Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112186 | Method and apparatus for managing flight planning A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for displaying flight plan data. First level flight plan data is displayed and user input is received selecting a selection of a portion of the first level flight plan data. In response to re... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103392 | Developments in or relating to system prognostics A method of mitigating the system-level effect of a fault detected in a vehicle system during a vehicle mission, the method comprising: using a processor to automatically prognose the system-level effect of said fault in terms of the residual capability of the vehic... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095249 | System and method for displaying a digital terrain Methods and systems for displaying a digital terrain to a user of a vehicle are provided. First, second, and third actual terrain data points are received. The third actual terrain data point is between the first and second actual terrain data points. If the third a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090483 | System and method for displaying control related information to an aircraft operator A system for displaying throttle settings to an aircraft operator includes, but is not limited to, a display unit, a data storage unit configured to store aircraft and airport data, an operator input unit configured to receive thrust related information from the air... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090482 | Distributed active vibration control systems and rotary wing aircraft with suppressed vibrations An aircraft with an aerostructure and at least one rotating machine creating troublesome vibrations, with the aircraft including a power source outputting electromagnetic force generator power outputs, a first and second distributed active vibration electromagnetic ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090481 | Manual human interfaces to electronics In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling an aircraft by a hands on throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) includes selectively connecting, by the HOTAS, two interfaces of a controller for the aircraft. The selective connection is mad... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078340 | Active user interface haptic feedback and linking control system using either force or position data A system and method are provided for supplying haptic feedback to, and for electronically linking, pilot and co-pilot user interfaces. The user interface haptic feedback and linking are implemented using either force or position data. If the force or position data b... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078341 | Method of applying an HTMB guidance directive A method of applying a “Heading Then Merge Behind” (HTMB) guidance directive sent by an air traffic control center to an aircraft comprising a flight management system, the flight management system making it possible to automatically follow the trajectory of an ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078342 | Method for active power management and allocation of functionality Methods for active power management, i.e., the power management method may be activated in response to changes in the supply and demand of power in a system, are disclosed. The power management method may use dynamically collected data reporting levels of electrical... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073578 | Method and system for the cursor-aided manipulation of flight plans in two and three dimensional displays A method of creating and modifying a flight plan using a cursor control device and a display to represent the flight plan in the context of terrain. The method includes inserting waypoints, including origin and destination waypoints, into a flight plan using a curso... | 12/06/2011 |
| RE43010 | Mobile terminal and moving body operation management system The present invention relates to an operation management system for a moving body such as a vehicle using a mobile terminal. The present invention reliably and accurately records the operating conditions of vehicles, which enables management to gather accurate infor... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068943 | Inertial signals for flight control backup mode A flight control system is provided that includes a reference system and flight control actuators. The reference system includes one or more sets of gyroscopes and accelerometers. At least one set of the gyroscopes and accelerometers are configured to provide a firs... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055393 | Method and apparatus for loading software aircraft parts A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a software aircraft part. A computer implemented method identifies an aircraft from a set of target aircraft to form a target aircraft. Software for use in the aircraft is identi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050806 | Ground fault interruption using DSP based SSPC module A ground fault interruption (GFI) system is incorporated onto a DSP based LRM of an aerospace vehicle. The GFI system operates with digital controls and, unlike the prior art, the system does not employ current transformers. Synchronization pulses are employed to co... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032265 | System and method for enhancing computer-generated images of terrain on aircraft displays A system and method are disclosed for enhancing the visibility and ensuring the correctness of terrain and navigation information on aircraft displays, such as, for example, continuous, three-dimensional perspective view aircraft displays conformal to the visual env... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032266 | Method for selecting aircraft access point into a lateral free evolution area This method facilitates the joining, by an aircraft, of a secure zone, without constraint of deployment in the horizontal plane, in particular when the latter is threatened by a risk of collision with the ground or by a risk of penetration into a forbidden zone whic... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024078 | System for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft A system on an aircraft used during taxiing or air/ground and ground/air transitions. The system groups together a set of devices for mapping the airport zone presenting the crew with a set of elements catalogued in a database and/or updated as a function of informa... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024079 | Wing-body load alleviation for aircraft A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for symmetric and anti-symmetric control of aircraft flight control surfaces to reduce wing-body loads. Commands are sent to symmetrically deploy outboard control surfaces to shift wing ai... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019490 | Imaging and display system to aid helicopter landings in brownout conditions An imaging and display system provides helicopter pilots with an unobstructed display of a landing area in a brownout or whiteout condition by capturing a high resolution image of the landing area prior to obscuration. Using inertial navigation information from the ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019489 | Methods and systems for displaying messages from a plurality of sources Methods and systems for a flight deck display system for displaying text messages are provided. The system includes an alert generator configured to receive message signals from a plurality of aircraft systems and to generate alert messages based on the received mes... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014906 | Multi-axis trim processing Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide trim for a vehicle, such as an aircraft. For example, a method for providing trim may include generally simultaneously determining values for a plurality of trim variables in a plurality of degrees of freedom. In t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014908 | Methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles The present invention relates to methods and systems for routing mobile vehicles under maintenance and operational constraints. In the case of aircraft, the methods and systems may generate an aircraft routing proposal based on information describing a possible flig... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014907 | Method of assisting in the navigation of an aircraft with an updating of the flight plan The invention relates to a method of assisting in the navigation of an aircraft comprising a step for updating a flight plan according to a new clearance originating from an air traffic control authority and received on board by a ground/onboard communication system... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010241 | Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft flying along a path with rectilinear segments A method and device that determine characteristic angles, each characteristic angle representing the angle by which a rectilinear segment of the flight path is seen from the aircraft. A head-up screen displays characteristic signs that are representative of the char... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010242 | Flight planning system and method A system and method for flight planning determines an optimal route by first assuming that the gross payload of a plane is used for fuel, determining legal routes based on to-capacity fueling, determining available payload for possible flight segments by removing un... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005581 | Systems and methods for communicating aircraft data Systems and methods for communicating aircraft data are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes a data reduction system operative to: receive aircraft data; store a first set of the aircraft data; analyze a next set of the aircraft data; and store... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005580 | Aircraft galley systems and methods for managing electric power for aircraft galley systems Aircraft power systems, aircraft galley systems, and methods and systems for managing power distribution to aircraft galley systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft system can include an aircraft power source and at least first and second galley ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005582 | Apparatuses and methods for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information Methods and apparatuses for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information are disclosed. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes displaying at least one first indicator to an operator of the aircraft, with a fir... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000846 | Airborne electronics housing assembly An aircraft electronics housing assembly maintains the electronics unit at given ambient conditions despite changes in conditions outside the housing during the aircraft flight cycle. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001115 | Identifying geographic-areas based on change patterns detected from high-resolution, remotely sensed imagery A method, system, and medium are provided for identifying terrestrial objects that have changed in a certain manner. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a query that includes one or more inputs, which are related to 1) a first terrestrial object (“firs... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000845 | Method and device for dynamically alleviating loads generated on an airplane A device detects an air disturbance and controls the deflection of aircraft control surfaces when the disturbance is detected. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000844 | Flight control system for aircraft and test for testing such a flight control system A test system for testing a flight control system of an aircraft includes a test device that: (1) accesses information available from the flight control system and (2) controls a computer of the flight control system. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996118 | Method and device for carrying out at least one flight testing on an aircraft and the use thereof An aircraft device includes a rudder, a control unit that applies a deflection instruction to the rudder, a measuring section that measures a recovery characteristic of aircraft movement in response to the rudder deflection instruction, a recorder that records an ap... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996119 | Method for determining the position of a spacecraft with the aid of a direction vector and an overall spin measurement In a system for determining the position of a spacecraft based on vector determinations, a direction vector is measured in a body-fixed coordinate system; a reference direction vector is determined within a reference coordinate system based on the path position of t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983804 | System for minimization of aircraft damage on collision A system for minimizing damage on collision to a vehicle having at least one self-propelled wheel is disclosed. The system comprises a motor in a wheel of said vehicle which drives the vehicle, means for measuring the speed of said wheel, means for measuring the tor... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974744 | Multiple telemetry stream parsing and reconstruction system A system and method for parsing a set of archived telemetry streams for the purpose of reconstructing the data contained within the set of archived telemetry streams into a newly constructed set of telemetry streams. The newly constructed set of telemetry streams ar... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970498 | Model based sensor system for loads aware control laws A flight control system includes a model-based sensor system which estimates angular accelerations to control rotor system moment such that loads on the aircraft structure are reduced to thereby allow an aircraft structural envelope to more closely follow an aircraf... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970497 | Smart hybrid electric and bleed architecture An aircraft architecture may be designed to create an optimal balance between electric power and bleed power in order to match or improve current more electric architecture (MEA) performance while simplifying power extraction from the engines as well as simplifying ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970499 | Method and apparatus for moving a swing tail cargo door on an aircraft A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for a mobile tail support control system. An apparatus comprises a data processing system, an output device, a set of load sensors, a set of position sensors, and a computer program product e... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962252 | Self-contained avionics sensing and flight control system for small unmanned aerial vehicle A self-contained avionics sensing and flight control system is provided for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system includes sensors for sensing flight control parameters and surveillance parameters, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Flight contro... | 06/14/2011 |
