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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188907 | Aircraft collision avoidance alarm The present invention provides an aircraft collision alarm system and method. The method includes the steps of collecting aircraft position information for aircraft in a given area and digitally encoding this aircraft position information. This aircraft position inf... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184037 | Radar system for aircraft Radar system for providing an aircraft with a facility for in use at least detecting another aircraft in at least one monitorable zone within a region surrounding of that aircraft, wherein the system comprises for each monitorable zone at least one subsystem compris... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164510 | Quantity smoother In an embodiment, a quantity smoother includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is operable to receive a sequence of raw samples of a quantity and to generate from the raw samples intermediate samples of the quantity, the intermediate samples having... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8138964 | Tracking air and ground vehicles In one aspect, an air and ground vehicle tracking system includes a base station configured to transmit locations of air vehicles to a radio and a GPS receiver disposed in a ground vehicle and configured to derive a location of the ground vehicle. The radio is confi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8102300 | Secondary surveillance radar A transmitter 122 transmits interrogations to aircraft airborne in a coverage, a receiver 123 receives signals transmitted from aircraft airborne in the coverage, reply analyzers 132b and 133b analyze a reply responding to a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8068052 | Radar apparatus and method for forming reception beam of the same When an excitation signal is generated from an exciter due to an activation signal generated from a radar control device and is distributed to supply to each antenna sub-module, a combination reception signal is transmitted to a receiver from each antenna sub-module... | 11/29/2011 |
| RE42708 | System for avoidance of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle A field unit for warning of a danger of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle, in particular a topographical ground obstacle or an obstacle formed by a mast, building or aerial cable structure, comprises a multi-part tubular mast having devices for fixing a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7965223 | Forward-looking radar system, module, and method for generating and/or presenting airport surface traffic information A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for generating and/or presenting airport surface traffic information presenting using a forward-looking aircraft radar system are disclosed. A runway awareness zone is established and traffic data is acquire... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961135 | Systems and methods for air traffic surveillance A collision avoidance system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a user interface, a plurality of sensors, and a computer system in communication with the user interface and the plurality of sensors. The computer system includes a processor an... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7940205 | Method using radar to detect a known target likely to be positioned at approximately a given height, near other targets positioned at approximately the same height Using a radar to detect a known target likely to be positioned at approximately a predetermined height close to other targets, these other targets also being positioned at approximately the predetermined height. A first phase of detecting the known target is carried... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7898462 | Multi-sector radar sensor A radar system comprises a plurality of antenna sub-systems, each operable to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals in a corresponding sector, wherein the plurality of antenna sub-systems are positioned such that the corresponding sectors cover a total r... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7876258 | Aircraft collision sense and avoidance system and method A collision sense and avoidance system and method and an aircraft, such as an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) and/or Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV), including the collision sense and avoidance system. The collision sense and avoidance system includes an image interrogato... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864096 | Systems and methods for multi-sensor collision avoidance An embodiment of the present invention provides a collision avoidance system for a host aircraft comprising a plurality of sensors for providing data about other aircraft that may be employed to determine one or more parameters to calculate future positions of the o... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839321 | Radar cable detection system Ground clutter is effectively separated from true signals echoed by a cable in the flight path of an aircraft, by encoding a transmitted pulse wave in a radar system with at least one transmit (TX) coding sequence, so that received signals echoed by the cable on whi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7737878 | Collision and conflict avoidance system for autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) A collision and conflict avoidance system for autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) uses accessible on-board sensors to generate an image of the surrounding airspace. The situation thus established is analyzed for imminent conflicts (collisions, TCAS violations, a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724178 | Traffic alert collision avoidance system (TCAS) devices and methods A device for determining the bearing of a vehicle using Inertial Reference Unit (IRU) and Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) data. The device includes a means to communicate with the vehicle such as a transmitter, receiver, and antenna. The device also ... | 05/25/2010 |
| RE41153 | System for avoidance of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle A field unit for warning of a danger of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle, in particular a topographical ground obstacle or an obstacle formed by a mast, building or aerial cable structure, comprises a multi-part tubular mast having devices for fixing a ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7619555 | Methods and apparatus to contact aircraft Methods and apparatus to alert a pilot in an aircraft of certain conditions, such as airspace violations. In one embodiments a system uniquely identifies aircraft and send a message to alert the pilot to contact air traffic control on a selected frequency. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7554482 | Systems and methods for using a TCAS directional antenna for omnidirectional transmission A method of transmitting from a traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) directional antenna, the TCAS directional antenna including a plurality of antenna elements connected to an integrated beam forming network, according to various aspects of the prese... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548183 | Systems and methods for automatically disabling a TCAS broadcast Systems and methods for automatically disabling the TCAS Broadcast when aircraft join up in formation. A Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) determines if the aircraft is approaching formation flight with other aircraft or flying in formation with other aircra... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7535404 | Airport safety system An airport safety system is disclosed, comprising surface movement radar for monitoring the movement of aircraft and land vehicles on an airport, said surface movement radar providing a signal input to a computer arranged to identify from the relative motions of air... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7522088 | System and method for monitoring airspace A method for receiving data corresponding to an aircraft in a monitored airspace, comparing the data to rules, each rule corresponding to a threat posed by the aircraft and generating a threat indication based on at least one of the rules triggered by the data. A sy... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7495601 | Declutter of graphical TCAS targets to improve situational awareness Traffic collision and avoidance systems and methods for a host aircraft. The system receives traffic information from one or more target aircraft, determines threat levels of target aircraft associated with the received traffic information, generates one or more obj... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7495600 | Airfield surface target detection and tracking using distributed multilateration sensors and W-band radar sensors An airport surface target detection, classification and tracking system using a network of multilateration (SSR) sensors and W-band radar sensors is used to provide automatic location and tracking information about ground moving aircraft or targets. The information ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7474251 | 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... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7463183 | Panoramic warning system for helicopters A panoramic warning system for helicopters, for the purpose of detecting obstacles and the proximity of the ground by using a plurality of radar sensors connected to the fuselage structure of the helicopter and which operate on varying wavelengths, the signals of wh... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7443334 | Collision alerting and avoidance system A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. A transmitter/receiver probe is coupled to the antenna array. The transmitter/receiver pr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439901 | Active phased array antenna for aircraft surveillance systems An active antenna is provided that includes an antenna element for transmitting RF transmit signals at a predetermined effective radiated power (ERP). An antenna module is configured to be mounted to an aircraft, with the antenna element being mounted to the antenna... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437245 | Threat avoidance system and methods using adjustments to built-in values A system for enhancing flight safety of a host aircraft receives an adjustment value from a portable memory device; determines a working value of a parameter in accordance with the adjustment value; and provides an advice for threat avoidance in accordance with the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436350 | Combined aircraft TCAS/transponder with common antenna system The present invention is a combined aircraft TCAS/Transponder with common antenna system and transmitter. Common TCAS/Transponder multi-monopole top and bottom antennas may be connected to a top and bottom antenna modules, the top and bottom antenna modules being el... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7414567 | ADS-B radar system A system and method of using a standard ADS-B transmitter and encoder to identify targets to provide a collision avoidance system, wherein the method includes the steps of providing a standard ADS-B transmitter and encoder, a phase modulator including a digital synt... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414566 | System for monitoring airport area A system is for recognizing obstructions and monitoring movements on or above an airport area (1) with sensors (2, 3, 4). A sensor (2) is a radar device having a plurality of antenna elements (12, 14), which are affixed to a curved surfac... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408498 | Secondary surveillance radar and its interrogation transmission method An interrogation transmission method of a secondary surveillance radar compares prediction angle ranges for transmitting interrogations with a beam-width of an antenna, and transmits the interrogations at every roll-call period if the prediction angle ranges for tra... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7379014 | Taxi obstacle detecting radar A weather radar for detecting taxi obstacles has a transmitter for transmitting intermixed short-range pulses to detect short-range stationary objects and longer-range Doppler pulses to detect long-range moving targets. A receiver receives short-range return pulses ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7362258 | Transponder detection system using radio and light wave signals A target object detection system for detecting a target object using a detector and a tag on the target object; the tag includes a radio wave receiver receiving radio wave from the detector; a light receiver receiving a light signal from the detector; a receipt sign... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363152 | Method and system for calculating a flight route The invention concerns a method and a system for calculating a flight route between a first position and a second position. According to the method, the first position is chosen as the current position, and the following steps are then repeated until the second posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356389 | Vehicle data services A method and devices are described for wirelessly uploading and downloading data to and from a mobile vehicular platform while within range of a coordinated network of base stations that monitor the location of the vehicle and optimize data throughput using any comb... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349774 | Aircraft traffic warning system using an ad-hoc radio network Methods and apparatus are provided for a traffic warning system (TWS) for light aircraft. The TWS comprises a processor coupled to a transceiver, adapted to measure signal strength and send/receive messages containing station ID and preferably altitude and position ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339659 | Method and system for identifying hostile missile launch locations A method for identifying hostile missile launch locations is disclosed. In response to a receipt of a message containing information regarding a hostile missile had been launched at an aircraft, a determination is made as to whether or not a tail number contained wi... | 03/04/2008 |
