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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174431 | System for measuring turbulence remotely A method of predicting turbulence that may involve receiving electromagnetic energy that has traveled along a path subject to the turbulence, with the turbulence altering the electromagnetic energy. A determination may be made as to the alteration caused by the turb... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8144048 | Systems and methods for gaussian decomposition of weather radar data for communication Exemplary methods and systems provide for processing weather data received from a weather radar system. An exemplary embodiment receives radar reflectivity data, decomposes the received radar reflectivity data into multiple adaptive Gaussian component functions, sel... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138962 | Method for processing measured vertical profiles of the power of the echoes returned following a transmission of radar signals The method processes measured vertical profiles of the power of the echoes returned following a transmission of radar signals, each measured vertical profile being a function of the sweep angle of the radar beam and associated with a given pointing angle/distance bo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8111186 | Systems and methods for infering hail and lightning using an airborne weather radar volumetric buffer A weather radar system for improving output of potential lightning and hail weather conditions. An exemplary system includes a processor that receives and stores the weather radar reflectivity values into a three-dimensional buffer, receives an outside air temperatu... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089391 | Weather radar system and method using data from a lightning sensor A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine a location of a weather hazard for an aircraft. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine presence of the hazard in respon... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085182 | Systems and methods for collecting weather information using an airborne aircraft Weather information recording systems and methods are operable to record information detected by airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment generates a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest, stores weather information collected by an avi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068050 | Methods and systems for detection of hazard to aviation due to convective weather Systems and methods for improving output of weather information. A weather radar system receives weather reflectivity values. A processing device stores the received weather reflectivity values into a three-dimensional buffer, calculates a sum of the reflectivity va... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059024 | Inference of turbulence hazard from proximity to radar turbulence measurement Systems and methods for conveying turbulence hazards to a flight crew. An exemplary weather radar system includes a three-dimensional buffer, a processor, and a display. The processor receives weather radar reflectivity values, stores the received weather radar refl... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7982658 | Systems and methods for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft Dynamic weather model systems and methods are operable to assess weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment receives a radar return from the weather, determines reflectivity information from the received radar return, retrieves a weather m... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7973698 | System and method for using a radar to estimate and compensate for atmospheric refraction An aircraft weather radar system includes an input for receiving data associated with weather radar returns received by an antenna. The aircraft weather radar system further includes processing electronics for performing a routine to analyze radar returns associated... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7932853 | System and method for identifying incursion threat levels An aircraft weather radar system for displaying an indication of a threat level presented by an obstacle to the aircraft on an electronic display. The weather radar system includes a radar antenna configured to receive radar returns from a radar sweep. The weather r... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7880666 | System for measuring turbulence remotely A system for detecting turbulence along a path that is subject to turbulence. The system may make use of at least one transmitter to transmit electromagnetic (EM) energy along the path and at least one receiver to receive the EM energy. At least one of the transmitt... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872603 | Method and apparatus for making airborne radar horizon measurements to measure atmospheric refractivity profiles A method for determining a refractivity profile of an atmosphere of the Earth. The method may involve: generating radar signals from a radar device located above the Earth's surface toward the Earth's surface; measuring a time of flight and a reflected intensity of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868811 | Weather radar system and method using data from a lightning sensor A weather radar system includes an input for receiving lightning detection data and processing electronics for determining a presence of a convective cell or associated hazard. The processing electronics receive weather radar data and the lightning detection data. T... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7859448 | Terrain avoidance system and method using weather radar for terrain database generation An aircraft weather radar system can be used with a terrain avoidance system to provide a terrain database. The weather radar system includes a processor and/or other electronics coupled to an antenna. The processor determines terrain data based on weather radar ret... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7817078 | Systems and methods for supplemental weather information presentation on a display An embodiment of the supplemental weather display system presents supplemental weather information on a display in a craft. An exemplary embodiment receives the supplemental weather information from a remote source, determines a location of the supplemental weather ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808422 | Predictive and adaptive weather radar detection system and method A method of detecting weather on an aircraft uses a weather radar system. The method includes determining a location of a reflective radar target, accessing a database having stored information relating to ground clutter of a reflective radar target, retrieving weat... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7750839 | Method for detecting atmospheric turbulence by an embedded electromagnetic sensor, notably on board an aircraft An aim of the invention is to allow the detection of turbulence in the absence of tracers. A radar is embedded aboard an aircraft (21) and implements the following steps: searching for the upper part of a convective system (1) situated outside the give... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7733264 | System and method for generating weather radar information A weather radar system can be utilized on-board an aircraft. The weather radar system includes processing electronics for sensing weather. The processing electronics is configured to utilize sensed weather data to generate a vertical weather prediction for a given a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728758 | Method and system for maintaining spatio-temporal data A system and method for maintaining spatio-temporal data for a given area (e.g., an airspace) containing a given node (e.g., an aircraft) and one or more other nodes (e.g., aircraft). The given aircraft may break the given airspace into a first plurality of smaller ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714767 | Storm top detection and prediction A radar system is configured to predict future storm cell characteristics and display an indication of the characteristics on an electronic display. The system has an antenna configured to receive radar returns from radar scans of storm cells. The system includes pr... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7696920 | Data compression system and method for a weather radar system An airborne weather radar system is coupled to a display on an aircraft and a radar antenna attached to the aircraft. The airborne weather radar system includes a processing system for receiving weather radar returns from the radar antenna. The radar returns resulti... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7696921 | System and method for turbulence detection A system and method of displaying an indication of a hazard associated on an aircraft display in an avionics system provides first radar pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency or having a first compression signature or carrier frequency. The system and method ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7667635 | System and method using airborne radar occultation for measuring atmospheric properties A method for estimating an atmospheric condition existing between a portion of the Earth's surface and an airborne mobile platform travelling over the portion of the Earth's surface. The method may involve emitting a radar signal beam toward the Earth's surface from... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656343 | System and method for providing enhanced weather hazard alerting for aircraft The present invention is a method for providing hazard alerting for an aircraft via an airborne weather radar system. The method includes performing multiple weather radar scans at various tilt angles via the system and receiving radar returns via a receiver. The re... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7639172 | Method for storing measurements made by a radar The present invention relates to a method for storing measurements of a given type made by a radar, each measurement having been made at a position in a given coordinate system. The method comprises a step of accessing a structured data storage space, each location ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633428 | Weather data aggregation and display system for airborne network of member aircraft A weather data aggregation and display system for displaying weather radar information to a pilot of a member aircraft of an airborne network of member aircraft. The weather data aggregation and display system includes an airborne network system (ANS) positioned on ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7598902 | Adaptive weather radar detection system and method used in continental and maritime environments A method of detecting weather using a weather radar onboard an aircraft. A range is selected at which weather is to be detected. A tilt angle of the weather radar is changed to detect weather below an altitude of the aircraft at a selected range when the selected ra... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598901 | System for measuring turbulence remotely A system and method for detecting turbulence includes several mobile platforms, a mobile platform velocity sensor, and several electromagnetic energy transmitters and receivers. The receivers receive the energy transmitted by the transmitter(s) after it has traveled... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7567199 | Systems and methods for displaying hazards A system, according to various aspects of the present invention, provides a presentation to a hazard display. The system includes a memory having surveillance data and a processor. The processor updates an image in accordance with the surveillance data to provide an... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7535403 | Method of determining the velocity field of an air mass by high resolution doppler analysis A high resolution Doppler analysis of a radiofrequency signal is exemplified by the analysis of air mass movement using meteorological radar. A high resolution spectral analysis method for a remotely sampled periodic radiofrequency signal, based on the application o... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7528765 | Variable loop gain and resolution pulse system and method with point target editing capability A weather radar system is coupled to an antenna. The weather radar system includes a processor for controlling pulses provided to the antenna and for processing return pulses received by the antenna. The processor is configured to vary a range resolution and loop ga... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7515088 | Weather radar detection system and method that is adaptive to weather characteristics A method of detecting weather on an aircraft uses a weather radar system. The method includes determining a classification of weather and automatically adjusting the weather radar system in response to the classification of the weather. The classification of the wea... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515087 | Weather radar system and method using data from a lightning sensor A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine a location of a weather hazard for an aircraft. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine presence of the hazard in respon... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7495598 | Methods and systems for avoidance of partial pulse interference in radar Systems and methods for avoidance of partial pulse interference in radar. The systems and methods include a radar processor for generating control signals that direct the generation and transmission of two consecutive radar pulses using a waveform and pulse train ge... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492304 | Automatic bright band detection and compensation A weather radar system has bright band detection and compensation. The weather radar system determines that high reflectivity in weather is a bright band and reduces an encoded return level from the bright band to compensate for it on a display. The weather radar sy... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492305 | Weather profile display system and method with uncertainty indication A weather radar system includes processing electronics. The processing electronics sense weather and determine an uncertainty factor. A display can provide visual indicia of the uncertainty factor for weather in response to the processing electronics. The display ca... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7486219 | Adaptive weather radar detection system and method A method of detecting weather on an aircraft uses a weather radar system. The method adapts the weather radar system in accordance with a seasonal parameter, a time-of-day parameter, or a location parameter. The method includes determining the particular parameter a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486220 | Storm top detection and prediction A method of predicting storm cell characteristics at a future time is provided. A value relating to a characteristic of the storm cell is determined from reflectivity data processed from signals received from a radar scan of the storm cell. A second storm cell is id... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7427943 | Method of generating three-dimensional weather information from airborne weather radar imagery A method of displaying real-time, three-dimensional weather information is disclosed. A first representation of a weather event along a first plane is generated from data obtained from a first radar scan. A second representation of the weather event along a second p... | 09/23/2008 |
