations from measurements that would result with no ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444211 | Method of validating a flight plan constraint An FMS flight management computer equipping an aerodyne, complies with a constraint, in particular an altitude constraint, of the flight plan (Dpv) at an imposed waypoint close to the position of the aerodyne at the moment of instigation of its automatic flight plan... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428451 | Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft A method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft is disclosed, wherein low-altitude flight is flight along a flight trajectory at low altitude, for example 500 feet, that allows an aircraft to follow as closely as possible the terr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7415328 | Hybrid model based fault detection and isolation system Method for detecting faults in a device comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of performance parameters, applying the plurality of performance parameters to a first model to produce a plurality of estimated performance parameters, applying the plurality of p... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415327 | Computerised flight manual and method for dynamic control of such a flight manual Method for dynamic control of the performance of an aircraft computed on the basis of a real aircraft data input file and a computation data input file, using a computerised flight manual running on a terminal equipped with a commercial operating system, which compr... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403843 | Systems and methods for automated deselection of flight plan information from a display Systems and methods for automatically switching to a track view mode on a vertical view display. The system determines aircraft position relative to a leg of a flight plan and switches display mode for a navigation vertical display to track view mode, if the display... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398182 | Method and device for detecting degradation of performance of an aircraft An aircraft performance degradation detection system may include information sources, a central unit connected to the information sources, and a warning device that is connected to the central unit. Using information received from the information sources, the centra... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392486 | Method and apparatus for automatic display and removal of required synoptic pages in a checklist context The completion of an electronic checklist is facilitated by the automated display of certain data while completing the checklist. The disclosed program presents an automated display of synoptic, navigational, or flight management data for each task in a checklist. F... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389164 | Systems and methods for automatic detection of QFE operations Systems and methods for determining if an aircraft is approaching a atmospheric pressure at field elevation (QFE) airport and for alerting if any errors that might affect the production of an accurate altitude value. In an example method a global positioning system ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389163 | Procedure to minimize the risk of air collision for personal mid-air vehicles A method of and a system for controlling personal air vehicle (PAV) traffic provides a take-off-and-landing zone, and a forward flight zone. The take-off-and-landing zone may be from the ground up to a first altitude. The forward flight zone may be from the first al... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386373 | System, method and apparatus for searching geographic area using prioritized spatial order A spatial data search method, system and apparatus for identifying particular data of significance around a reference vector through the spatial data. The method involves determining a reference vector within a spatial region for which spatial data exists, loading a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383104 | Low-noise flight support system It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that is used to provide support so that a pilot can perform flight operations that reduce noise pollution, by devising this system so that noise conditions on the ground are calculated and displayed on the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383124 | ADS-B broadcast monitoring system and method A vehicle having a first transponder circuit generating an over-the-air transmission signal and a reference signal is disclosed. The vehicle also has a receiver circuit that receives the over-the-air transmission signal. The vehicle also has an integrity-checking ci... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382283 | Method and device for detecting an overstepping of design loads of the tailplane of an aircraft Detection of the overstepping of design loads of an aircraft tailplane may include determining current bending and twisting moments applied to the aircraft. The determined bending and twisting moments are compared with a safety envelope to determine the risk of deve... | 06/03/2008 |
