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6064923 |
Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading
An aircraft having a reduced-load wing structure is provided with a controllable canard stabilizer (5G, 5D) at the front end of the aircraft and a controller that controls the canard stabilizer....
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6064924 |
Method and system for predicting ship motion or the like to assist in helicopter landing
A method for a short-term prediction of future ship motion in open water to furnish visual cueing information that can be remotely presented to a pilot during an aircraft landing is described. Two...
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6062513 |
Total energy based flight control system
In a method of flight control in which a thrust command is computed based on the total aircraft energy error relative to flight path and speed control commands, and an elevator command is computed...
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6047226 |
Enhanced stellar attitude determination system
Spacecraft attitude is efficiently controlled by utilizing spatial noise and temporal noise in the calculation of gains to a Kalman filter. Spatial noise is modeled in a dynamic fashion so as to...
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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...
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6038496 |
Vehicle with optical scanning device for a lateral road area
The invention provides a vehicle with a laterally mounted optical scanning device for zero-contact scanning of a lateral highway area and an evaluation unit connected thereto. The optical scanning...
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6038498 |
Apparatus and mehod for aircraft monitoring and control including electronic check-list management
An aircraft includes a system for managing check lists solely by operation of a four-position rocker switch having a center return position. The system includes check list data organized into three...
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6038497 |
Aircraft turn guidance system
An aircraft turn guidance system comprises a satellite navigation receiver connected to a turn path computer. Position, velocity and waypoint headings and distances are communicated from the...
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6003817 |
Actively controlled thermal panel and method therefor
One or more deployable thermal panels (24, 28, 70) are actively controlled throughout the orbit of a satellite (20) to provide thermal dissipation. Adjusting the incident angle between the panel...
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6002972 |
Method and apparatus for measuring forces based upon differential pressure between surfaces of an aircraft
A method and apparatus for measuring the lift generated by airfoils of an aircraft. This real-time analysis is accomplished by measuring a differential pressure between the upper and lower lift...
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5995880 |
Method and device for detecting vertical gusts of wind and application thereof to the pitch-attitude control of an aircraft
An apparatus and method for detecting vertical gusts of wind on board an aircraft in cruising flight is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: calculating an absolute value (│α-θ│) of a...
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5971325 |
Compensation for rotorcraft pitch axis control saturation
A control system for small unmanned rotorcraft compensates for vehicle pitch control saturation caused by the need for sudden vehicle pitch attitude correction, in turn often caused by wind gusts....
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5971318 |
Safety system for visual flight references system
A safety system for visual flight reference system for simulating the geography around an airplane during the landing and the take-off under zero visibility conditions. The inventive device...
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5951607 |
Autonomous craft controller system for landing craft air cushioned vehicle
An autonomous craft controller system for automated control of operation of landing craft air-cushioned vehicle includes a command processor, a bow thruster controller, a prop pitch controller, and...
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5948023 |
Monitoring and/or control system for a dual-engine helicopter for one engine inoperative flight operations
A monitoring and control system for a dual-engine helicopter for OEI flight operations includes a parametric indicator operative in response to sensor signals for monitoring an engine gas generator...
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5938703 |
Embedded command module with matrix switch drive capability
An electronic embedded command module to control devices located in spacecraft includes a serial command decoder to decode serial digital input commands and control a switch matrix, a command...
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5931874 |
Universal electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store providing an on-screen commands menu
Apparatus and method providing an electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store for controlling data transmissions therebetween. The aircraft has a visual display of video...
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5922031 |
Low-altitude piloting method
In a method for the piloting of an aircraft, enabling low-altitude flight by setting up a tangent with the relief to be overflown, the aircraft pilot determines the goals to be attained on a...
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5922032 |
Controller and method of controlling a hydraulic control network with latching valve
A control method for managing a hydraulic control system of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the steps of scheduling the invocation of a plurality of vehicle functions through system...
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5920807 |
ACARS/VHF transceiver interface unit (AVIU)
An Aircraft Communication, Addressing, and Reporting System (ACARS) to VHF transceiver interface unit (AVIU) which allows direct pilot control of the VHF mode (voice or data) and also commands the...
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5908176 |
In-flight adaptive performance optimization (APO) control using redundant control effectors of an aircraft
Practical application of real-time (or near real-time) Adaptive Performance Optimization (APO) is provided for a transport aircraft in steady climb, cruise, turn descent or other flight conditions...
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5886666 |
Airborne pseudolite navigation system
Disclosed are systems, pseudolite transmitters, receivers, and methods of using the same to navigate. An airborne pseudolite transmitter transmits a first spread spectrum signal indicative of a...
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5875998 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing the aerodynamic effect of an airfoil
A method and an apparatus are provided for optimizing the aerodynamic effect of the airfoil of an aircraft by defined changes in camber. The method includes the following steps: a. determining...
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5862496 |
Method of computing divert velocity for the ground-based interceptor using numerical partial derivatives
A ground-based interceptor missile, part of a larger ballistic missile defense system, is provided for intercepting enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles. The interceptor employs a method based...
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5822515 |
Correction of uncommanded mode changes in a spacecraft subsystem
In a spacecraft having devices which are operative in plural modes, particularly an earth sensor operative in a north hemispherical inhibit mode, a south hemispherical inhibit mode, and a normal...
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5816533 |
Method and device for reducing the vibration generated on the structure of a helicopter
The present invention relates to a method and a device for reducing the vibration generated on the structure (14) of a helicopter (2) by the aerodynamic flow through the main rotor (3). According...
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5806805 |
Fault tolerant actuation system for flight control actuators
A fault tolerant actuation system (12) for flight control systems is provided. The fault tolerant actuation system (12) includes a plurality of primary flight computers (14a, 14b, and 14c) with...
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5774818 |
Method for piloting an aerodyne by automatic control onto a horizontal path determined from way points
In order to pilot an aerodyne between two geographical positions associated with a transition route constraint, the method according to the invention comprises the application to each of these...
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5721680 |
Missile test method for testing the operability of a missile from a launch site
A missile is tested by first stimulating the performance of missile built-in tests that are stimulated in service by signals from the launch site, and which tests do not require internal access to...
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5716032 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle automatic landing system
An automatic landing system for guiding an unmanned aerial vehicle along a predetermined path to a predetermined point on the ground. The system includes an image processing means resident in the...
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5715162 |
Correlative filter for a synchrophaser
A synchrophaser for a multi-engine, propeller-driven aircraft including a filter that automatically compensates for misalignment of blade position sensor tabs through derivation and application of...
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5708583 |
System for determining the position and roll angle of a moving body
The present invention relates to a system for determining the roll angle (φ), as well as the position with respect to an axis (OX), of a moving body (2), said system (1) having an optical detector...
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5689419 |
Apparatus including computer control and voice repetition of digital setting messages
The control apparatus is suitable for use on airplanes. It has a digital computer, order-issuing devices for issuing settings in the form of digital messages including data plus a label number...
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5656907 |
Method and system for programming toys
A control program for a programmable toy (24) is created using a graphic programming system implemented on a personal computer (10). In the preferred embodiment, the programmable toy comprises a...
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5646843 |
Apparatus and method for surface based vehicle control system
An apparatus and method for controlling a surface-based vehicle provides three operational modes: a manual operation, a tele-operation, and an autonomous operation. In manual operation, an operator...
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5646845 |
System and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicle
A system and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicle uses a vehicle manager to control vehicle subsystems and to respond to commands from either a vehicle navigation system or a...
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5629848 |
Spatial disorientation detector
A spatial disorientation detector system capable of warning a pilot of potentially disorienting flight conditions in response to Kalman filter modeling of human response characteristics. The Kalman...
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5627767 |
Testing device for manually movable components of a motor vehicle
An apparatus is provided for acquiring data relating to an amount of force required to move a manually movable member operatively associated with a motor vehicle through a predetermined range of...
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5623411 |
System for controlling a plurality of parallel hydraulic circuits in an aircraft
A system for the control of a plurality of independent parallel hydraulic circuits is provided. The system includes a first unit for monitoring the hydraulic circuits and for controlling equipment...
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5610822 |
Position-related multi-media presentation system
A position-related multi-media presentation system for a vehicle. A position determining system generates position information of a vehicle. The position information is transferred to a multi-media...
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5608627 |
Device for supervising the propulsion system of an aircraft
The present invention relates to a device for supervising the propulsion system of an aircraft, including a set of sensors (C1, C2, Cn) delivering information regarding the propulsion system....
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5586065 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing aircraft cabin noise
Aircraft cabin noise and engine vibration are monitored at selected cabin and engine locations (51a/51b), respectively. An optimizing equation uses aircraft cabin noise information to separately...
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5581462 |
Vehicle computer system and method
An auxiliary computer system for use on a vehicle that has a main computer. The computer system includes a cartridge computer that is removable from the vehicle and a receptacle in the vehicle for...
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5568388 |
Method and system for automatically calibrating control logic of a vehicle control system
A non-volatile RAM stores a selectable trim indicator which, in turn, is used to select one of a plurality tables of trim constant data from read-only memory. The selected table of trim constant...
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5550736 |
Fail-operational fault tolerant flight critical computer architecture and monitoring method
A flight critical computer system for an aircraft includes dual independent lanes having two processors in each lane. The first lane has a primary processor and a redundant processor and provides a...
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5548510 |
Method and apparatus for providing a universal electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store
A method and apparatus for providing a universal electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store includes an aircraft interface and a store interface for bidirectionally...
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5540405 |
Method and apparatus for compensating for magnetic disturbance torques on a satellite
This invention discloses a method for compensating for the disturbance torque on an orbiting satellite (10) from the interference of the earth's magnetic field lines with particular current loops...
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5526260 |
Device executing intervisibility calculation
A device executing intervisibility calculation includes a mechanism executing a radial spoke scan pattern where individual radials are traversed beginning at a threat installation and extending...
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5521817 |
Airborne drone formation control system
In a method and apparatus for remotely controlling a formation of drones. A single drone is chosen as a formation leader. Each other drone in the formation has one other drone in the formation as...
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5521823 |
Learning control vehicle
A vehicle having learning control includes a running condition detecting device for detecting a driving condition of the vehicle, a running characteristic control device for controlling a control...
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