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6671589 |
Method and apparatus to support remote and automatically initiated data loading and data acquisition of airborne computers using a wireless spread spectrum aircraft data services link
The system and method of the present invention provides automated electronic switching and control for data uploading of software in the form of operational programs, operational configuration or...
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6666400 |
Network hub for a reconfigurable data network having physical transmission media
A data network includes a plurality of network devices spaced apart from one another and distributed at multiple locations, a plurality of cables each coupled to a respective one of said plurality...
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6666401 |
Missile defense system with dynamic trajectory adjustment
A missile defense system includes a tracking station for monitoring the course and/or trajectory of an incoming missile. The incoming missile course and/or trajectory information is communicated to...
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6664656 |
Aircraft electrical power distribution network
A data collection network and electrical power distribution network designed to reduce airplane wire weight and allow nearly complete wiring design and installation of wiring and equipment in the...
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6662086 |
Fuzzy logic based emergency flight control with thrust vectoring capability
A fuzzy logic based emergency flight control system for an aircraft. The system has a thrust vectoring flight control system, an aerodynamic flight control system, and a fuzzy logic controller. The...
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6654647 |
Method for controlling an automatic guided vehicle system
A method for controlling an automatic guided vehicle system having an automatic guided vehicle and a central controller for controlling the automatic guided vehicle is capable of operating with...
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6650972 |
Estimation, transmission, receipt, and presentation of vehicle specific environmental conditions and hazards information
This invention combines meteorological, environmental, or dynamic vehicle data with data specific to a particular craft or vehicle, such as, for example, the weight, speed, acceleration, response...
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6650973 |
Flight control system
A flight control system for controlling a flight of an aircraft, having an actuator for actuating flight control surfaces and outputting a feedback signal in return; a flight control computer for...
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6648269 |
Trim augmentation system for a rotary wing aircraft
The flight control system includes a trim augmentation algorithm which advantageously provides two primary functions: direct augmentation of the rotor trim via on-axis stick input; and automatic...
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6643570 |
Aircraft engine reliability business model
A business model algorithm for maintaining aircraft engines in reliable and safe operating condition without the necessity of performing major engine overhaul in which engine manufacturers'...
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6636786 |
Aircraft energy systems management method
An energy systems management method includes steps of providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and...
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6633801 |
Method and apparatus for providing information to pilots
A portable computer system allows a pilot to efficiently and effectively manage time-oriented and other flight-related tasks. The system preferably includes a microprocessor coupled to a...
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6631314 |
Propellant utilization system
A propellant utilization system for a space vehicle having at least a first thrust source and a second thrust source. The propellant utilization system utilizes a common set of algorithms to...
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6631315 |
Aircraft signal definition for flight safety system monitoring system
A system and method compares combinations of vehicle variable values against known combinations of potentially dangerous vehicle input signal values. Alarms and error messages are selectively...
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6618652 |
Device for reviewing the flight plan of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane
Device for reviewing the flight plan of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane. The device ( 1 ) includes display means ( 3 ) depicting, on a presentation screen ( 5 ), a flight plan page...
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6615116 |
Method and apparatus for communicating between an aircraft and an associated store
A signal conditioning system for translating communications between an aircraft and an associated store includes a store umbilical element that electrically and mechanically couples the aircraft...
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6606544 |
Electronic flight kit and method
A flight kit having a process and a set of software tools for: marking up and restructuring of flight information content such as manuals, checklists, aerodynamic data, and alerting information;...
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6606563 |
Incursion alerting system
A system for alerting the occupant of a vehicle that the vehicle is in or approaching a zone of awareness. For instance, the system may be used to alert the pilot or flight crew of an aircraft that...
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6593858 |
Methods and apparatus for generating a vertical situational image of a vehicle
Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a vertical situational image of a vehicle. The apparatus for generating a vertical situational image of the vehicle is comprised of an input device...
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6587761 |
Unambiguous integer cycle attitude determination method
A vehicular position and attitude can be accurately determined from GPS signals by positioning a master and two slave orthogonally disposed receiver antennas rigidly mounted together enabling the...
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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...
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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...
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6584382 |
Intuitive vehicle and machine control
A control machine/operator interface and a method for controlling complex machines or moving vehicles are provided. The method uses a high level of automation and the man-machine interface to...
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6573888 |
Image control system controlling traffic of a mobile body, such as an aircraft
In an air traffic control system for controlling aircraft a three-dimensional position is provided to monitor a position of an air traffic controller. An image is displayed on a display portion...
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6573914 |
Method and apparatus for using a scratch pad in a graphical user interface for avionics equipment
An apparatus and method for entering data into an avionics system which uses a large multi-functional display, with a graphical user interface, which is capable of direct data entry into...
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6574533 |
Method and device for displaying a velocity vector of an aircraft
The device ( 1 ) comprises a first means ( 3 ) for measuring the effective value of the velocity vector of the aircraft, a computing unit ( 4 ) which determines a display value automatically and...
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6574534 |
6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for spacecraft
A 6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for a spacecraft includes a plurality of thrusters, thruster modulator, position/velocity detector, target position/velocity generator, attitude/angular...
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6574532 |
Path controller for vehicles whose path is influenced by cross currents and a path control system and associated methods
A vehicle path controller for vehicles whose path is influenced by a moving current and has manual or automatic path steering based on a steering signal (v) supplied to a servo device ( 102 ) for...
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6571155 |
Assembly, computer program product and method for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information
A navigation performance based flight path deviation display assembly includes a display and a display processor capable of generating an image upon the display. The image includes at least one...
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6567727 |
Flight control system
A flight control system automatically recognizes safety-critical flight conditions and transmits timely guidance to the pilot for correcting such flight conditions. The flight control system...
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6556895 |
Method for transfer alignment of an inertial measurement unit in the presence of unknown aircraft measurements delays
A method for velocity match transfer alignment between a carrier vehicle and a carried vehicle. The method includes repeatedly measuring a velocity difference between the carrier vehicle and the...
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6556896 |
Magnetic roll rate sensor
A magnetic roll rate sensor for measuring the roll rate or roll position of a missile. A pair of magnetic sensor elements mounted within the missile provide analog electrical signals representative...
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6553333 |
System and method for calculating aerodynamic performance of tilting wing aircraft
Aerodynamic performance parameters for aircraft configurations are calculated using an aerodynamic performance system and method. The aerodynamic performance system in a workstation includes a...
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6552669 |
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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6542797 |
Vehicle control system and associated methods for continuous path control of the vehicle taking into consideration cross currents that influence the vehicle trajectory
A method for generating a path trajectory of a vehicle, taking into consideration cross currents influencing the vehicle path, which is based on a starting point, a path point as a target point,...
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6542796 |
Methods and apparatus for integrating, organizing, and accessing flight planning and other data on multifunction cockpit displays
A method and system for displaying a flight plan such that an entire flight plan is viewable through the use of scrolling devices is disclosed. The flight plan display may also include a method and...
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6542086 |
Docking system for airport terminals
A docking system for airport terminals has a docking station subsystem and a docking station for each gate. The docking station subsystem is connected via a communication network to a central...
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6526337 |
Supervisory control system for aircraft flight management during pilot command errors or equipment malfunction
A system and method for intervention control of an aircraft in the event of pilot command error whether voluntary or involuntary. Impending detection of a chaotic condition associated with a...
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6526338 |
Electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder
An electrical fly-by-wire system for operating an aircraft rudder includes a low-pass filter, arranged between a rudder bar and an actuator of a rudder. The low-pass filter receives a control...
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6522958 |
Logic method and apparatus for textually displaying an original flight plan and a modified flight plan simultaneously
A method of simultaneously presenting a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan includes displaying a textlist of waypoints, copying waypoints from the original flight...
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6519527 |
Navigation assisting system, flight-route calculating method, and navigation assisting method
The present invention stores data of the nearest airport where an airplane can take off and land as well as database of an ETOPS-applied time related to this airplane beforehand. when a flight...
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6519720 |
Data transmission system
A sub-net operation with increased availability and reduced power consumption is achieved in a bus system with a plurality of stations ( 10, 11, 12 ) which are coupled to one another via a system...
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6512975 |
Traffic information service (TIS) uplink own aircraft heading correction
An apparatus, method and computer program product for correcting own aircraft heading and displaying proximate aircraft traffic data on a Traffic Information Service display. The apparatus, method...
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6505102 |
Method and device for assistance with the piloting of an aircraft, especially a transport airplane
The method provides for an information presentation (IF 1 ) to be presented on a visual-display screen ( 5 ), the information representing at least one vertical plane along a theoretical flight...
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6502015 |
Terrain following apparatus for a vehicle
A Terrain Following Apparatus for a vehicle such as an aircraft includes means ( 1 ) for effecting autonomous following of terrain by the vehicle, a control device ( 2 ), operable by a person...
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6499005 |
System and method for simulating air mode and ground mode of an airplane
A system for enabling an operator to select a signal indicative of an air mode and a ground mode of an airplane is provided. The air mode is a state of the airplane when the airplane is in the air,...
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6498968 |
Optimistic distributed simulation for a UAV flight control system
A real-time distributed model-based predictive control method having a time maintenance mechanism that solves all state synchronization problems. Method steps include generating a message that...
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6496760 |
Flight information display with plane of flight view
In an aircraft flight information display system, a viewing surface of the display presents an observer with a view of the flight space forward of the aircraft. The viewing surface includes a...
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6496755 |
Autonomous multi-platform robot system
An autonomous mobile robot system allocates mapping, localization, planning and control functions to at least one navigator robot and allocates task performance functions to one or more functional...
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6492934 |
Method of deriving ground speed for descending aircraft
The present invention is a method of deriving a ground speed of an aircraft on a descent along a flight path. A vertical speed signal is produced as a function of an altitude signal and a vertical...
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