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7603209 Perspective vertical situation display system and method  
A display system and method for an aircraft simultaneously displays the terrain under the flight plan, or under the current track of the aircraft, as both a two-dimensional lateral situation view...
7602415 Compensation for overflight velocity when stabilizing an airborne camera  
A method and system for maintaining the line of sight of an airborne camera fixed on a target by compensating for overflight velocity of the aircraft. The compensation system automatically commands...
7587747 Telepresence method and apparatus for simultaneous use by multiple active/passive users  
A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active...
7522977 Method and a device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase  
A method for landing an aircraft includes determining the aircraft's deviation from its approach path so as to define a first point of the aircraft's heading. A first straight line passing through...
7423553 Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method  
An external index detection unit ( 105 ) receives an image sensed by a camera ( 100 ), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer ( 110 ) measures the rotational velocities of...
7373242 Navigation apparatus and navigation method with image recognition  
A navigation apparatus with image recognition, includes: an imaging section for obtaining a stereo image of a target spot; an inertial information detecting section for measuring an attitude angle...
7280134 Landscape camera system with electronic field of view switching  
The improved landscape camera system for use in aircraft utilizes digital video technology to obtain multiple fields of view that are selectable for viewing by passengers on the aircraft, from...
7225063 Aircraft control system  
A flight control system for preventing an aircraft colliding with designated man-made structures in which the geographical position of the aircraft is determined and then compared with...
7191056 Precision landmark-aided navigation  
Navigational systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide accurate processing of two-dimensional sensor images for navigation and determination of position in three-dimensions. Landmark...
7190392 Telepresence system and active/passive mode display for use therein  
A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active...
7162200 Antenna calibration system and method  
An antenna calibration system consists mainly of a signal source, an antenna, a first radio frequency mixer, a first local oscillator, an power detecting device, a personal computer, and a servo...
7130447 Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration  
A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly...
7123749 Height measurement apparatus  
Apparatus and methods for enhancing the accuracy of height above ground measurements in which the registration error between successive images taken of the terrain over which an aircraft is flying...
7113202 Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing  
An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically...
7106397 Liquid crystal display device having a polarization member that includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and solid optical rotatory film  
The present invention provides a polarizing member constituted by, at least, a cholesteric liquid-crystal layer ( 1 ), a quarter-wave plate ( 2 ), and an optical rotatory layer ( 3 ). By the...
7061401 Method and apparatus for detecting a flight obstacle  
An apparatus for and a method of detecting a flight obstacle ( 28, 30, 32, 34 ) in the surroundings ( 50 ) of an aircraft ( 4 ), in particular for collision warning purposes, wherein images of the...
7023470 Self-testing video display devices and method of use thereof  
A self-testing video display device and method of use. A video display test program is stored in a video processing unit inside a video display device. The test program includes a plurality of...
6943754 Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration  
A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly...
6915190 Method and system for acquiring and recording data relative to the movement of an aircraft  
A method and system for acquiring and recording on-board data relative to the movement of a vehicle, whereby a sequence of images of a control panel of the vehicle is acquired by a video camera...
6907324 Instrument reference flight display system for horizon representation of direction to next waypoint  
The invention provides a primary flight display instrument in which a symbol—such as a small star or triangle—indicates the bearing to the current waypoint in the flight navigation plan. The...
6577339 Aircraft monitoring and analysis system and method  
A camera that includes a camera head, an amplifier, and a camera control unit. The camera head includes a charge coupled device and at least one lens that is optically coupled to the charge coupled...
6538827 Non-circular aperture stop  
A vision system for a vehicle includes an image capture device, a non-circular aperture stop and a display system. The image capture device is adapted to receive an image of a scene occurring...
6470498 Personal computer system, compact disk and method for interactively viewing the earth  
Abstract of the Disclosure A method of interactively viewing the Earth including the steps of: selecting satellite viewpointd of a region of the Earth; reading prestored imaged of the region of the...
6424804 Modular airborne flir support and extension structure  
A modular camera support and extension structure which removably mounts on the seat tracks of a conventional aircraft and extends through a cargo pod door during usage, including a box structure...
6348942 Enhanced underwater visibility  
A system for enhancing underwater visibility is described that uses left and right alternately chopped laser illumination, filtered wide baseline stereo imaging and specular reflectors for...
6336062 Attitude angle sensor correcting apparatus for an artificial satellite  
An attitude angle sensor correcting apparatus for an artificial satellite of the present invention includes a satellite attitude estimator. The satellite attitude estimator reads geographical image...
6335694 Airborne audio flight information system  
An audio system that may include a flight-worthy electronics package that connects into the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft, and to that aircraft's passenger system. The audio system...
6264135 Inflight aircraft visual monitoring apparatus  
Disclosed is a first miniature digital video camera in a streamlined configuration mounted on or in proximity to the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft and in communication preferably with both...
6259475 Video and audio transmission apparatus for vehicle surveillance system  
A video-audio surveillance system for a motor vehicle is suitable for observing blind spots as well as for providing security for the vehicle and its contents. The system includes audio-video...
6211809 Surface-based passive millimeter-wave landing aid  
A passive millimeter-wave imaging system (10) that includes a millimeter-wave camera (12) positioned at the end of an aircraft landing strip (14) to provide an image (20) of the aircraft (16)...
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...
6148250 Altitude detection by use of planar approximation of a region of ground surface  
A three-dimensional image of a ground surface taken by a stereoscopic camera is converted to a distance image in a stereoscopic processing section. In an altitude calculating section, after...
6069654 System and method for far-field determination of store position and attitude for separation and ballistics  
This invention relates to a system and method for far-field determination of store position and attitude for separation and ballistics. The aircraft is outfitted with two photogrammetric video...
6028624 Method and apparatus for increased visibility through fog and other aerosols  
A system is described that uses chopped laser illumination, chopped and fered wide baseline stereo imaging, specular reflectors along the path to navigated, comparison of the two stereo images...
6025790 Position recognizing system of autonomous running vehicle  
A camera assembly 10 images a distant landscape and a downward landscape every a predetermined period of time. A position recognizing unit 30 of a moving object (autonomous running vehicle) detects...
6023291 Satellite camera attitude determination and image navigation by means of earth edge and landmark measurement  
A method and system is disclosed for imaging a celestial object, typically the Earth, with a spacecraft orbiting the celestial object. The method includes steps of (a) operating an imager...
6023058 Photosensitive detector and mosaic of photosensitive detectors for the detection of luminous flashes and applications  
A photosensitive detector (1) for detecting luminous flashes (2) is provided with a photosensitive diode (3) which is linked to a positive voltage and to ground via a resistor R1 and which is...
5894323 Airborne imaging system using global positioning system (GPS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data  
A remote data collection system, which may be used in a vehicle such as an aircraft or a ground vehicle, includes a directional sensor, such as one or more cameras, for sensing a characteristic of...
5881969 Lock-on-after launch missile guidance system using three dimensional scene reconstruction  
A system and method for recognizing a target and then guiding a projectile to that target. Initially, unique 3D features of the target are obtained and stored in a data base. The projectile is then...
5806789 Optical apparatus for an aircraft  
A fairing for an aircraft is provided, having a roll axis with a turret coupled to the front end of the fairing for rotation about the roll axis. An opening is formed through the front end of the...
5712678 Method and apparatus for scanning a terrain surface  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for scanning a surface of an object, transversely to a direction of motion. A scanner is provided for flying over the object at a flight altitude and flight...
5684577 Satellite terminal warning system  
A satellite surveillance system for providing an independent warning of attacking vehicles is realized by means of a light source detecting system that identifies discrete non-stellar light...
5646677 Method and apparatus for interactively viewing wide-angle images from terrestrial, space, and underwater viewpoints  
A broadcast for interactive viewing by a plurality of viewers is provided by contemporaneously capturing a plurality of wide-angle image sequences from a plurality of viewpoints. The viewpoints are...
5625409 High resolution long-range camera for an airborne platform  
A camera device comprises a first detector having opto-electronic sensors for enabling an entire image to be input simultaneously, and associated with an optical system of long focal length. A...
5581250 Visual collision avoidance system for unmanned aerial vehicles  
A collision avoidance ability for UAV (42) during its non-VFR pre-programmed autonomous flight is achieved by using a forward-looking TV camera (20) which senses visual obstacles in direction of...
5530650 Computer imaging system and method for remote in-flight aircraft refueling  
A visual guidance system and method includes a subsystem which both locates the aircraft and mating structures thereof and also determines their motion and their rate of change of motion. The...
5497960 Device for aircraft and aircraft provided with such a device  
The present invention relates to a device for a motorized aircraft, said device having a room for containing an inspection apparatus, said device comprising at least two elements, a first element...
5460341 Disturbance compensation system for a camera on board a spacecraft  
A disturbance compensation system for a camera on board a spacecraft and having an imaging device and condensing means for condensing light onto the imaging device. Linear actuators adjust the...
5436841 Method and device for determining the relative position and the relative path of two space vehicles  
A method and device for determining the relative position and the natural relative path of an approaching space vehicle with respect to an approached space vehicle. At each of two successive...
5434595 System and method for automatically correcting x-y image distortion in a display  
A system for detecting and automatically correcting X-Y errors in displayed image data. In a specific implementation, the invention (6, 10) includes a display driver ( 12, 14, 16, 4 ) for...
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