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6385513 |
Satellite emergency voice/data downlink
A satellite emergency voice/data downlink method and apparatus that sends cockpit audio and flight data to a satellite communications system upon detection of a serious event or a pilot generated...
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6381517 |
Method and apparatus to analyze accessor performance
An automated data storage system which comprises one or more robotic accessors movably disposed therein, each such accessor including a revolving memory buffer and a velocity control program,...
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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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6380869 |
Automated air-traffic advisory system and method
A method and apparatus for automatically providing advisories to pilots in a monitored airspace comprises monitoring weather conditions and air traffic in an airspace and then generating and...
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6370457 |
Debriefing systems and methods for retrieving and presenting multiple datastreams with time indication marks in time synchronism
Event debriefing systems and methods are provided for recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event. An observer of the event may create time indication marks that facilitate recalling,...
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6370450 |
Integrated total temperature probe system
A smart probe system for an aircraft receives an input from a heated total air temperature sensor. When on the ground, the heater for the total air temperature probe is cycled so that when a...
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6367031 |
Critical control adaption of integrated modular architecture
The present invention, Layered Detection Architecture (“LDA”) is useful to enhance the detection of command control processing errors and also facilitate survivorship among properly functioning...
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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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6363325 |
Automotive emergency awareness system
A vehicular emergency awareness system and method is provided. A vehicle is provided with an onboard computer system adapted to receive and process signals generated at an external source. Under...
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6353790 |
Gas turbine aeroengine control system
In a control system for a gas turbine aero engine, the control system (ECU) is configured as a dual control system comprising two channels, Ch-A and Ch-B. Ch-A has two CPUs which conduct...
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6353779 |
Method for managing communication modes for an aircraft
The present invention relates to the management, on board an aircraft, of the aeronautical digital telecommunications networks ACARS and ATN. It covers a method for automatic choice of the...
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6346892 |
Method and apparatus for aircraft systems management
Aircraft and other systems employing various condition settable parameters are controlled utilizing a command language, display, and input device for entering certain desired parameters with a...
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6347263 |
Aircraft terrain information system
An aircraft terrain warning generator is provided having a terrain and obstacle warning envelope having a lower boundary formed according to the lesser of the current aircraft flight path angle and...
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6345232 |
Determining aircraft position and attitude using GPS position data
The present invention is a method and apparatus to determine flight parameters of an aircraft. Data received from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver are converted to position data. The...
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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...
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6320579 |
Cockpit display having 3D flight path error symbology
A primary flight display (PFD) for an aircraft generating a 3-dimensional (3D) symbology indicative of the aircraft situational information. The 3D symbology includes a 3D vertical path error...
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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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6314343 |
Aircraft flight mode selector system
An aircraft flight mode selector assembly utilizes computer-generated menus and soft wired bezel keys to enable the use of a greater number of flight modes to be accessed in a smaller space than is...
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6314350 |
Methods and apparatus for generating maintenance messages
Sensor selection status monitoring and maintenance logic for generating messages relating to intermittent and "in-range" faults are described. In one embodiment, a transition count is generated...
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6313759 |
System and method of communication between an aircraft and a ground control station
A system for communicating between an aircraft and a ground control station. The system includes a communications module disposed onboard the aircraft and capable of electronically communicating...
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6311107 |
Wind advisory system
The present invention is a two-part wind advisory system comprising a ground station at an airfield and an airborne unit placed inside an aircraft. The ground station monitors wind conditions (wind...
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6308044 |
System and method of providing OOOI times of an aircraft
A method for determining the "Out," "Off,". "On," and "In" (OOOI) times for an aircraft, based on parametric data sampled in the aircraft. "Out" means out of the gate, "Off" means off the ground,...
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6304194 |
Aircraft icing detection system
The present invention comprises a system and method for detecting icing conditions in a multi-mode aircraft by indirectly detecting ice accretion through the measurement of aircraft performance...
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6292720 |
Trimming process for adapting a simulation system to an automatically controlled reference system
Trimming process for adapting a first control loop of a controllable, automatically controlled reference system, which is or represents an aircraft, to a second control loop which simulates the...
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6289289 |
Aircraft structural fatigue monitor
The present invention is a system for monitoring, storing, and reporting the accumulation of fatigue occurrences experienced by an aircraft. The system according to the present invention uses...
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6282466 |
Method of automated thrust-based roll guidance limiting
An improvement to a method of automatic flight using a flight management system is provided. The flight management system includes a lateral navigation (LNAV) control mode in which the flight...
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6281810 |
Redundant avionics for critical flight instruments
Redundant avionics for flight instruments: a plurality of aircraft flight data sensors, which provide data that are normally displayed on indicators in the cockpit, are transmitted to two...
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6278913 |
Automated flight data management system
A data processing system for automating the process of managing flight data and generating reports based on that data. The system accesses flight data transmitted on an airborne databus, where the...
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6275769 |
Weight and balance calculator for aircraft
A hand-held computer that displays the aircraft floor plan with passenger and baggage compartments shown on a pad, with which a pilot can calculate the Center of Gravity (CG) of an aircraft by...
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6273371 |
Method for interfacing a pilot with the aerodynamic state of the surfaces of an aircraft and body interface to carry out this method
Method, apparatus and sensors for directly interfacing a pilot (1) with the aerodynamic state of the surfaces of an aircraft, in particular allowing the direct sensorization of the conditions of...
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6266583 |
System and method for improving the accuracy of pressure altitude determinations in an inertial navigation system
A system and method for improving the accuracy of altitude determinations in an inertial navigation system. Pressure measurements available to the inertial navigation system are used to initially...
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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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6259977 |
Aircraft flight data analysis system and method
An aircraft data analysis computer program and method that allows user-defined measurements to be made on a set of flight data obtained from a variety of sources. Post-flight measurement and...
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6259380 |
Method and apparatus of automatically monitoring aircraft altitude
An apparatus and method for automatically and independently determining aircraft altitude and alerting the pilot to deviations from a target altitude exceeding a specified tolerance. The alerter...
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6253126 |
Method and apparatus for flight parameter monitoring and control
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for three-dimensional flight control based generally upon measuring and comparing actual air pressures at or near various surfaces of an aircraft during flight....
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6253166 |
Stable algorithm for estimating airdata from flush surface pressure measurements
An airdata estimation and evaluation system and method, including a stable algorithm for estimating airdata from nonintrusive surface pressure measurements. The airdata estimation and evaluation...
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6246341 |
Method and device for assistance with the maintenance of an aircraft, especially of a helicopter
The present invention relates to a method and a device (1) for assistance with the maintenance of an aircraft, especially of a helicopter, intended for replaying maintenance information. According...
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6240341 |
Flight management system (FMS) with integrated bit mapped data charts
An aircraft Flight Management System (FMS) simultaneously displaying FMS navigation data and geographically referenced bitmap data charts. The bitmap data charts are properly registered with the...
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6236913 |
Method and device for inputting and controlling flight data
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6236912 |
Process and device for aiding aerial navigation, with display of navigation instruments used
A process and device for assisting aerial navigation. The system affords the pilot of the aircraft greater knowledge regarding the situation which results from automatic decisions of a flight...
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6236914 |
Stall and recovery control system
An autopilot controller, for controlling a vehicle traveling in a fluid medium, designed for controlling the vehicle in any one of pre stall, stall and post stall regions. The autopilot controller...
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6219618 |
Aircraft navigational warning system
An aircraft navigational system allows for reduced storage and increased computing power for comparing terrain maps to the flight path and enroute track of the aircraft. Unique provisions are made...
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6216063 |
On-line μ method for robust flutter prediction in expanding a safe flight envelope for an aircraft model under flight test
A structured singular value (μ) analysis method of computing flutter margins has robust stability of a linear aeroelastic model with uncertainty operators (Δ). Flight data is used to update the...
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6199008 |
Aviation, terrain and weather display system
A computer system for displaying terrain, weather and aviation information includes a terrain database, an aviation map database, a weather database, an air traffic database, an airplane specific...
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6188937 |
Methods and apparatus for annunciation of vehicle operational modes
A vehicle control system contains a behavior annunciation function for generating a behavior mode output. The behavior mode annunciation system has a vehicle operational parameters database and a...
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6181990 |
Aircraft flight data acquisition and transmission system
An aircraft data transmission system used with an aircraft having a data acquisition unit. The system includes a communications unit located in the aircraft and in communication with the data...
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6181987 |
Method of assistance in the piloting of an aerodyne
The disclosed method is implemented by a system aboard an aerodyne comprising a processor, a terminal and memories in which there are stored all the information necessary for the carrying out of a...
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6175314 |
Voice annunciation of data link ATC messages
A system for voice announcing air traffic controller to pilot data link communication messages of a type which are in conformance with predetermined industry standard message formats, the system...
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6173159 |
Wireless spread spectrum ground link-based aircraft data communication system for updating flight management files
A system and method updates flight management files in accordance with the present invention and provides a retrievable record of the flight performance of an aircraft. A flight management computer...
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6173220 |
Attitude direction indicator with supplemental indicia
An attitude direction indicator (ADI) display includes a horizon line that divides an upper colored portion, which represents the sky, from a lower colored portion, which represents the Earth. The...
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