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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7411541 | Systems and methods for presenting vertical weather information on plan view displays Systems and methods for presenting vertical weather information on plan view displays. An example method retrieves weather radar return information stored in a volumetric buffer and determines if a weather anomaly of the retrieved weather radar return information is... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7363156 | Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft A method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft warning information to be generated if a risk of collision with an aircraft in the vicinity exists and a graphical characteristic representing a corresponding warning signal to be presented, on a displ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7339516 | Method to provide graphical representation of Sense Through The Wall (STTW) targets A method to present easily understood images that represent targets that are detected through walls or other opaque barriers is disclosed. This method is particularly well suited for sense-through-the-wall radar systems. One of the main challenges of evolving STTW s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330147 | System and method for ground proximity warning with enhanced obstacle depiction Systems and methods for displaying ground obstructions on a visual display are disclosed. In an embodiment, a ground proximity warning system includes at least one aircraft sensor system operable to acquire aircraft data and a ground proximity warning computer coupl... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7292178 | Aircraft hazard detection and alerting in terminal areas A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine potential weather hazard for an aircraft in a terminal area. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine presence of the pot... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7190303 | Systems and methods employing a collision avoidance system to enhance pilot awareness Systems and methods relate to an aircraft with a CAS that may be employed to enhance pilot awareness. The CAS may be employed on a formation member aircraft to provide a TA that is distinctive for an intruding formation member aircraft, as opposed to a TA provided a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7161525 | Turbulence display presentation A method of displaying areas of turbulent weather is disclosed. Data is processed representative of weather conditions within a predefined area. Weather conditions are displayed on a display. Turbulence is detected within the predefined area. A level of the detected... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158073 | Systems and methods for managing transmission power into a shared medium A system for transmitting into a shared medium includes a processor, a transmitter, and a receiver. The processor is coupled to the transmitter for transmitting in a manner, at a time, and at a power level as directed by the processor. The processor determines from ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148837 | System and method for ground proximity warning with enhanced obstacle depiction Systems and methods for displaying ground obstructions on a visual display are disclosed. In an embodiment, a ground proximity warning system includes at least one aircraft sensor system operable to acquire aircraft data and a ground proximity warning computer coupl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7116266 | Traffic alert and collision avoidance system enhanced surveillance system and method A traffic alert and collision and avoidance system (TCAS) is disclosed. The TCAS comprises a first transponder and a first interrogator associated with a first aircraft. The first transponder sends an interrogation request. The TCAS also comprises a second transpond... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109912 | Weather radar hazard detection system and method An aircraft weather radar system is disclosed. The system comprises a radar antenna, aircraft sensors, and a database. The system also comprises a processing device receiving information from the radar antenna and from the aircraft sensors and able to retrieve infor... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109913 | Airborne weather radar system and radar display An airborne weather radar system that detects potentially hazardous weather conditions associated with storms and includes a radar display featuring visual indications of these conditions. The radar display includes a vertical situation display having iconal represe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7020434 | Animated radar signal display with fade An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based program and system for displaying visually realistic raw radar signals. The computer program includes a RADAR display fade algorithm. The algorithm includes alpha blending and texture mapping for p... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6970106 | Device for aiding the visual spotting of an aircraft in flight from another aircraft, also in flight A device for aiding the visual spotting of a second aircraft in flight by the pilot of a first aircraft looking at the sky through the canopy may include an approximately vertical display device and a first device that displays on the display device a representation... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967616 | Systems and methods for correlation in an air traffic control system of interrogation-based target positional data and GPS-based intruder positional data An improved system and methods for correlating an interrogation-based air traffic surveillance intruder, such as an Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) intruder, and a GPS-based air traffic surveillance target, such as an Automatic Dependent Surveill... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6911936 | Formation surveillance and collision avoidance A display system is disclosed for displaying air traffic symbology from a plurality of different types of air traffic surveillance systems on a single monitor. A display device includes a processor for generating display symbology from TCAS, SKE and ADS-B informatio... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6879280 | Vertical weather profile display system and method An aircraft weather radar system is disclosed. The system comprises a radar antenna, aircraft sensors, and a database. The system also comprises a processing device receiving information from the radar antenna and from the aircraft sensors and able to retrieve infor... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6839018 | Vertical profile display with arbitrary plane A system for allowing pilots to quickly determine weather hazard-free flight paths and weather hazards that exist along the aircraft flight plan. The system includes a memory, a processor, and a display device. The memory stores weather radar return information in a... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6744396 | Surveillance and collision avoidance system with compound symbols A surveillance and collision avoidance system provides a presentation of situational awareness information for display that includes a compound symbol for each target spaced at a distance and bearing relative to a host symbol. The target compound symbol includes ind... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6683562 | Integrated surveillance display A display system is disclosed for displaying air traffic symbology from a plurality of different types of air traffic surveillance systems on a single monitor. A display device includes a processor for generating display symbology from TCAS, SKE and ADS-B... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6650275 | Image processing for hazard recognition in on-board weather radar A method of providing weather radar images to a user includes obtaining radar image data corresponding to a weather radar image to be displayed. The radar image data is image processed to identify a feature of the weather radar image which is potentially ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6469660 | Method and system for displaying target icons correlated to target data integrity A method is provided for determining the integrity of incoming target data and for assigning and displaying a target icon correlated to the target data integrity. Target data integrity depends on the both accuracy and the timeliness of the position data b... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6198428 | Three-dimensionally designed display radar A three-dimensionally designed display radar in which a two-dimensional image data and three-dimensionally designed image data are depicted in combination in a video memory by the aid of an image controller, and they are simultaneously depicted on a scree... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5909192 | Method of displaying graphs with markers A graph of data samples in a graph field on the display, including a first coordinate axis, a second coordinate axis, a trace indicating characteristics of data samples with respect to the coordinate axes, and a plurality of markers indicating positions o... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5554990 | Airspace management system and method An airspace management system and method includes an alternate quick look mode display option which allows a user to designate a specific geographic region for display in a specified area on a display screen. Within this specified area, which can encompas... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5543800 | Radar decoder A radar decoder circuit for converting NRZL Data to radar video data which s supplied to a radar video display screen. The radar video circuit includes an Erasable Programmable Logic Device which decodes incoming NRZL data to identify a frame sync having t... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5500833 | Beam position indicator for directional radar A radar display having particular utility in search and rescue radar systems, employs a computer receiving inputs indicative of aircraft altitude, radar beam tilt angle and radar beam bandwidths to provide signals to the display indicative of where the ra... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5459472 | Device for displaying at least one image delivered in particular by a radar A device for displaying an image delivered in particular by a radar on a screen of a television monitor associated with a videographic memory the contents of which are controlled by a control assembly for the control of the display and reception of the im... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5426436 | Radar apparatus A marine radar has a screen on which is displayed a radar image and several representations of the different control functions of the radar such as range, gain and sea clutter setting. The radar also has a key pad with three keys and a tracker ball that i... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5418535 | Mixed radar/graphics indicator A radar indicator comprising a source of radar image signals having a first (r,θ) format and a digital scan converter responsive to the radar image signals for converting the radar image signals from the first format to digital radar image signals having... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5331330 | Apparatus and method for detecting and displaying lightning A lightning detection and display system for aircraft is disclosed. A lightning detection system detects the bearing and distance of lightning strikes to the aircraft and the aircraft navigation system determines the aircraft position relative to earth. A... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5204684 | Device for digital telemetry and a radar system incorporating such a device A digital telemetry device includes synchronous counters monitored by a clock. The counters are connected, on the one hand, to two comparators and, on the other hand, to a buffer memory. The comparators generate a telemetry mark which makes it possible to... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5065161 | Ship track indicating apparatus A ship track indicating apparatus displays the ship track of another ship with a line of narrow width on the screen of the indicator of a radar apparatus so that the ship track of another ship can be easily distinguished. The images of another ship are su... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5061935 | Three-dimensional display radar Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional display radar, which comprises a radar transmitter-receiver unit for producing signals indicative of information about a bearing of a target, information about distance to the target and information about the receiv... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5032842 | Detection system with adjustable target area A detection system uses a radar apparatus for displaying conditions of the surrounding geographical and an area marker defining a selected geographical area. The area marker and conditions are displayed on an indicator. If a target is determined to be in ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5012251 | Radar capability display apparatus A radar capability display apparatus utilizing radar theory equations which are stored in a computer to relate the measured characteristics of interference signals in radar return echoes to determine the amount of radar performance degradation that the in... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4797676 | Surveillance radar system A surveillance radar system which has a display processor 1 that receives graphic data from a computer 4 which are edited and divided according to target data and console associated data or background information data and which is edited in two arithmetic... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4706090 | Ship collision preventive aid apparatus The present application discloses a ship collision preventive aid apparatus in which a radar picture and a key picture are selected from all pictures displayed on a display means as transmitted through a touch panel, and the operator touches the surface o... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4623966 | Collision avoidance apparatus Apparatus for assessing maneuvers of a first vehicle (6) so fitted relative to other vehicles (58, 68, 71-74) comprises sensing means for providing signals representative of the positions and velocities of the other vehicles relative to the first vehicle ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4620137 | Sweep termination signal generating apparatus for radar system A sweep termination generating circuit adopts an octagon boundary for sweep termination which is set by combining a plurality of comparators so as to be circumscribed about the display screen of a circular CRT. When the sweep position is deviated from the... | 10/28/1986 |
