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7623957 |
System, method, and computer program product for optimizing cruise altitudes for groups of aircraft
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing cruise altitudes for multiple aircraft. The embodiments may be used for optimizing cruise altitudes of multiple...
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7619557 |
Method and device for filtering a video signal received by a secondary radar, particularly in order to eliminate mode S replies
The invention applies to secondary radars. It makes it possible to carry out filtering when seeking to detect SSR responses, these SSR responses being overlapped by a mode S response. According to...
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7619555 |
Methods and apparatus to contact aircraft
Methods and apparatus to alert a pilot in an aircraft of certain conditions, such as airspace violations. In one embodiments a system uniquely identifies aircraft and send a message to alert the...
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7616149 |
Methods and apparatus for radar time sensor
Methods and apparatus to detect and measure energy transmission or azimuth angle information from a radar system at one or more known or measured azimuth angles, determine, for each azimuth angle,...
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7598905 |
Systems and methods for monitoring transponder performance
There are presented various approaches to monitor performance of RF systems and circuitry such as those used in aircraft transponders. Such monitoring may be designed to verify operational...
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7598888 |
Rotary wing aircraft proximity warning system with a geographically based avoidance system
A safety enhancement warning system includes an avoidance system which communicates with a multiple of geographical positional systems. A geographic algorithm of the avoidance system utilizes a...
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7590475 |
Method and system for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft
A system and method for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft is provided. Generally, the system contains a detection system capable of detecting the hazard, and a...
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7589644 |
Method and onboard device to assist running in an airport
The invention relates to a method to help a person responsible for a vehicle on an airport to follow running procedures in the airport, the vehicle including a device for using the method,...
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7554482 |
Systems and methods for using a TCAS directional antenna for omnidirectional transmission
A method of transmitting from a traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) directional antenna, the TCAS directional antenna including a plurality of antenna elements connected to an...
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7548183 |
Systems and methods for automatically disabling a TCAS broadcast
Systems and methods for automatically disabling the TCAS Broadcast when aircraft join up in formation. A Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) determines if the aircraft is approaching...
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7535405 |
Method and apparatus for a multifunction radio
A multifunction radio for receiving radio signals from and sending transmissions to multiple radio systems comprises an antenna and a transmit/receive switch coupled to the antenna. The radio...
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7535404 |
Airport safety system
An airport safety system is disclosed, comprising surface movement radar for monitoring the movement of aircraft and land vehicles on an airport, said surface movement radar providing a signal...
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7498976 |
System and method for passively estimating angle and range of a source using signal samples collected simultaneously from a multi-aperture antenna
A system and method for passively estimating range and angle of a source are disclosed. The source may be any wave source including radio-frequency (RF), optical, acoustic or seismic sources. In...
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7495600 |
Airfield surface target detection and tracking using distributed multilateration sensors and W-band radar sensors
An airport surface target detection, classification and tracking system using a network of multilateration (SSR) sensors and W-band radar sensors is used to provide automatic location and tracking...
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7493086 |
Methods of attribute collection for mapping
This invention integrates a novel technique for mappers to efficiently collect attributes utilizing various wireless systems such as bluetooth. The wireless technique in the data-gathering device...
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7460061 |
Distributed radar data processing system
A distributed radar data processing system for generating data to be supplied to air traffic control by processing radar data obtained from a radar device, comprises a plurality of data buses...
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7460056 |
Multi purpose radar surveillance system
The invention discloses a radar system ( 100 ) for the detection of low RCS-objects ( 110, 140, 150, 160, 190 ) such as forest fires, said system comprising a first plurality of stations ( 120 )...
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7450004 |
Systems and methods for handling information from wireless nodes, including nodes for communication with aircraft
Systems and methods for handling information from wireless nodes, including nodes for communication with aircraft, are disclosed. A system in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes a...
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7437225 |
Flight management system
The present invention is a system and method for providing flight management to one or more aircraft via a communication link between a fight management system located outside the aircraft and a...
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7420501 |
Method and system for correlating radar position data with target identification data, and determining target position using round trip delay data
A method and system for using a single transceiver to correlate radar position data with target identification data. Two transceivers, operating in round trip delay mode, can be used to provide two...
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7412324 |
Flight management system with precision merging
The present invention is a flight management system with precision merging that may determine a rejoin turn location based upon a heading to allow proper spacing between an aircraft and an...
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7408498 |
Secondary surveillance radar and its interrogation transmission method
An interrogation transmission method of a secondary surveillance radar compares prediction angle ranges for transmitting interrogations with a beam-width of an antenna, and transmits the...
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7313143 |
Method for diversity site group operations in air/ground communications
Shortcomings in conventional Very High Frequency (VHF) Digital Link Mode 3 (VDL-3) communication techniques for implementing air/ground (A/G) diversity site group (DSG) communication are identified...
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7307579 |
Collision alerting and avoidance system
A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. The array includes a...
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7256728 |
Aircraft avoidance system for prohibiting an aircraft from entering an exclusion zone
The present invention relates to an avoidance system and method for directing an aircraft away from an exclusion zone. The exclusion zone may be any three dimensional space for example about a...
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7248963 |
Method and system for aircraft flow management
A method for managing the flow of a plurality of aircraft at an aviation resource, based upon specified data and operational goals pertaining to the aircraft and resource and the control of...
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7170441 |
Target localization using TDOA distributed antenna
This invention is a system and method of locating a target using distributed antenna. The antenna consists of several receiving elements in known locations. At least one of the receiving elements...
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7129887 |
Augmented reality traffic control center
In an exemplary embodiment, an augmented reality system for traffic control combines data from a plurality of sensors to display, in real time, information about traffic control objects, such as...
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7116266 |
Traffic alert and collision avoidance system enhanced surveillance system and method
A traffic alert and collision and avoidance system (TCAS) is disclosed. The TCAS comprises a first transponder and a first interrogator associated with a first aircraft. The first transponder sends...
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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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7038613 |
Method and device for determining at least one cue of vertical position of an aircraft
A method and device for determining a vertical position cue of an aircraft while landing in the presence of a lateral alignment beam, which is emitted from the ground and provides an indication of...
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7015856 |
Device and method for SPR detection in a Mode-S transponder
A Mode-S transponder is provided for detecting synchronization phase reversal (SPR) signals. The transponder includes a receiver for receiving a Mode-S signal that contains a P6 pulse having a...
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6977598 |
Aircraft protection system and method
According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for protecting aircraft includes a plurality of missile warning sensors and a turret mounted near the top of at least one support structure....
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6967616 |
Systems and methods for correlation in an air traffic control system of interrogation-based target positional data and GPS-based intruder positional data
An improved system and methods for correlating an interrogation-based air traffic surveillance intruder, such as an Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) intruder, and a GPS-based air...
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6934603 |
Multiblock robot system
The advantage of flexible multi-axis robot systems and robot cell-unit systems being further extended by providing electric and electronic E-POOL networks, consisting of multiblock individual...
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6915188 |
Controlling aircraft from collisions with off limits facilities
A signal is received from an off limits facility and it is determined from the signal whether an aircraft is within a distance of the off limits facility. The course and/or flight of the aircraft...
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6862519 |
Airport map system with compact feature data storage
An airport map display system for an aircraft displays the airport paved surfaces and structures to a pilot or crew member. The system displays runways, taxiways, connectors, ramps, gates, and...
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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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6826458 |
Graphic closure indicator for cockpit traffic display
A system for graphically displaying on a cockpit display an indication of closure (i.e. a “closure indictor”) with a selected target aircraft. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the...
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6825795 |
Transponder lock
A transponder lock provides allows an aircraft transponder to continue transmitting an alerting code for the duration of an emergency. The transponder lock thereby enables the aircraft transponder...
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6819282 |
Super-resolution processor/receiver to discriminate superimposed secondary surveillance radar (SSR) replies and squitter
A super resolution processor/receiver to discriminate superimposed secondary surveillance radar (Mode S, Mode A/C) replies and squitter that uses frequency-domain analysis to suppress interference...
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6816105 |
Vehicle surveillance system
An algorithm for improved tracking of Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System transponders is disclosed. The algorithm can be combined with a system that includes an interrogator which transmits an...
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6816087 |
Flight attendant actuated warning system and method
A flight attendant actuated warning system for alerting a flight crew in a flight deck compartment of an aircraft of a potential hijacking or other troublesome situation includes a receiver unit on...
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6789011 |
Method and system for allocating aircraft arrival/departure slot times
A computer program product, that allows an aviation system to temporally allocate aircraft slot times during a specified period for the flow of a plurality of aircraft toward a specified fix point,...
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6754581 |
Air travel information and computer data compilation, retrieval and display method and system
A system, method, and computer program is disclosed for managing integrated real-time information about air flight trips, providing that information to multiple users, and receiving feedback from...
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6744396 |
Surveillance and collision avoidance system with compound symbols
A surveillance and collision avoidance system provides a presentation of situational awareness information for display that includes a compound symbol for each target spaced at a distance and...
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6718236 |
Method for conducting a moving vehicle along a trajectory of a coordinated maneuver based on state information broadcast by other vehicles participating in the coordinated maneuver
A method for coordinating numerous vehicles within a common maneuver is characterized by receiving, at a moving vehicle, state and projected maneuver information of other vehicles participating in...
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6677888 |
Secure aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS)
A method and apparatus that permit military aircraft operators to use the civilian Aircraft Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) technology while ensuring data security.
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6646588 |
Midair collision avoidance system
A midair collision avoidance system (MCAS) employs an existing design of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) as a module and seamlessly integrates it with a customized tactical...
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6639545 |
Methods and apparatus to determine a target location in body coordinates
A method for determining a position of a doppler radar target in aircraft body coordinates is described. The method includes calculating values for doppler circle equations, in doppler coordinates,...
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