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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116970 | Method and device for calculating a path which is laterally offset with respect to a reference path The invention relates to a method of calculating a path which is offset laterally by a first distance with respect to a reference path, comprising the calculation of a flight plan which is offset with respect to a reference flight plan. The reference flight plan is ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7433779 | Method of following the course of the flight plan of a cooperative aircraft This method relates to the system of ATM air traffic management with cooperative aircraft provided with a flight management computer FMS, that are linked by a data transmission system ATN to the control authority and that have presented a flight plan to the control ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412324 | Flight management system with precision merging The present invention is a flight management system with precision merging that may determine a rejoin turn location based upon a heading to allow proper spacing between an aircraft and an identified target aircraft. The flight management system may monitor for devi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7237747 | Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device includes means of determining a ground speed vector and means of display... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7151995 | Method for the prediction of air traffic events, especially for assistance in decision-making for airlines and airports In a method for the prediction of air-traffic events, with sending means being distributed on the sites of the air-traffic actors, and with data-processing means communicating with these sending means through at least one communications network, an event is predicte... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6789011 | Method and system for allocating aircraft arrival/departure slot times A computer program product, that allows an aviation system to temporally allocate aircraft slot times during a specified period for the flow of a plurality of aircraft toward a specified fix point, has, according to the present invention: (1) a means for collecting ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6606553 | Traffic flow management method and system for weather problem resolution Weather problem resolution in air traffic flow management is accomplished by automatically deriving a flow of constrained areas from a weather forecast product, generating a candidate flight list including conflict flights predicted to be affected by the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6564149 | Method for determining conflicting paths between mobile airborne vehicles and associated system and computer software program product A method of determining conflicting flight paths between a first and a second airborne vehicle is provided, wherein each vehicle comprises an aircraft-to-aircraft navigational communication system having a navigational device. First, a position and a velo... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6542805 | Device and method for controlling at least one variable of vehicle movement A device for controlling at least one vehicle motion quantity which describes a motion of a vehicle is presented. For this purpose, the device contains a control arrangement for activating actuators to control the vehicle motion quantity. The device also ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6480789 | Positioning and proximity warning method and system thereof for vehicle A positioning and proximity warning method for vehicle includes the steps of outputting global positioning system signals to an integrated positioning/ground proximity warning system processor; outputting an inertial navigation solution to an integrated p... | 11/12/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6405124 | System and method for offset course guidance In the present invention, an imaginary aircraft, called the "shadow aircraft," flies the original flight plan and, in turn, causes the true aircraft to fly the offset course. The offset course has the same number of legs as the original course, and for ea... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6393362 | Dynamic safety envelope for autonomous-vehicle collision avoidance system The function of each autonomous vehicle in a surface mine is performed according to a predetermined trajectory related to its particular task and implemented by a guidance system through on-board GPS and two-way communication hardware. The current positio... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6393358 | En route spacing system and method A method of and computer software for minimizing aircraft deviations needed to comply with an en route miles-in-trail spacing requirement imposed during air traffic control operations via establishing a spacing reference geometry, predicting spatial locat... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6199028 | Detector for human loss of tracking control A device is described which incorporates three components: a tracking error estimator, a detector, and a red light indicator to alert a pilot to the potential loss of tracking control. The tracking error estimator uses the difference between the target an... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6182007 | Incorporating aspect angle into route planners A route planning algorithm for a vehicle takes into account the aspect angle which the vehicle presents to threats in the environment. A flag is set in each map grid cell for which intervisibility with a threat exists. For each cell in which the flag is s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6154693 | Automatic aircraft landing An automatic aircraft landing system (AALS) (10) for automatically landing an aircraft on a runway. The AALS (10) includes data acquisition apparatus (DAA) (24) for acquiring flight data pertaining to the descent of an aircraft along a flight path (26) de... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148259 | Process and device for determining an optimal flight path of an aircraft A method of determining an optimal flight path of an aircraft during its cruising phase includes forming a grid in a vertical plane of the space between a first position and a second position, selecting various path portions between the first position and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6081764 | Air traffic control system An apparatus and techniques for correlating crossing targets in an air traffic control system is described. The technique utilizes a target/track correlation made on the basis of three conditions: (1) separation distance between a target pair; (2) target ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6049754 | Method for displaying vehicle arrival management information A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale (214) defining a Y axis and an actual time scale (216) definin... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5842142 | Least time alternate destination planner An alternate destination planner for searching a navigation database in an aircraft and identifying a plurality of alternate destinations at which the aircraft can land in the event of an emergency. For each identified alternate destination, the alternate... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5631640 | Threat avoidance system and method for aircraft A computer-based process for rapidly responding to previously unknown threats to airborne aircraft. The process makes quick, automatic decisions when required for close-range threats, yet provides the aircraft operator an opportunity to choose the appropr... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5528215 | Building automation system having expansion modules A building automation system is disclosed which enables reliable operation and cost effective expansion. The system utilizes pairs of complementary modules, one of which is a primary module that is installed at a main cabinet and the other is an expansion... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526265 | Alternate destination predictor for aircraft Disclosed is a flight management computer modification that provides a pilot of an aircraft with a list of alternate landing destinations at which he can land the aircraft in case of an emergency on board or due to some reason why he cannot land at an int... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5398186 | Alternate destination predictor for aircraft Disclosed is a flight management computer modification that provides a pilot of an aircraft with a list of alternate landing destinations at which he can land the aircraft in case of an emergency on board or due to some reason why he cannot land at an int... | 03/14/1995 |
| 4706198 | Computerized airspace control system A computerized system is provided for automated aircraft traffic control. The system includes a master control unit having stored information identifying and characterizing all aircraft flying in the controlled airspace. A plurality of regional control un... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4398195 | Method of and apparatus for guiding agricultural aircraft A microprocessor controls a radar trilateralization system, used on board an aircraft to provide pattern flying. A suitable hard wired board may be added to the microprocessor to enable it to read out any suitable flight pattern. A plurality of transponde... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4196474 | Information display method and apparatus for air traffic control The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing pilots of aircraft or the like with: information about the presence, identification and relative location of, and time to potential collision with, other aircraft, objects, and obstructions, i.... | 04/01/1980 |
