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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184020 | Method and system displaying a flight path to intercept an ILS glide path A method displaying a pathway (226, 502) for an aircraft includes receiving (302, 402, 602) an instrument generated course generally in alignment with a runway centerline (214), determining (304, 404, 604) the pathway (226, 502) ba... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7786900 | Method of aiding navigation for aircraft in an emergency situation Navigation of an aircraft is facilitated through the displaying on a map of an over flown region, and of the limits of zones within range of the aircraft in an emergency situation. The points of the zones within range of the aircraft are tagged on the basis of: an e... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7772994 | Aircraft glide slope display system and method A system and method for displaying aircraft glide slope includes determining a glide slope deviation that is representative of a difference between a desired aircraft glide slope and an actual aircraft glide slope. A glide slope icon that is representative of the de... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7508322 | Large error to desired path correction indicator A current path display indicator for a display device of a vehicle. The current path display indicator includes a flight path indicator (FPI) and a visual cue associated with the FPI to indicate relative direction from the vehicle's current path to a desired path. T... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7363121 | 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... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7216069 | Simulated visual glideslope indicator on aircraft display An apparatus and method for simulating airport lighting aids by providing a generator having a processor structured to receive a plurality of navigation signals representative of position and altitude of a host aircraft; a signal generator operated by the processor,... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209053 | System and method for displaying validity of airport visual approach slope indicators An improved system and method are disclosed for indicating the validity of airport runway visual approach slope indicators on an aircraft display. An aircraft display system is provided, which includes a database for storing data about the specific visual approach s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205907 | Non linear tape display A graphical display of a nonlinear scale emulating the view of a mechanical drum gauge. The nonlinear scale may be used for the display of aircraft flight data including airspeed, altitude, heading, and other aircraft data suitable for presentation on a nonlinear sc... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7095338 | TCAS VSI display A graphical display of a vertical speed indicator showing “fly-to” and “no-fly” commands on the periphery of a vertical speed indicator during TCAS traffic or resolution advisory conditions. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7057549 | Method and apparatus for predictive altitude display Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for indicating aircraft height relative to an obstruction in a terrain awareness warning system. The method includes receiving data indicative of geographic features of an obstruction, lateral distance of t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046170 | ANP/RNP display A graphical display or presentation of lateral ANP/RNP information for RNAV environments. The display may also be adapted to present aircraft data for monitoring the vertical flight performance of an aircraft under RVSM. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015829 | Method for displaying flight information A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a sec... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999023 | Method and apparatus for predictive altitude display Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for indicating aircraft height relative to an obstruction in a terrain awareness warning system. The method includes receiving data indicative of geographic features of an obstruction, lateral distance of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980128 | Display system for an aircraft A display system for an aircraft includes a central unit configured to determine a speed vector of the aircraft and to determine a longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft. The longitudinal margin of maneuver is expressed as a load factor and is related to on... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6946976 | Cockpit display systems and methods of presenting data on cockpit displays Systems and methods for cockpit display systems are provided. A cockpit display is segmented into a first and a second region, within the first region flight setting data are presented including communication settings and navigational settings. The second region of ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937166 | Process and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft The device (1) for aiding piloting comprises means (2) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction (4) for presenting on a display screen (6) a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector of the aircraft... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6720891 | Vertical situation display terrain/waypoint swath, range to target speed, and blended airplane reference A flight information display for the flight deck of an aircraft showing a pictorial side view of the flight path or the area directly in front of the aircraft area having a selected distance of at least 0.5 nautical miles, comprising (a) a pictorial representation t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6711479 | Avionics system for determining terminal flightpath A method, avionics apparatus and computer program for determining a terminal flight path, including access to aircraft position information provided by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The method apparatus and computer program determine an Intended Touchd... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6593858 | Methods and apparatus for generating a vertical situational image of a vehicle Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a vertical situational image of a vehicle. The apparatus for generating a vertical situational image of the vehicle is comprised of an input device configured to receive flight plan data of the vehicle and... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6154151 | Integrated vertical situation display for aircraft An integrated vertical situation display (IVSD) for an aircraft, and method of displaying vertical situation information, are disclosed herein. The IVSD includes an electronic display for displaying the vertical situation of the aircraft, input interfaces... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5808563 | Device for the control of an aircraft system in manual pilot mode using notably a head-up display A device to control an aircraft system in manual pilot mode, using notably a head-up display, is constituted by a display screen located at the position of a piece of equipment of the right-hand part of the instrument panel, the screen displaying informat... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5739770 | Off-path descent guidance by a flight management system A method for providing off-path guidance during a descent comprises the steps of determining a current altitude (H) and a corresponding current horizontal distance (X) of the aircraft from a selected bottom of descent point (B/D). A simulation of a Basic ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5610600 | Operation verification system and method for navigational instruments An instrument verification system which causes the instrument needles to "bob" periodically--a sharp momentary deflection from center. If desired, the flags can also be "dipped" at the same time, verifying their operation as well. The pilot can easily dis... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5358199 | Automatic flight control system having unified graphic mistrim indicator An improved flight control system with an enhanced unified graphic mistrim indicator where the flight control computer provides signals to a single mistrim indicator wherein the signals represent the status of the control surfaces of the aircraft and the ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5016177 | Aircraft flight path angle display system A display system for use in an aircraft control wheel steering system provides the pilot with a single, quickened flight path angle display to overcome poor handling qualities due to intrinsic flight path angle response lags, while avoiding multiple infor... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5003305 | Apparatus and method for displaying aircraft flight path angle on an attitude display indicator A flight path angle symbol is positioned on an aircraft attitude display indicator as a function of either a measured flight path angle or a flight path angle commanded by the pilot. When the aircraft is operating within a selected airspeed, angle of atta... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4999780 | Automatic reconfiguration of electronic landing display Automatically reconfiguring an electronic landing display that includes a flight path vector (FPV) symbol and a rising runway symbol combined with a digital altitude value that merge at low aircraft altitudes is disclosed. During approach, when the aircra... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4714929 | Digital averaging filter particularly suited for use with air navigation receivers Apparatus for a digital averaging filter, particularly suited for use with an aeronautical navigation receiver, for reducing oscillatory deviation errors that appear in a course deviation voltage produced by the receiver and occur as the result of reflect... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4583094 | Solid state attitude director indicator A solid state attitude and director indicator (ADI) is disclosed utilizing liquid crystal display technology to represent attitude of a vehicle in two axes. A visual representation of attitude changes is provided on the liquid crystal display as well as n... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4419079 | Aircraft piloting aid system A piloting aid system for displaying symbols representative of determined characteristics of the flight of an aircraft and representative of its environment is disclosed. The symbols are displayed on the screen of a display unit which displays a symbol re... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4415879 | Aircraft flight instrument display system A combination directional gyro and navigation radio indicator instrument for use in aircraft which provides a display of compass card, selected course pointer, course deviation indicator, to-from indicator, and glide slope indicator in a unique presentati... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4399425 | Circuit for operating a flight navigation indicator A circuit for use in aircraft navigation equipment includes operational amplifiers to drive a cockpit indicator such as an electric meter linearly over a first predetermined range, constantly over a second predetermined range, and out of view over a third... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4373184 | Vertical flight path steering system for aircraft Disclosed is a vertical flight path angle steering system for aircraft, utilizing a digital flight control computer which processes pilot control inputs and aircraft response parameters into suitable elevator commands and control information for display t... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4283705 | System for providing an integrated display of instantaneous information relative to aircraft attitude, heading, altitude, and horizontal situation A display device particularly suited for providing the pilot of an aircraft with combined inflight attitude, heading, altitude, and horizontal situation information previously available only by using two or three devices providing separate displays. The p... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4210930 | Approach system with simulated display of runway lights and glide slope indicator An airborne image camera, its respective image scan plate and image Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) forms a display which simulates runway lights and Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) for the pilot so that the display portrays what the pilot would see, were i... | 07/01/1980 |
