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6856894 |
Navigating a UAV under remote control and manual control with three dimensional flight depiction
Navigating a UAV including receiving in a remote control device a user's selection of a GUI map pixel that represents a waypoint for UAV navigation, mapping the pixel's location on the GUI to Earth...
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6847865 |
Miniature, unmanned aircraft with onboard stabilization and automated ground control of flight path
A miniature, unmanned aircraft for acquiring and/or transmitting data, capable of automatically maintaining desired airframe stability while operating by remote directional commands. The aircraft...
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6845302 |
Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system
Directed toward universal commercial-airliner application as an air/ground-lifesaving function, this cost-effective retrofitable system enables airliner-pilots to conveniently actuate an...
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6842672 |
Cockpit instrument panel systems and methods with redundant flight data display
Systems and methods are provided for integrated control, access, and presentation of flight information within the cockpit. Cockpit instrument systems and methods are provided which include a first...
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6836701 |
Autonomous multi-platform robotic system
An autonomous multi-platform robot system ( 100, 1100 ) for performing at least one functional task in an environment is provided. The system includes at least one navigator platform ( 110, 1110 )...
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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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6819982 |
Uninhabited airborne vehicle in-flight refueling system
A method and system is provided for performing automated air refueling of uninhabited airborne vehicles (UAVs). The method and system includes any combination of a positioning system component, an...
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6816823 |
Process for designing flight controllers
Process for designing flight controllers, in which first for the rigid airplane and then for the elastic airplane the damping and the phase delay for each excitation frequency is determined, and...
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6813559 |
Orbiting a waypoint
Navigating a UAV including orbiting a waypoint including defining four bracket lines surrounding a waypoint, flying the UAV from a course segment having coordinate values in a range into a course...
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6811115 |
Method and system for setting hull parameter of airship and method of adjusting ascension rate of the same
A method comprises: launching observation means configured to observe upper air environment immediately before launching an airship to acquire ambient air data on the actual conditions of the upper...
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6812858 |
Integrated display for aircrafts
An integrated display for displaying navigation and communication information from a plurality of sources on a single screen provides an overall picture of selected information. A graphical...
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6810310 |
Anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system and method
An anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system is disclosed. The anti-terrorist pilot sensor system comprises a pilot sensor and an aircraft central processor unit operatively coupled to the pilot...
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6804586 |
Arrangement for generating control commands for actuating flaps and slats of an aircraft
An arrangement for generating control commands for controlling the slats and landing flaps of an aircraft includes two manually operable command input levers which are arranged directly...
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6799094 |
Aircraft location monitoring system and method of operation
An aircraft monitoring system adapted for mounting in an aircraft and at a location independent of the aircraft for providing information related to aircraft location and/or the current state of...
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6792340 |
Apparatus and method for providing live display of aircraft flight information
A method and apparatus for providing live display of aircraft flight information collects airline flight information from an airline reservation system and obtains aircraft location information...
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6782312 |
Situation dependent lateral terrain maps for avionics displays
In a lateral terrain map for avionics displays, a terrain relief contrast adjustment parameter, based on a statistical terrain roughness measure, is used to compute optimal terrain presentation for...
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6776369 |
Gliding vehicle guidance
Guidance of a gliding vehicle is disclosed. A method of the invention allows the range of the glide phase of a gliding vehicle to be maximized, while satisfying final flight path angle and aimpoint...
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6778884 |
System and method for generating consolidated gas turbine control tables
A method for generating a power setting parameter table. The method includes the steps of generating an index from a plurality of first and second inputs and determining a power setting parameter...
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6772979 |
Method and device for reducing the vibratory motions of the fuselage of an aircraft
Method and device for reducing the vibratory motions of the fuselage of an aircraft. According to the invention, accelerometers ( 9, 10 ) are mounted on engines (M 1 , M 4 ) of the aircraft ( 1 )...
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6772054 |
Device for operating a controlled member on a rotary-wing aircraft, particularly a helicopter
An apparatus for operating a controlled member on a rotary-wing aircraft is provided with at least one control intended to be subject to the action of a pilot of the rotary-wing aircraft and...
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6766226 |
Method of monitoring utility lines with aircraft
A method of monitoring utility lines with an aircraft. A first step involves equipping the aircraft with at least one dual sensor camera capable of concurrently capturing both thermal images and...
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6765528 |
Mobile radio with GPS capability
There is provided a mobile radio with Global Positioning System (GPS) capability. The mobile radio with GPS capability includes a GPS receiver and a mobile radio transceiver. The GPS receiver...
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6763289 |
System, bypass apparatus and method of operating a store of a first predetermined type
A system for operating and releasing a store of a first predetermined type includes an aircraft adapted to control the operation of stores of a second predetermined type and a bypass apparatus. The...
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6757596 |
Aircraft anti-theft system
A processor having a timer relay and a comparitor relay interprets, stores and compares inputted biometric data with pre-loaded biometric data and responds including activation of a vehicle's...
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6754567 |
Method and device for transmitting data on an aircraft
The system ( 1 ) which is on board an aircraft comprises a device ( 2 ) of avionic type, an interface means ( 3 ) available to an operator, and a data transmission link ( 4 ) capable of connecting...
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6751529 |
System and method for controlling model aircraft
In one embodiment, a method for controlling an aircraft comprises providing an attitude error as a first input into a neural controller and an attitude rate as a second input into the neural...
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6745113 |
Method and system for autoflight information display
A method and system for autoflight information display. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes determining if an automatic aircraft controller is controlling an...
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6745114 |
Process and device for determining in real time the behavior of a craft, in particular of an aircraft
A device for determining in real time the behavior of a craft may include a first device for determining, from a current linear model modeling the behavior of the craft, a vector λ illustrating an...
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6735505 |
Aircraft flight and voice data recorder system and method
An onboard portion of the system is located on an aircraft for monitoring a plurality of flight parameters and detecting a predetermined exceedence indicative of a potential problem. With regard to...
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6735500 |
Method, system, and computer program product for tactile cueing flight control
A system, a method, and a computer program product for determining tactile cueing of a flight control input apparatus includes an interface for receiving observed parameters relating to the flight...
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6732022 |
Control system for air vehicle and corresponding method
A system and/or method is/are provided which reduces the likelihood of air vehicles being utilized by terrorists as weapons. In certain embodiments, when it is determined that the air vehicle is...
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6725137 |
Method and apparatus using historical data to associate deferral procedures and fault models
A method of associating deferral procedures to a fault model for complex systems based on historical data, the method including the steps of: analyzing historical data for deferral information to...
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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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6714866 |
Methods and apparatus for installation alignment of equipment
A method for installation alignment of an inertial reference unit (IRU) with vehicle axes when the IRU is installed within the vehicle is provided. The vehicle axes include roll, pitch, and yaw...
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6711475 |
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) mapping system
The present invention is an rapid terrain visualization (RTV) flight management and planning system intended to assist operators of a LIDAR mapping system in planning and conducting aerial surveys....
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6711476 |
Method and computer program product for estimating at least one state of a dynamic system
A method and computer program product are provided for estimating the states of a dynamic system based upon a combination of first and second feedback signals. The first feedback signal is based...
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6711477 |
Automatic flight envelope protection for uninhabited air vehicles: method for determining point in flight envelope
A system and method for detecting if a UAV is operating within its flight envelope. The invention includes defining the flight envelope of the UAV. The operating state of the UAV is identified from...
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6708090 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for managing line-of-sight communications
A signal processing device references a database of communication/navigation facilities and determines if communications are available with that facility given a current position of the user.
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6708091 |
Automated terrain awareness and avoidance system
An automated terrain awareness and avoidance system includes a transmitter located in a region to be protected from controlled flight into terrain accidents. The transmitter transmits an...
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6704625 |
Aircraft architecture with a reduced bleed aircraft secondary power system
The present invention relates to an improved architecture for an aircraft. The aircraft has a first engine, a first gearbox associated with the first engine, a first starter/generator associated...
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6704624 |
Method and device for controlling an aircraft maneuvering components, with electrical standby modules
A device for controlling aircraft maneuvering units includes at least one control unit and a central computing unit. The control unit may be actuated by a pilot for issuing maneuvering commands....
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6701227 |
Avionics system
An avionics system for providing information to pilots provides a communications bus, allowing each instrument in communication with the bus to access information from a plurality of sensors....
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6697715 |
Instinctive steering system and method for reducing operator error in controlling a vehicle remotely
A method for controlling operation of a remotely piloted vehicle by an operator. The method includes the steps of accepting an operator directional command from a control device, accepting a...
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6696928 |
Method and system for countering hostile activity aboard an airplane
A method of countering terrorism or hostile activity in an airplane by using a built-in defense system within the aircraft. The defense system includes chemical sprays, laser guns, and...
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6694228 |
Control system for remotely operated vehicles for operational payload employment
A control system for a UAV includes control translations which maximize operational employment of the UAV payload. By determining spatial references, and then using the references to transform the...
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6694229 |
Method for simplifying manual radio frequency entries
A method for expediting the entry of a radio frequency into a radio control device by allowing entry of only a portion of the actual frequency desired comprising the steps of parsing the portion of...
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6691006 |
Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to aircraft maintenance personnel
A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check for an aircraft includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow...
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6687637 |
Data sensor validation system and method
A method of data sensor validation is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of pre-processing data sensor from each sensor from a plurality of sensors for at least segmenting the data sensors...
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6687578 |
Integration of avionics subsystems into cockpit multifunctional displays
An apparatus and method are provided for reducing display clutter and improving the readability of a display by eliminating the necessity of providing separate multifunction control/display units...
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