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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7961115 | System for displaying required navigation performance on a horizontal situation indicator A display system is provided that renders a horizontal situation indicator that includes required navigation performance (RNP) and estimated position uncertainty (EPU) values rendered non-numerically and in a fairly intuitive manner. A processor receives at least da... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961116 | Apparatus and method of displaying an aircraft's position An aircraft display system (100) includes a first device (102) providing (402) flight data of a selected flight path of an aircraft (214), a device (106, 114) providing (404) a plurality of data points representative of the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7782229 | Required navigation performance (RNP) scales for indicating permissible flight technical error (FTE) The present invention is a flight deck system for promoting accurate navigation of an aircraft. The system includes a memory configured for storing position information for the aircraft. The system further includes a processor which is configured for being communica... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7432828 | Dynamic lateral deviation display A method of dynamically displaying lateral deviation in formats on a display is provided. The method comprises assigning one or more positional boundaries for displaying the lateral deviation information, wherein the one or more positional boundaries define areas on... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7382284 | Aircraft surface operations guidance on head up display The present invention is a method and system of aircraft surface operations guidance on a head up display. An aircraft surface operations guidance method includes the following steps. At time t1, a taxi guidance cue and a trend vector are displayed on a h... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7328105 | Electronic compass and related heading filter method A method for determining a compass heading in a manner that reduces the influence of magnetic noise. The methodology can evaluate changes between various parameters, such as a prior magnetic field parameter and a current magnetic field parameter and/or a prior compa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7295135 | Flight information system A flight instrument displays azimuth information in combination with horizon information and other optional information such as altitude and/or airspeed. Azimuth information is displayed using an elliptical pattern placed below a horizon line displaying horizon info... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286077 | Method and device for aiding the landing of an aircraft on a runway A system for aiding the landing of an aircraft on a runway uses an angular vertical position of the aircraft and includes at least one landing aid radio. In a stand-alone manner, the position of the aircraft in latitude and longitude is determined, and the position ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268702 | Apparatus and methods for providing a flight display in an aircraft Apparatus and methods are provided for flight instruments in an electronic format. The flight instruments may appear in a standard configuration, including both primary flight instruments and secondary flight instruments. The apparatus and methods may also provide s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256710 | Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for and natures of aircraft flight control instructions Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for aircraft flight control instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes displaying at a display medium a map of a region at least proximate to an aircraft and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256728 | Aircraft avoidance system for prohibiting an aircraft from entering an exclusion zone The present invention relates to an avoidance system and method for directing an aircraft away from an exclusion zone. The exclusion zone may be any three dimensional space for example about a building or city. The avoidance system uses a constant signal from a grou... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247158 | Acetabular impactor An improved acetabular impactor, especially suitable for use in minimally invasive hip surgeries, is disclosed. The impactor is simple in design and operation and spatially optimized. In particular, the impactor is designed to remotely detach the acetabular shell fr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218245 | Head-down aircraft attitude display and method for displaying schematic and terrain data symbology Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying terrain data symbology for an aircraft. The apparatus is a heads-down display for an aircraft having a monitor configured to generate a display and a processor coupled to the display. The display has a centerline. Th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7164366 | Process and device for detecting on an aircraft an overshoot of design loads at the level of a structural part of said aircraft A process and device for detecting on an aircraft an overshoot of design loads at the level of a structural part of the aircraft. The detection device includes a speed measuring device for measuring an effective speed of the aircraft. A first comparator compares the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7091881 | Integrated hover display with augmented approach to hover symbology cueing for degraded visual environmental conditions A flight control system includes a primary flight display having a hover display which facilitates operations in DVE conditions. The hover display includes a radar altitude display, heading drift symbology and lateral drift symbology which assists pilots in the dete... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6985084 | Visual indication equipment operation An electrically operated equipment with a sealed enclosure containing circuitry with an exterior visual indicator to show a state of operation of the equipment. The visual indicator is illuminated by a magnetic flux sensor also exterior to the equipment, the sensor ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977580 | Apparatus, system and method of securing perimeters of security zones from suspect vehicles An apparatus, system and method of identifying a vehicle that may present safety threats to security areas are provided. When a vehicle is approaching a security zone, a request for identification (ID) is issued to the vehicle's on-board computer system (OBCS). Upon... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6952631 | Uninterruptable ADS-B system for aircraft tracking An aircraft surveillance system that includes an uninterruptible aircraft information broadcasting system (such as an ADS-B system) for transmitting flight information from an aircraft, and one or more ground stations for receiving the broadcast flight information. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950731 | Traffic pattern approach computer A mechanical computer used in tandem with a GPS to approach, enter and fly the traffic pattern of any uncontrolled airport. Pilots must navigate to a relatively small area or approach point before entering the traffic pattern of an uncontrolled airport. While airpor... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940427 | Pitch alerting angle for enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) A ground proximity warning system including a pitch angle alerting device, the pitch angle alerting device including warning logic having an input that is structured to receive a signal that is representative of the indicated pitch angle of the aircraft, the warning... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933859 | Lateral acceleration indicator for aircraft An electronic lateral acceleration indicator is provided that gives improved visual performance over previous electronic indicators. In a first embodiment, the lateral acceleration indicator includes a fine tuning element and a high level lateral acceleration elemen... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927703 | Traffic awareness systems and methods for displaying aircraft traffic with ground-track heading A traffic awareness system displays ground-track heading information on a traffic information screen for other aircraft within the proximity range of the host aircraft. Symbols identify other aircraft locations by position on the traffic information screen and show ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6885313 | Graphical display for aircraft navigation Methods and apparatus are provided for indicating safe or potentially hazardous operating conditions of an aircraft in a required navigational performance (RNP) environment. The apparatus comprises a course deviation display field with first and second markers defin... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6882289 | Monitoring and control of watercraft propulsion efficiency Readout devices and controls are provided that alert the user to unusual propeller slip conditions. Embodiments of the invention incorporate some signal processing to account for a progressively greater slip at lower watercraft speeds. Thus, the invention provides s... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6867711 | Cockpit instrument panel systems and methods with variable perspective flight display Systems and methods are provided for integrated control, access, and customizable presentation of navigation related, flight information data on a multifunction display (MFD) within a cockpit. The MFD includes a bezel having controls located thereon which are adapte... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6826458 | Graphic closure indicator for cockpit traffic display A system for graphically displaying on a cockpit display an indication of closure (i.e. a “closure indictor”) with a selected target aircraft. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the system only displays a closure indicator if: (1) the selected target ai... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6690298 | Enhanced vertical terrain profile display A flight display for use in an avionics system has a visual display format to show an enhanced vertical situation of an aircraft. Included is a vertical terrain profile display that displays terrain in front of the aircraft over a selected range and a sel... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6493609 | Automatic flight envelope protection for uninhabited air vehicles A method and system for automatic flight envelope protection to reduce damage and mishap rates of vehicles. The method and system generally include receiving a mission command from a mission management system that contains a predetermined flight mission; ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6452511 | Method and system for providing ground proximity warnings A conditional TAWS algorithm system and method for providing advanced warnings of potential CFIT situation which could result from predictable errant course changes.... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6405107 | Virtual instrument pilot: an improved method and system for navigation and control of fixed wing aircraft A self contained electronic system for manual or automatic control and navigation of fixed winged aircraft using electronic position sensing such as GPS, DGPS, WAAS, and the like, as the primary sensor and making use of known flight characteristics of the... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6308116 | System and method for integrating LNAV and VNAV with autopilots for existing aircraft An avionics system for retrofitting a GPS system to work with an existing autopilot by using signal switching and conditioning in an electronic flight display to accomplish the switching without the need for logic controlled relays in the GPS to autopilot... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6285926 | Selected hover altitude deviation display and method A selected hover altitude deviation display and method for displaying the difference between the current altitude of an aircraft and a selected hover altitude on a multi-functional display unit that includes a compass rose and an aircraft symbol. An altit... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6163744 | Aircraft flight correction process Modern flight control systems should be largely automated because of their complexity. A process is disclosed to automatically correct an originally planned aircraft flight after flight-relevant parameters are changed. The process has the following steps:... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6111525 | Indicator for monitoring the path of an aircraft in a horizontal plane The present invention relates to an indicator for monitoring the path of an aircraft in a horizontal plane, comprising: sensors delivering information relating to said aircraft, means for processing the information delivered by said sensors, means for displaying th... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6069585 | Personal direction finding apparatus A personal direction finding apparatus for determining the direction to be followed in order to reach a predetermined spot which includes a headset provided with two earphones and a circuit for generating a track error signal. The circuit includes a compa... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6064321 | Laser guidance system for propeller airplane A laser guidance system includes at least two laser beam generating devices that generate a beam which reflects off a reflective surface positioned on the backside of a propeller blade in order to indicate to a pilot in which direction the aircraft has de... | 05/16/2000 |
