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7570178 Traffic display  
The present invention is directed to a traffic display for an aircraft, which includes a vertical traffic indicator. The vertical traffic indicator includes flight levels, depicted utilizing...
7502684 Method and system for the automatic piloting of an aircraft on the approach to an airdrop position  
A method of automatic piloting of an aircraft during a phase of approach to a predetermined airdrop position includes automatically applying a speed profile with decreasing speed such that the...
7471997 Landing-control device and landing-control method for aircraft  
A landing-control device is provided having a new structure for carrying out landing control of an aircraft. A detecting unit 10 detects at least a relative altitude from a landing surface to an...
7437237 Positioning control apparatus and the method  
A positioning control apparatus including feedback loops according to a plurality of control modes which control positioning of an object to be controlled is provided, in which the positioning...
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...
7389163 Procedure to minimize the risk of air collision for personal mid-air vehicles  
A method of and a system for controlling personal air vehicle (PAV) traffic provides a take-off-and-landing zone, and a forward flight zone. The take-off-and-landing zone may be from the ground up...
7370255 Circuit testing with ring-connected test instrument modules  
Method and apparatus for circuit testing with ring-connected test instrument modules. A system for controlling one or more test instruments to test one or more integrated circuits includes a master...
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...
7151995 Method for the prediction of air traffic events, especially for assistance in decision-making for airlines and airports  
In a method for the prediction of air-traffic events, with sending means being distributed on the sites of the air-traffic actors, and with data-processing means communicating with these sending...
6925370 Automotive system including a back-up aid with parking assist  
A technique for combining a back-up aid function with a park assist function in a motor vehicle initially includes determining a distance from a motor vehicle to an object. Next, a velocity of the...
6904340 Flight control indicator for an aircraft, in particular a transport airplane, intended to supply the thrust generated by at least one engine of the aircraft  
Flight control indicator for an aircraft, in particular a transport airplane, intended to supply the thrust generated by at least one engine of the aircraft. The flight control indicator ( 1 )...
6836729 Method of and apparatus for detecting vehicle speed pulse drop, on-vehicle navigation system, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave  
An on-vehicle navigation system is provided with a radio wave positioning apparatus ( 18 ) and a vehicle speed sensor ( 13 ) for a dead reckoning positioning. A method of detecting a vehicle speed...
6834226 Multiple control loop acceleration of turboalternator after reaching self-sustaining speed previous to reaching synchronous speed  
A method of operating a turboalternator when the turbine engine speed is between synchronous speed and self-sustaining speed.
6826469 Vehicle traveling control system  
A vehicle traveling control system includes a control mode for controlling a vehicle speed by applying braking force so as to maintain the vehicle speed at a predetermined driving force threshold...
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,...
6707392 Vehicle speed control system and method for controlling vehicle speed  
A system for controlling a speed of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a first communications unit and a second communications unit. The first communications unit is coupled to an engine...
6587757 Method for guiding an aircraft during a convoy flight  
The invention relates to compliance with the safety distances between aircraft travelling, in a queue, one behind the other, through a prescribed air corridor. It is more especially concerned with...
6584400 Schedule activated management system for optimizing aircraft arrivals at congested airports  
A system is provided for managing the inbound flow of aircraft to an airfield by ensuring that aircraft are sequenced before departure into an arrival stream. Sequencing uses operational data...
6549841 Method and device for assisting a driver of a vehicle  
The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a driver of a vehicle, said vehicle having an engine and a braking system, an accelerator that conveys the driver's wishes concerning...
6507782 Aircraft control system for reaching a waypoint at a required time of arrival  
The instant invention provides a system and method for controlling the flight of an aircraft to meet an RTA. The system comprises a speed profile generator that communicates with a trajectory...
6498981 System for sequencing traffic  
A system for sequencing traffic for use with various types of vehicles such as air vehicles, land vehicles water vehicles, and railroad vehicles. Virtual containers may be generated that are used...
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...
6393362 Dynamic safety envelope for autonomous-vehicle collision avoidance system  
The function of each autonomous vehicle in a surface mine is performed according to a predetermined trajectory related to its particular task and implemented by a guidance system through on-board...
6389334 Process and device for automatically supported guidance of aircraft to a parking position and management system therefor  
A method and associated device and management system for automatically guiding an aircraft to a parking position in a parking zone. The aircraft is detected by at least one video camera located in...
6356833 Vehicle speed control system using wireless communications and method for controlling the same  
Disclosed a vehicle speed control system using wireless communications, the system including a driving state detecting unit for detecting a driving state and outputting corresponding signals; a...
6285943 Road speed control system  
A road speed control system for preventing motorists from speeding on roads. The road speed control system includes roadside transmitter/receiver members being adapted to be erected along roadsides...
6256567 Speed-change pattern switching control system for automatic transmission of motor vehicle  
A speed-change pattern switching control system for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle which can ensure enhanced comfort when driving the motor vehicle. The system decides the running...
6236933 Instantaneous traffic monitoring system  
A system for instantaneously monitoring traffic congestion including a plurality of monitoring electronic devices located in motor vehicles traveling on roadways in a selected region. Each...
6161072 Automatic cruise control  
An automatic cruise control uses stored information about speeds which the vehicle used at given positions in the past to control the speed of the vehicle at a current position. In this way, the...
6154693 Automatic aircraft landing  
An automatic aircraft landing system (AALS) (10) for automatically landing an aircraft on a runway. The AALS (10) includes data acquisition apparatus (DAA) (24) for acquiring flight data pertaining...
6061625 Process for obtaining traffic data  
A process for obtaining traffic situation data in a compressed form, while largely maintaining the reliability of the data, whereby a speed profile for a vehicle that moves in traffic and belongs...
6061612 Aircraft flight management system  
A process for managing air speed of an aircraft in flight. The method includes a first step of determining a point on the flight path at which it is theoretically possible to comply with a required...
6049754 Method for displaying vehicle arrival management information  
A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale...
6041273 Emergency control aircraft system using thrust modulation  
A digital longitudinal Aircraft Propulsion Control (APC) system of a multiengine aircraft is provided by engine thrust modulation in response to comparing an input flightpath angle signal γc from...
5668540 Detection device for data relating to the passage of vehicles on a road  
A detection device for data relating to the passage of vehicles over a road. The detection device is to be placed in a groove provided in the upper portion of the road and comprises a first...
5485161 Vehicle speed control based on GPS/MAP matching of posted speeds  
The GPS-map speed matching system for controlling the speed of the vehicle is described. The system includes a GPS navigation receiver, a database processing facility, a GPS computer, an engine...
5408413 Apparatus and method for controlling an optimizing aircraft performance calculator to achieve time-constrained navigation  
A Flight Management System for aircraft whereby time-constrained flight can be achieved while maintaining predetermined input parameters selected for minimizing cost of flight, wherein arbitrary...
5325492 System for asynchronously delivering self-describing control elements with a pipe interface having distributed, shared memory  
A microprocessor system includes a processor unit, one or more subsystem adapter units, optional I/O devices which may attach to the adapters, and a bus interface. Memory in the processor and...
5121325 Required time of arrival (RTA) control system  
A required time of arrival (RTA) control system (200, 220, 240) is disclosed for use with an aircraft on-board computer system (100). The control system (200, 220, 240) is adapted to provide data...
5079711 Aircraft high altitude vertical flight path and speed control system  
A variable bandwidth factor KALT is applied in a total energy control system to obtain a reduction in throttle activity while maintaining system stability. The system has a total energy control...
5056027 Apparatus and method for a smooth transition between calibrated airspeed control of an aircraft and Mach number control of an aircraft  
Apparatus and an associated method are described for an aircraft for providing an auto-changeover procedure from a calibrated airspeed control parameter to a Mach number control parameter when the...
5051910 Wind forecast error compensation for 4-D guidance in a aircraft flight management system  
In a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft, there is included a speed generator that outputs a speed command for the aircraft in accordance with a preselected mode. The FMS further includes...
4774670 Flight management system  
An improvement to a Flight Management System (FMS) for an aircraft is described. The improvement comprises: a system coupled to the flight management system for accepting flight data information,...
4760530 Flight management system providing minimum total cost  
A flight management system that provides an airspeed command to control a flight profile pursuant to minimum total cost. Total cost is the sum of direct operating cost and arrival time error cost...
4646243 Apparatus for determining the groundspeed rate of an aircraft  
Aircraft gyro (20, 22) signals θ and φ, representative of pitch and roll attitude, respectively, and accelerometer (24, 26, 28) signals a x , a y , a z , representative of longitudinal, lateral,...
4641268 Cruise airspeed control for aircraft  
A cruise speed control apparatus for aircraft wherein small differences between the target Mach command and the actual Mach number of the aircraft are used to displace the aircraft from its...
4467429 Aircraft thrust control scheme for terrain following system  
This system permits speed variation within certain constraints. The minimum speed is derived from a stall avoidance or acceleration margin condition and the maximum speed may be the lower limit of...
4422147 Wind shear responsive turbulence compensated aircraft throttle control system  
A turbulence compensated aircraft throttle control system is augmented with switching logic and signal processing to subtantially decrease the magnitude of wind shear-induced airspeed errors and...
4360888 Omnidirectional airspeed system  
A microprocessor receives sensor signals and produces signals proportional to total, longitudinal and lateral air speed. An omnidirectional air speed sensor uses pressure samplers on a rotating arm...
4277041 Aircraft cruise speed control system  
An improved cruise speed control system for commercial jet aircraft is described. The basic control terms for the pitch loop are altitude error, altitude rate and washed-out speed or Mach. The...
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