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7571878 |
Method and a calculating unit for calculation of a recovery flight path
A method for calculating a flight path avoiding a collision with the ground when an aircraft dives towards the ground. The method includes receiving signals including information of a dive angle of...
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7568662 |
Emergency flight control system
A method and system for preventing the control of an aircraft from the cockpit. In an exemplary embodiment, the system could be triggered externally. For example, an air traffic control (ATC)...
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7568655 |
Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft according to the invention includes multiple thrust producing devices that produce thrusts applied in the substantially vertically upward direction; a target...
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7556224 |
Distributed flight control surface actuation system
An aircraft flight control surface actuation system includes a plurality of flap actuators, and a plurality of slat actuators. The actuators receive actuator position commands from an actuator...
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7543780 |
Unmanned air vehicle transmission line docking surveillance
A small unmanned air vehicle system having autonomous electrical energy transmission line docking capability and especially usable in military or other surveillance situations. Transmission line...
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7539561 |
Autonomous control system apparatus and program for a small, unmanned helicopter
An objective of the invention, focusing on these issues involved in the use of a small, hobby-type, unmanned helicopter, is to develop an autonomous control system comprising autonomous control...
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7510142 |
Aerial robot
An aerial robot is disclosed. The aerial robot may include at least one pair of counter-rotating blades or propellers, which may be contained within a circumferential shroud or a duct. In one...
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7510141 |
Autonomous control method for small unmanned helicopter
An autonomous control method autonomously controls a small unmanned helicopter toward target values, such as a set position and velocity, by deriving model formulas well suited for the autonomous...
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7438259 |
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...
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7431243 |
Guidance and control for an autonomous soaring UAV
The present invention provides a practical method for UAVs to take advantage of thermals in a manner similar to piloted aircrafts and soaring birds. In general, the invention is a method for a UAV...
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7380756 |
Single dielectric barrier aerodynamic plasma actuation
A single dielectric barrier aerodynamic plasma actuator apparatus based on the dielectric barrier discharge phenomenon is disclosed and suggested for application to aerodynamic uses for drag...
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7364121 |
Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls
Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving an indication of a target takeoff roll path...
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7363119 |
Methods and systems for automatically displaying information, including air traffic control instructions
Systems and methods for handling incoming aircraft operation instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving from a source off-board an...
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7343228 |
Transient cancellation technique for spacecraft solar wing stepping
A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of solar panels of a spacecraft is described. The method comprises the steps of providing a first step command to a first solar panel, and...
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7285932 |
Method and apparatus for loss of control inhibitor systems
Active and adaptive systems and methods to prevent loss of control incidents by providing tactile feedback to a vehicle operator are disclosed. According to the present invention, an operator gives...
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7182296 |
Methods and apparatus for error-tolerant wrap-back ACE monitor
Methods and apparatus are provided for more reliably transferring operational control for various aircraft flight control surfaces from a first sub-system to a second sub-system. The present...
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7165747 |
Method and device for guiding an aircraft for aiding parachute drops
The device ( 1 ) for guiding an aircraft at least over an intermediate trajectory between a first flight trajectory for a low-altitude flight and a second flight trajectory which starts at an...
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7103455 |
Man/machine interface for control of the automatic pilot for piloted aerodyne provided with an ATN transmission network terminal
This MCP/FCU interface ( 30 ) for control of the automatic pilot ( 13 ) and/or flight director ( 14 ) is provided with an access port linked to the ATN terminal ( 2 ) by a digital information...
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6948681 |
Automated cargo transportation system
A modular automated air transport system comprising an unmanned autonomous aircraft having a selectively detachable control systems portion and a structural air frame portion, wherein the...
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6889941 |
Aircraft formation/refueling guidance system
An aircraft formation/refueling guidance system guides a follower aircraft relative to a leader aircraft. A datalink provides a position hold and a bias command from the leader aircraft to the...
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6886786 |
Engine thrust management—new design architecture
An engine thrust management system comprising an engine control device, an aircraft flight manual, a flight management device and a cockpit instrument device. The engine control device is operable...
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6885917 |
Enhanced flight control systems and methods for a jet powered tri-mode aircraft
A method of stabilizing a jet-powered tri-mode aircraft as the aircraft travels in a helicopter mode, a compound mode, and a fixed-wing mode is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality...
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6859694 |
System and method for proxy filing and closing of flight plans
The present invention provides a system and method for filing and closing of flight plans. With the present invention, a computing device is provided that includes a flight plan filing device that...
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6832153 |
Method and apparatus for providing information pertaining to vehicles located along a predetermined travel route
A system for tracking a fleet of vehicles, such as trucks or aircraft, includes a set of vehicle processing systems associated with each vehicle. Each vehicle processing system receives a travel...
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6789768 |
Bordered flying tool
Differential Global Positioning System receivers ( 60 ) are located at the corners of a confined zone and receive signals from Global Positioning System satellites ( 62 ). The Differential Global...
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6751530 |
Aerial vehicle controlled and propelled by oscillatory momentum generators and method of flying a vehicle
A vehicle capable of flight including at least one wing including at least one oscillatory momentum generator mounted therein. A thrust force from the oscillatory momentum generator is directed...
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6704624 |
Method and device for controlling an aircraft maneuvering components, with electrical standby modules
A device for controlling aircraft maneuvering units includes at least one control unit and a central computing unit. The control unit may be actuated by a pilot for issuing maneuvering commands....
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6671588 |
System and method for controlling traveling direction of aircraft
The present invention is structured such that, as for travelling on the ground, there is provided a braking mechanism capable of braking wheels by the use of a single brake pedal or a braking...
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6650973 |
Flight control system
A flight control system for controlling a flight of an aircraft, having an actuator for actuating flight control surfaces and outputting a feedback signal in return; a flight control computer for...
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6571171 |
Method and apparatus for graphically inserting waypoints for a flight management system
An apparatus and method for inserting a waypoint into a preexisting flight plan which includes selecting a waypoint on a graphical display of a portion of the flight plan and automatically...
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6546317 |
Process and device for controlling at least one aerodynamic elevator surface of an aircraft during a takeoff
Process and device for controlling at least one aerodynamic elevator surface of an aircraft during a takeoff. The device ( 1 ) comprises a control member ( 3 ), calculation means ( 5 ) and motor...
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6526338 |
Electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder
An electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder includes a low-pass filter, arranged between a rudder bar and an actuator of a rudder. The low-pass filter receives a control...
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6421603 |
Hazard detection for a travel plan
A flight plan is modeled by a trajectory with a set of segments having finite lateral and altitude extents between nominal way points. A terrain database stores hierarchical patches with maximum...
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6381519 |
Cursor management on a multiple display electronic flight instrumentation system
An aircraft display and control system generally includes a processor, a cursor control and selection device, an aeronautical information database, a geographic database, and a plurality of display...
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6366835 |
Height estimating apparatus
Apparatus for estimating a first height ( 1 ) of a vehicle ( 2 ) above a first reference surface ( 3 ), including a system ( 4 ) for determining position, velocity and attitude incorporating at...
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6349258 |
Method for horizontal routing of an aircraft between two waypoints
This method meets the constraints dictated by the instructed values of turning radius and by the instructed values of direction of approach in terms of route or course to be maintained at the...
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6341248 |
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for monitoring the attitude of an aircraft
An apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for monitoring the attitude of an aircraft. The apparatus of the present invention includes a navigation system, such as a GPS,...
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6317659 |
Layered subsystem architecture for a flight management system
An improved aircraft flight management system (FMS) based on a layered subsystem architecture, residing on a computing platform and including an operator interface subsystem, a communications...
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6308116 |
System and method for integrating LNAV and VNAV with autopilots for existing aircraft
An avionics system for retrofitting a GPS system to work with an existing autopilot by using signal switching and conditioning in an electronic flight display to accomplish the switching without...
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6259975 |
Flight control system for an aircraft particularly for a helicopter
A flight control system for an aircraft, particularly for a helicopter receives a number of items of information, especially the position of flight control members of said aircraft, and sends,...
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6178379 |
Method and apparatus of monitoring a navigation system using deviation signals from navigation sensors
A high integrity navigation system is created using a low integrity navigation computer monitored by a high integrity system. A navigation sensor (e.g. DGPS, GPS, ILS, MLS, and the like) is...
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6126111 |
Emergency flight control system using one engine and fuel transfer
A system for emergency aircraft control uses at least one engine and lateral fuel transfer that allows a pilot to regain control over an aircraft under emergency conditions. Where aircraft...
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6064939 |
Individual guidance system for aircraft in an approach control area under automatic dependent surveillance
An individual guidance system for aircraft in an approach control area under automatic dependent surveillance which, by supplying the pilot with the required flight data automatically in units of...
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6062513 |
Total energy based flight control system
In a method of flight control in which a thrust command is computed based on the total aircraft energy error relative to flight path and speed control commands, and an elevator command is computed...
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6059226 |
Navigation of helicopter with limited polar groundspeed commands
The airspeed limiting performance envelope of a helicopter is converted to a groundspeed envelope by factoring-in the wind speed and direction. A groundspeed command for an unmanned helicopter is...
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6044311 |
Method for protecting an aircraft against vertical gusts of wind and pitch-attitude control device employing this method
A system for protecting an aircraft in cruising flight against excessive load factors when a vertical gust of wind occurs is disclosed. The system has a pitch-attitude flight control system (21)...
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6021374 |
Stand alone terrain conflict detector and operating methods therefor
A stand alone terrain conflict detector of an aircraft includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, an inertial navigation system, navigational and topographical databases, a control panel,...
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5988562 |
System and method for determining the angular orientation of a body moving in object space
A system and method for determining the angular orientation of a body moving in object space. The invention is usable to detect and identify the angular orientation of the body relative to the...
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5948023 |
Monitoring and/or control system for a dual-engine helicopter for one engine inoperative flight operations
A monitoring and control system for a dual-engine helicopter for OEI flight operations includes a parametric indicator operative in response to sensor signals for monitoring an engine gas generator...
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5925079 |
Process and device for guiding a mobile craft
A mobile craft is guided with respect to a trajectory. To guide the craft, the distance xtk is determined between the mobile craft and the point of orthogonal projection of the mobile craft on a...
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