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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190306 | Method and device for reducing on an aircraft the effects of a vertical turbulence Disclosed is a method and device for attenuating vertical turbulence on an aircraft. The method and device involve calculating, by a calculating unit, based on a determined vertical wind component a first control order to control movement of at least one first contr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190307 | Control optimization method for helicopters carrying suspended loads The control optimization method for helicopters carrying suspended loads during hover flight utilizes a controller based on time-delayed feedback of the load swing angles. The controller outputs include additional displacements, which are added to the helicopter tra... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185261 | Systems and methods for attitude propagation for a slewing angular rate vector Computer-based systems and methods for determining attitude of a moveable object. Attitude is determined by a transformation matrix {right arrow over (U)} from a body coordinate frame of the moveable object to an inertial reference frame. The transformation matrix i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185260 | Prognostic and health management accuracy maintenance system and method A prognostic and health accuracy maintenance system and method for a system following on-site replacement of a component in the system is provided. A system characterization model of at least portions of the system is generated and embedded within a controller in th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185262 | Method of determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning, artificial satellite and systems therefor A method of and apparatus for determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning artificial satellite without using a suite of inertial gyroscopes. The method and apparatus operate by tracking three astronomical objects near the Earth's ecliptic pole an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170729 | Method and system for operating a display device on-board an aircraft Methods and systems for operating a display device that is viewable by a user of an aircraft are provided. A first image is caused to be displayed on the display device. The first image is at least representative of a field of view from on-board the aircraft of an a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155802 | Optical flow navigation system An optical navigation sensor includes four two-dimensional imagers, each aligned with an x or y axis of an orthogonal xyz coordinate system, and each defining mutually parallel vertical image directions and the same horizontal directions about a yaw axis. Translatio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8121746 | Method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft. The method comprises a phase for calculating a vertical flight profile describing the changing altitude of the aircraft during an arbitrary period takin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116922 | Method for resolving ground level errors in simulations A method for reconciling ground-level discrepancies between the displayed path of a moving body and a terrain model in a graphical simulation, including the steps of (1) examining the individual data points describing a recorded trip by a vehicle, (2) determining wh... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099201 | Vertical profile display with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information The present example a vertical profile display system with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information. Such a display, or user interface, may advantageously display information relating to the terrain an aircraft is traveling through based on time ahead o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099200 | Vehicle interface based on the weight distribution of a user In one embodiment, the invention is an interface for communicating a vehicle command from a user to a vehicle. The interface preferably includes a support system to support at least a portion of the weight of a user, a sensor system to sense the weight distribution ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095250 | Real-time compensation of inertial sensor bias errors under high spin rate conditions A method of estimating bias errors for an air vehicle in flight under high spin conditions is provided. The method comprises collecting a first set of data samples at a first time and collecting a second set of data samples at a second time. The first time and the s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078343 | Virtual control panel for aeronautics attitude reference units The general field of the invention relates to devices for controlling the two attitude reference units of the AHRS type for aircraft, each AHRS comprising at least a first set of magnetometer measurements and at least a second set of gyroscopic measurements, each AH... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073579 | Device and method for extracting terrain altitudes The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting terrain altitudes along a trajectory of an aircraft in flight includes ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068944 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine The present application relates to a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine. It is an object of the present application to prevent an excessive reaction of a throttle valve when the opening of the throttle valve is controlled on the basis of a plurality... | 11/29/2011 |
| RE42891 | 3D AIME™ aircraft navigation The apparatus of the present invention uses radar altimeter measurements and stored terrain altitude profiles to provide pre-filtered observations to a Kalman filter for estimating barometric offset at the airport runway, and barometric scale factor for offsets abov... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050807 | Methods and apparatus for vertical motion detector in air traffic control Methods and apparatus for vertical motion detection of objects, such as aircraft. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving altitude data for an object, determining a residual of a lag function, wherein the lag function comprises a moving average of the altitu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036783 | Device for error detection of adjustable flaps With a device for error detection of adjustable flaps on aircraft wings, it is proposed that each flap is provided with a tube as a transmission element arranged in the wing span. The tube is connected fixedly at one end with the flap and is rotatably held. On the f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032267 | Aviation navigational and flight management systems and methods with emergency landing guidance and radar vectoring The invention provides, in one aspect, aviation navigational and/or flight management systems and methods that accommodate emergencies requiring provide real-time, built-in guidance to a nearest reachable airport. Related aspects of the invention provide such system... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019491 | Generating lateral guidance image data in a terrain awareness and warning system A system and method for generating lateral guidance image data and presenting information representative of the image data is disclosed. A system is disclosed for determining lateral guidance information based upon the elevation of terrain cells and a level of terra... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7962253 | Integrated barometric altitude and satellite altitude-based vertical navigation system A flight management system (FMS) for an aircraft, that includes an integrated barometric altitude and satellite altitude-based vertical navigation (VNAV) system. The integrated barometric altitude and satellite altitude-based vertical navigation system, includes an ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962254 | Method and system for assisting flight control of a low-flying aircraft A system determines a limit angle of climb corresponding to a climb angle of an aircraft for flying over the ground along an avoidance path and displays a characteristic sign representing the limit angle of climb on a display screen. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7937191 | Termination secured route planning A method of forming a safe termination operation volume, and an aircraft provided with a system using such a volume to plan a flight route and/or an emergency route. The volume indicates the lowest allowable flight altitude to achieve a glide path of a vehicle to a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7908044 | Compound aircraft control system and method The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of operationa... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908043 | Method and device for active control of the roll of an aircraft A control device a determination device for determining a roll objective, and a calculation device for calculating, on the basis of the roll objective, a deflection order which is applied exclusively to ailerons of the aircraft. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885733 | Aviation navigational and flight management systems and methods utilizing radar vectoring The present application provides systems and methods for providing navigational guidance during off-course operations, and techniques to revert back to a desired flight destination upon completion of such operations. In one aspect, an aviation navigational and/or fl... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7873446 | Altimeter setting display and storage system and method A system and method for storing altimeter setting values on an aircraft display includes simultaneously rendering an altimeter and an active altimeter setting field, and selectively rendering a standby altimeter setting field simultaneously with the altimeter and th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873445 | Governor for a rotor with a variable maximum collective pitch A governor configured to regulate the rotational velocity of one or more rotors of an aircraft by adjusting a collective blade pitch of the one or more rotors. In one embodiment, the governor comprises a control monitor, a maximum pitch module, a rotor module, and a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853369 | Active pitch control method and device for an aircraft A device has a pitch acceleration instruction calculator that calculates a pitch acceleration instruction depending on a pitch objective and a deflection instruction calculator that calculates, from the pitch acceleration instruction, a deflection instruction for el... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7835826 | Attitude determination system for yaw-steering spacecraft An attitude determination system is provided for determining attitude values of a yaw-steering spacecraft, and includes a rate sensor, at least one attitude sensor, and a processor operable to receive measured spacecraft body rates from the rate sensor, to receive m... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7809480 | Autonomous flight for flight platforms A method and system for autonomous or semi-autonomous flight of a flight platform with flight actuators is disclosed. The system comprises a stabilization subsystem for controlling the flight actuators to maintain stabilization of the flight platform in flight and a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7783394 | Method and device for constructing a low-altitude flight plan to be followed by an aircraft The invention relates to a method and a device for constructing a low-altitude flight path to be followed by an aircraft. The device comprises a database including a terrain profile concerning the terrain to be flown over by the aircraft, a set of data sources, firs... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783393 | Enhanced vertical situation display A vertical situation display system for use in a vehicle such as, for example, an aircraft, is provided. A side view of an intended route of flight may be shown with altitude restrictions, airspace and instrument approach information, a projected flight path and ran... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7756612 | Method and a device for providing assistance in piloting a rotorcraft at takeoff The invention relates to a method of piloting a rotorcraft having a plurality of engines for driving at least one lift and propulsion rotor, in which method, so long as the rotorcraft has not reached an optimum climb speed (OCS), a pitch attitude control signal (Upi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751949 | Atmosphere model The invention relates to a time and location dependent atmosphere model and especially determining the altitude of a mobile terminal based on this model and the measured barometric pressure at the location of the terminal. The atmosphere model provides a long term, ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742846 | Surface contact override landing scheme for a FBW rotary-wing aircraft A method of transitioning from a complex response flight state to a ground operation control state. Pilot intent is determined through collective position information to control the transition. An independent cockpit switch activates an emergency surface contact tra... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739003 | Method of determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning, artificial satellite and systems therefor A method of and apparatus for determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning artificial satellite without using a suite of inertial gyroscopes. The method and apparatus operate by tracking three astronomical objects near the Earth's ecliptic pole an... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729816 | System and method for correcting attitude estimation A system includes an angular rate sensor disposed in a vehicle for providing angular rates of the vehicle, and an instrument disposed in the vehicle for providing line-of-sight control with respect to a line-of-sight reference. The instrument includes an integrator ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725220 | Adaptive filtering for altimeters A method of processing altitude measurements for an aircraft is disclosed. The method involves filtering raw altimeter data within an altimeter to substantially limit random variations in the altitude measurements for one or more altimeter measurement profiles. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720578 | Method and device for piloting a pitching aircraft The invention relates to a method and device for piloting a pitching aircraft. The inventive device (1) comprises: means (4) for receiving an ordered load factor (NZc); means (11) for estimating a load factor (NZcg) that is applied to the aircra... | 05/18/2010 |
