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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428471 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A user in locomotion on foot during an outing may identify a grade of a surface with at least one device supported by the user. A performance parameter of the user may be determined with the device based upon the grade of the surface, which may be based upon a measu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428472 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing may monitor a performance parameter of the user. The performance parameter may comprise a pace and/or a speed of the user. Prior to the outing, the device may be configured to spec... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7365504 | Motor having multiple independent armature winding sets A motor is provided that includes multiple sets of independent stator windings that are not magnetically coupled, which allows the motor to be driven by multiple independent current drivers, and thereby increases the overall torque generated by the motor. In one emb... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347668 | Method and apparatus to determine the wind speed and direction experienced by a wind turbine An apparatus and a method used to determine the speed and direction of the wind experienced by a wind turbine are provided. The apparatus comprises at least one sensor fixed to the rotor of the wind turbine, an angular sensor to measure the angular position of the r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334939 | Method and device for verifying a temperature value at a destination altitude of an aircraft The device comprises a means for measuring a dynamic temperature on the outside of the aircraft, a means for determining a static temperature around the aircraft, using said dynamic temperature, a means for determining, using said static temperature and a thermodyna... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315805 | Operations and support discrete event stimulation system and method A discrete event simulation (DES) and method of model development provide affordable, accurate, pre-validated, reusable and portable models and simulations that capture the complexity, interdependencies and stochastic nature of the operations and support (O&S) of we... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296006 | Method of inferring rotorcraft gross weight Described are systems and methods for determining the gross weight of an aircraft. A flight regime is determined based on one or more inputs. A neural net is selected based on a flight regime. The neural net inputs may include derived values. A first estimate of the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275013 | Plasma anemometer and method for using same Methods and systems are described for a system for obtaining information regarding a flow. These methods and systems comprise a signal generator configured to generate an alternating current signal at a carrier frequency and a transformer arranged to receive the gen... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7257470 | Fault isolation method and apparatus in artificial intelligence based air data systems A method providing fault isolation, in an air data system which uses artificial intelligence to generate an air data parameter, includes generating the air data parameter as a function of a plurality of measured values such as static pressures. Then, estimates of ea... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248991 | Method and device for detecting a rotational speed, especially the rotational speed of the wheel of a vehicle The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a rotational speed, in particular a rotational speed of a wheel of a motor vehicle, by means of a speed sensor, wherein the speed sensor produces an output signal characterizing the actual rotational s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213454 | Method and apparatus for obtaining improved accuracy and range for air data parameters inferred from independent measurements of interdependent pressures A method of calculating a system level air data parameter for an aircraft, for example aircraft angle-of-attack (AOA) and/or angle-of-sideslip (AOS), includes measuring a plurality of local static pressures pi. Next, a plurality of non-dimensional pressur... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200517 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a mount, a housing, and a sensor. The mount is adapted to be disposed at least partially underneath a shoelace of a shoe. The housing is configured and arranged to be placed in at least first and second states in relation to... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7149646 | Pilot indicator for predicting changes in the speed of rotation of the main rotor of a rotorcraft The present invention relates to a pilot indicator for a rotorcraft provided with a main rotor and at least one gas turbine engine. The indicator has first and second sensors delivering information relating respectively to a first speed of rotation Nr corresponding ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143003 | Pilot indicator for predicting changes in the monitoring parameters of a gas turbine engine A pilot indicator is provided for an aircraft provided with at least one gas turbine engine. The indicator includes a set of sensors delivering information relating to different monitoring parameters of the engine, namely: the speed of rotation Ng of the gas generat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7085655 | Method and device for detecting defects of at least one rotary wing aircraft rotor A method and apparatus for detecting the defects of at least one rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, in particular a helicopter, in order to adjust the rotor. In the method, in a preliminary step, a reference aircraft is used corresponding to a particular type of aircr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6928341 | Computational air data system for angle-of-attack and angle-of-sideslip A computational air data method and system for estimating angle-of-attack and angle-of-sideslip of an aircraft utilizing a detailed aerodynamic model of the aircraft, extended Kalman filters, inertial system measurements of body rates and body accelerations, and com... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6898550 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot In one embodiment, a method involves determining at least one calculated parameter based upon at least one determined performance parameter of the user and at least one determined variable physiological parameter of the user. In another embodiment, a method involves... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6882955 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot In one embodiment, a display unit to be mounted on a wrist of a user includes a display screen, a base, and at least one strap. The display unit is configured such that, when it is worn by the user, the display screen is oriented at an angle with respect to a surfac... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6876947 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot In one embodiment, a method includes steps of: (a) identifying an average foot contact time of a user during a first outing; (b) identifying an average pace of the user during the first outing; (c) defining a relationship between foot contact times of the user and c... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6618654 | Method and system for discovering and recovering unused service life A method and system on-board a vehicle is provided for determining cycles to failure of the vehicle. The system includes a vehicle attitude reference or navigation system, a memory, and a processing component. The vehicle attitude reference system generat... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615144 | Tire uniformity prediction using curve fitting Methods and apparatus for predicting tire uniformity, preferably a harmonic component of force variation (radial, lateral, or tangential) for a production tire operating at a high speed, and also method and apparatus for manufacturing tires and controllin... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6584839 | Modular altimeter An altimeter which contains within it means for storing the Static Source Error Correction (SSEC) for the aircraft. The altimeter includes means for downloading the SSEC and for transferring it to a new altimeter which may then be used in place of the ori... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6497169 | Method for automatic weapon allocation and scheduling against attacking threats A system and method for automatic weapon allocation and scheduling of the present invention. The inventive method includes the steps of providing data with respect to threats, weapons, weapon allocation options; weapon allocation rules; and temporally dep... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6493652 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot In one embodiment, a method involves, in response to movement of a user during at least one footstep taken by the user, generating a signal that experiences changes during a time period that the foot is airborne during the at least one footstep. At least ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6467388 | Method for engaging at least one aerial target by means of a firing group, firing group of at least two firing units, and utilization of the firing group A method for engaging one or several aerial targets by means of a firing group (10) of autonomous, but cooperating, firing units (12, 112), wherein each firing group has a fire control unit (14, 114) and at least one weapon (16, 116). Several firing units... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466888 | Neural network system for estimation of aircraft flight data Input parameters which correspond to operational flight data of an aircraft within a predetermined flight domain, are defined through measured variable state parameters generated during aircraft flight, utilizing a neural network trained by exemplars corr... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6370450 | Integrated total temperature probe system A smart probe system for an aircraft receives an input from a heated total air temperature sensor. When on the ground, the heater for the total air temperature probe is cycled so that when a preselected temperature is indicated by the temperature sensing ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6289289 | Aircraft structural fatigue monitor The present invention is a system for monitoring, storing, and reporting the accumulation of fatigue occurrences experienced by an aircraft. The system according to the present invention uses existing aircraft instrumentation to monitor fatigue occurrence... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6278913 | Automated flight data management system A data processing system for automating the process of managing flight data and generating reports based on that data. The system accesses flight data transmitted on an airborne databus, where the data represents sensor readings indicative of various flig... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6131065 | Electronic flight data strips and method for air traffic control A portable, re-usable, battery-powered, electronic device for storing, displaying and modifying air traffic control information. The electronic flight data strip receives input data from an external data source via infrared or radio transmission, stores t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6064923 | Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading An aircraft having a reduced-load wing structure is provided with a controllable canard stabilizer (5G, 5D) at the front end of the aircraft and a controller that controls the canard stabilizer. The controller generates a turn command corresponding to an ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6052654 | Measuring foot contact time and foot loft time of a person in locomotion The time period that a foot is in contact with the ground during a stride taken by a user, and the period that the foot is not in contact with the ground between strides taken by the user are determined by processing and analyzing the output signal of an ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6023668 | Process and device for determining the flight configurations of an aircraft A process and system for determining the flight configurations of an aircraft are disclosed. The process includes the steps of defining various possible flight configurations of the aircraft, determining a plurality of flight phases representative of the ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5987397 | Neural network system for estimation of helicopter gross weight and center of gravity location The invention is directed to a helicopter health and usage monitoring system utilizing a neural network for estimating gross weight and center of gravity location from measured flight condition parameter inputs; and includes means for measuring a pluralit... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5890101 | Neural network based method for estimating helicopter low airspeed The invention is directed to a system, utilizing a neural network, for estimating helicopter airspeed in the low airspeed flight range of below about 50 knots using only fixed system parameters as inputs to the neural network. The method includes the step... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5796612 | Method for flight parameter monitoring and control The present invention relates to a method for three-dimensional flight control based generally upon measuring and comparing actual air pressures at or near various surfaces of an aircraft during flight. Sensors are provided for measuring air pressure acti... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5751609 | Neural network based method for estimating helicopter low airspeed The invention is directed to a method, utilizing a neural network, for estimating helicopter airspeed in the low airspeed flight range of below about 50 knots using only fixed system parameters as inputs to the neural network. The method includes the step... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5737222 | Apparatus for measuring lift forces based upon differential pressure between surfaces of an aircraft An apparatus for measuring the lift generated by airfoils of an aircraft. This real-time analysis is accomplished by measuring a differential pressure between the upper and lower lift surfaces of the airfoils. The apparatus a) measures an actual different... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5636146 | Apparatus and methods for determining loft time and speed The invention detects the loft time and/or speed of a vehicle, such as a sporting vehicle, during activities of moving and jumping. A loft sensor detects when the vehicle leaves the ground and when the vehicle returns to the ground. A microprocessor subsy... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5610845 | Multi-parameter air data sensing technique Static pressure sensing and free airstream temperature sensing is obviated in a method for determining aircraft velocity relative to an airmass by utilizing a static pressure and temperature component present in pressure variations sensed by a total press... | 03/11/1997 |
