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7614587 Procedure and device for improving the maneuverability of an aircraft during the approach to landing and flare-out phases  
The process improves the maneuverability of an aircraft during the approach to landing and then flare-out phases, the aircraft being equipped with air brakes. According to the process, the air...
7611098 Flight management process for an aircraft  
A process wherein an aircraft starts from a cruising position by flying at a cruising speed to reach a position that intercepts the glide slope. The process can include the steps of decelerating...
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)...
7428450 Method and system for using a database and GPS position data to generate bearing data  
A method and system for providing a bearing from a vehicle to a transmitting station are described. The method includes accessing a database to obtain transmitter position information for the...
7382287 Avionics system, method and apparatus for selecting a runway  
A destination runway selection method, system and apparatus for use with a Terrain Awareness and Warning System (“TAWS”). The method involves determining upon which of a number of candidate...
7357357 Aircraft mode suppression  
An aircraft control system operates during landing to suppress normal modes of flexing of the aircraft or modes of rigid rotation. The excitation of the modes are measured using accelerometers...
7212135 Real time analysis and display of aircraft approach maneuvers  
Method and system for monitoring and comparing, in real time, performance of an aircraft during an approach to touchdown along a conventional approach path and along a contemplated modified...
7195200 Unmanned helicopter, takeoff method of unmanned helicopter, and landing method of unmanned helicopter  
An unmanned helicopter includes an altitude control device for giving a command of a collective pitch blade angle based on an altitude change rate command, etc., and performing altitude control of...
7142971 System and method for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle  
The method and system for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle include engaging an automatic control system when the security of the onboard controls is jeopardized. Engagement...
7014146 System for aiding control of the deceleration of an aircraft moving over the ground  
The system ( 1 ) includes braking means ( 2 ) for braking the aircraft, a braking unit ( 3 ) controlling the braking means ( 2 ) on the basis of deceleration orders, a computing unit ( 5 ) for...
7003383 Flight management system using holding pattern entry algorithms  
The present invention provides a set of holding pattern entry algorithms used to define flight segments for entry into holding patterns. These geometries preferably describe the specific location...
6761336 Aircraft tailstrike avoidance system  
An aircraft flight control system is provided for reducing the likelihood of an aircraft tailstrike. The flight control system includes a pitch command provided to a pitch control device for...
6751545 Aircraft taxi planning system and method  
A taxi planning system for aircraft provides an intuitive user interface for entering and selecting taxi plans quickly and easily. The system includes predefined reduced selection menus that prompt...
6636786 Aircraft energy systems management method  
An energy systems management method includes steps of providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and...
6574532 Path controller for vehicles whose path is influenced by cross currents and a path control system and associated methods  
A vehicle path controller for vehicles whose path is influenced by a moving current and has manual or automatic path steering based on a steering signal (v) supplied to a servo device ( 102 ) for...
6549829 Skipping filter for inertially augmented landing system  
The present method and apparatus consists of storing past values of estimated IRU error and using these past values to update the coasting filter when switching from GPS to inertial mode. Through...
6542796 Methods and apparatus for integrating, organizing, and accessing flight planning and other data on multifunction cockpit displays  
A method and system for displaying a flight plan such that an entire flight plan is viewable through the use of scrolling devices is disclosed. The flight plan display may also include a method and...
6460810 Semiautonomous flight director  
A device for programming industry standard autopilots by unskilled pilots. The effect of the invention is such that when the invention is employed in a flying body comprising an industry standard...
6424889 Method for generating a horizontal path avoiding dangerous zones for an aircraft  
A method for generating a horizontal path for the avoidance of danger zones for an aircraft. The method models the contours of each danger zone by a succession of segments demarcated by points. The...
6366836 Method and apparatus for providing adaptive altitude preselector units  
A method of changing a preselect altitude value includes receiving an input from a pilot. In response, the preselect altitude value is changed by a first amount from a current preselect altitude...
6239745 Satellite landing system having instrument landing system look alike guidance  
Disclosed are a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) landing system (GLS) and methods of using the same to calculate a vertical deviation from the glide slope of the aircraft. A GNSS antenna...
6198991 Low-noise level landing apparatus and system for helicopters  
A low-noise level landing apparatus for helicopters comprises a helicopter position calculator for calculating the position of the helicopter, a data input device, an air data sensor for measuring...
6158695 Method of speed protection and flare compensation for use with aircraft pitch control system  
A method of providing speed protection to a neutrally-stable aircraft including the calculation of at least one of a stall protection signal and an overspeed protection signal. The aircraft...
6157876 Method and apparatus for navigating an aircraft from an image of the runway  
An image sensor attached to an aircraft generates an image. The image includes a runway and other objects. The edges within the image are detected and Nav Data is used to predict the coordinates...
6119055 Real time imaging system and method for use in aiding a landing operation of an aircraft in obscured weather conditions  
An imaging apparatus for aiding landing of aircraft in weather conditions obscuring a pilot's view of a runway. The apparatus comprises a plurality of LED assemblies which are disposed along the...
6111526 Vehicle course steering aid device  
A device for assisting the piloting of a vehicle by instruments. Various indications are displayed on an aircraft head-up view finder including a horizontal line graduated in terms of heading, a...
5969670 Inexpensive monitoring technique for achieving high level integrity monitoring for differential GPS  
A dual global positioning system (GPS) receiver navigation system. The system of the present invention includes a primary GPS receiver adapted to determine a first position. The primary GPS...
5968106 Aircraft stop-to-position autobrake control system  
An aircraft automatic braking system processes the flight crew selected stopping position of the aircraft on the runway via a control display unit (30) and the aircraft's actual position, provided...
5957412 Method and device for vertical guidance of an aircraft  
The present invention relates to a method and a device for guiding an aircraft (A) according to a prescribed vertical flight path (T). According to the invention: the vertical distance he...
5901927 Ground strike protection function for aircraft autopilot  
A method and apparatus for use with an aircraft autopilot to prevent an aircraft part from striking the ground during near ground maneuvers by employing a protection circuit between the outer loop...
5826833 System for providing an air/ground signal to aircraft flight control systems  
A number of different combinations of "true/false" conclusions of the air/ground condition of an aircraft are analyzed and compared to automatically provide a signal to a flight control system of...
5823479 Landing attitude modifier for airplane  
A method modifying the landing pitch attitude of an airplane during landing approach and touchdown is disclosed. A reference value for a predetermined flight condition parameter is subtracted from...
5820080 Precision equivalent landing system using gps and an altimeter  
A precision equivalent landing system. In one embodiment, a position determining system is coupled to an aircraft. The position determining system generates lateral position information of the...
5815407 Method and device for inhibiting the operation of an electronic device during take-off and landing of an aircraft  
An apparatus (700) for inhibiting operation of an electronic device (702) during take-off and landing of an aircraft (802) has a sensor (704) that measures a lateral acceleration. A control circuit...
5745054 Method and apparatus for conformal runway alignment on a head up display  
An aircraft display system positions a synthetic runway which is properly aligned with a target runway even during crosswind approaches. The relative position of the target runway is computed in a...
5712785 Aircraft landing determination apparatus and method  
An aircraft landing determination apparatus and method for determining landing status of an aircraft by tracking arriving aircrafts and providing a unique runway assignment therefor. The aircraft...
5702070 Apparatus and method using relative GPS positioning for aircraft precision approach and landing  
A relative GPS landing system is provided for approach and landing of aircraft where an accurate site survey of the GPS platform is unavailable. Data containing information on all GPS satellites in...
5695157 Device for assistance in the piloting of an aircraft at the landing stage  
This device relates to assistance in the piloting of an aircraft or helicopter in conditions of poor visibility, at the landing stage, during the final approach before touchdown. In case of poor...
5593114 Synthetic vision automatic landing system  
A system is provided which permits a display of ground conditions to the pilot through the use of a forward looking sensor set and uses signals generated from the aircraft to simulate ground aid...
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...
5235513 Aircraft automatic landing system  
The invention provides a system for determining the spatial position of a moving object and for guiding its movement, which system comprises a triangular arrangement of three light sources attached...
5142478 Computerized aircraft landing and takeoff system  
An aircraft upon approaching a runway for a landing receives a "measurable signal" from a transmitter located at the far end of the active runway. The strength of this "measurable signal" is...
5113346 Aircraft automatic landing system with engine out provisions  
Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for processing flight control signals in an automatic landing system so that automatic landings can be executed within the bounds of current certification...
5111403 Terrain compensation method and apparatus for aircraft automatic landing systems  
Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for generating a signal representative of aircraft gear altitude after the flare maneuver is initiated in an automatic landing procedure. In accordance with...
5078345 Automated approach speed control for an airplane  
A flight control system of a turboprop airplane includes electronic controlled engines, which are governed by a manual operating device for setting the engine power in order to obtain a certain...
5060889 Apparatus and methods for maintaining aircraft track angle during an asymmetric flight condition  
When an aircraft is operating in an asymmetrical flight condition, such as during a landing decrab maneuver or during inflight engine out, the pilot is normally required to make precise...
5036469 Pitch attitude command flight control system for landing flare  
This invention provides a flare control modification for pilot-in-the-loop aircraft maneuver command electronic flight control systems. During flare, pilot pitch control inputs are interpreted as...
5000404 Aircraft precision approach control system  
A precision approach control system designed to control the approach of an aircraft during landing to provide a more stable and easier mode of landing during critical landing situations, such as...
4980833 Airplane take-off monitor with learning feature  
A take-off performance monitor uses a sensor to produce a movement signal proportional to the movement of an aircraft during a take-off roll and, for each take-off, historical data is generated and...
4972321 Lateral axis rollout control for aircraft  
Apparatus for guiding an aircraft along the center line of a runway at rollout touchdown. A rollout predict path command is generated in accordance with a first path segment Y 1 =T 1 (Y m +Y u...
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