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6493610 Flight information providing apparatus, flight information providing method, flight information providing program, and computer-readable recording medium  
A flight information providing apparatus 10 is composed of an information provision request input section 12 for entering an information provision request 50; a storage section 18 for...
6487495 Navigation applications using related location-referenced keywords  
An improved system and method for specifying physical locations when using applications run on navigation systems or other computer platforms that provide navigation- or map-related functions. When...
6480764 Flight control indicator for an aircraft, intended to supply the engine pressure ratio  
A flight control indicator for an aircraft, intended to supply the engine pressure ratio, includes acquisition and processing units ( 2, 3 ) which determine the actual value of the engine pressure...
6480763 Method and system for providing an aircraft drift advisory  
A system and method for issuing an aircraft drift advisory. In one embodiment, the system includes a head or eye tracker to monitor the rotational position of the pilot's line of sight with respect...
6473675 Aircraft communication frequency nomination  
An aviation facility nominating device for an aircraft includes a position receiving component that receives position data indicating a position of the aircraft, an aviation data receiving...
6473676 Method, apparatus and computer program product for estimating airplane attitude with reduced sensor set  
An apparatus, method and computer program product useful for supplying the pilot of an aircraft with aircraft attitude information in the event of full or partial failure of the gyroscopic system...
6470224 Configurable aircraft power system  
An aircraft power system includes a secondary power distribution assembly (SPDA), a programmable solid state power controller (SSPC) disposed within the SPDA and a non-volatile memory disposed...
6466235 Method and apparatus for interactively and automatically selecting, controlling and displaying parameters for an avionics electronic flight display system  
An apparatus and method for displaying flight information on a multi-functional avionics display where the display is divided into quadrants and a pop-up menu of available instrument functions to...
6463360 Mobile robot, automated production system, and mobile robot system  
A mobile robot placed on an automatic production line is provided. The mobile robot collects information on operating conditions of other mobile robots placed around it and flow of workpieces on...
6459963 Methods and apparatus for trimming engine control systems  
A control system trims a gas turbine engine in real-time to provide a desired amount of thrust. The control system includes a controller coupled to the engine for receiving inputs from the engine...
6456906 Satellite positioning-based guidance system that utilizes simulated inertial navigation system  
A satellite positioning-based guidance system and method that utilize a simulated inertial navigation system are disclosed. The trajectory of the body of a non-thrusted flight vehicle is used...
6452542 Integrated flight management system  
A smart probe assembly for an aircraft includes pressure sensing ports for sensing pressures indicating angle of attack, static pressure and pitot pressure, a circuit housing mounted on said probe...
6453220 Low earth orbit satellite constellation stationkeeping algorithm with absolute altitude control  
An easily implementable satellite constellation stationkeeping algorithm for maintaining the relative positioning among satellites of a low earth orbit constellation with minimal maneuvering while...
6453221 Method for determining a minimum control speed for an aircraft  
A method for determining a minimum control speed for an aircraft includes measuring, during at least one flight of the aircraft, the values of predefined parameters, recording these values in a...
6438468 Systems and methods for delivering data updates to an aircraft  
Systems and methods for providing data updates to a vehicle component (such as a navigation database on an aircraft) make use of a system server, a vehicle server, and an administrative program....
6424913 GPS navigational system and associated process for space applications  
The invention provides GPS navigational system for a satellite in space which comprises a front end section having an input for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of satellites, a digital...
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...
6411869 Power margin indicator for a rotary wing aircraft, particularly a helicopter  
A power margin indicator acquires rotary wing aircraft control parameters which are used to calculate and display a power margin. This calculation takes into account the actual rotor speed and a...
6405107 Virtual instrument pilot: an improved method and system for navigation and control of fixed wing aircraft  
A self contained electronic system for manual or automatic control and navigation of fixed winged aircraft using electronic position sensing such as GPS, DGPS, WAAS, and the like, as the primary...
6401014 Signal system  
A signal system 10 for a vessel such as an aircraft, incorporates nodes 16 A, B, C arranged in a hierarchy. Low level nodes 16 C are associated with plant 14 of the aircraft. Mid-level nodes ...
6400282 System for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a helicopter  
A system for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a helicopter, includes data acquisition and processing components and display components which are able to display at least one...
6401013 Method and system for integrating a laptop PC in a cockpit  
A system and method for processing information on an aircraft in an economically efficient manner, in which a non-FAA certified removable laptop PC is intermittently coupled to and integrated with...
6393343 Passenger service unit and an aircraft cabin systems control with such service units  
Passenger service units in an aircraft are equipped with a passenger interface and supply adapter ( 10 ). Each adapter includes an individual processor ( 14 ) which is programmable independently of...
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...
6389336 Overhead system of inclined eccentric geosynchronous orbiting satellites  
A system of inclined geosynchronous satellite orbits has a service area defined on a surface of the earth. The service area has elevation angles greater than a predetermined minimum elevation angle...
6389333 Integrated flight information and control system  
An improved navigation and display system especially suitable for small aircraft rapidly determines the attitude (roll and pitch) of an aircraft from measurements made by an inexpensive, single...
6389350 Combined system for controlling the handling performance of a motor vehicle  
In a combined system for controlling the driving behavior of an automotive vehicle according to different control principles or control functions, such as Anti-lock Brake Systems, Traction Slip...
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...
6381520 Sun seeking solar array control system and method  
A control system and method that keeps solar arrays on a satellite pointing toward the sun. Exemplary control systems and methods are implemented as follows. An orbit propagator computes satellite...
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...
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,...
6356814 Spacecraft magnetic torquer feedback system  
A magnetic torquer ( 10 ) for spacecraft attitude control, providing a torque that is controllable over an extended range greater than a normally used linear range, and thereby providing a higher...
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...
6349258 Method for horizontal routing of an aircraft between two waypoints  
This method meets the constraints dictated by the instructed values of turning radius and by the instructed values of direction of approach in terms of route or course to be maintained at the...
6343244 Automatic guidance system for flight vehicle having parafoil and navigation guidance apparatus for the system  
An automatic guidance system guides a flight vehicle having a para foil to a target grounding point. The system opens the para foil of the flight vehicle dropped in a predetermined area above the...
6341749 Method of simultaneously reducing inclination and eccentricity for geostationary orbit transfer  
A method and apparatus is provided for calculating an estimate of thrust vectors and burn times for an optimal two-burn orbit transfer from an inclined, eccentric initial orbit to a geostationary...
6341247 Adaptive method to control and optimize aircraft performance  
A measurement-based method to control and optimize the performance of an airborne vehicle. The stability and control of the vehicle is modified to induce a response in the airborne vehicle as...
6332105 Neural network based automatic limit prediction and avoidance system and method  
A method for performance envelope boundary cueing for a vehicle control system comprises the steps of formulating a prediction system for a neural network and training the neural network to predict...
6317660 Method for using satellite state vector prediction to provide satellite sensor automatic scan inhibit and/or sensor switching  
A method for use on a satellite that automatically inhibits scanning of an Earth sensor to handle sensor intrusions by the sun, moon, or other celestial bodies. In implementing the method, a...
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...
6311106 Automatic flat rate setting system for freight feeder aircraft and method of setting of engine flat rate  
A system and method of automatically setting a flat rate engine power setting of an aircraft determines the weight of loaded cargo containers to determine the total gross weight of the aircraft...
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...
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...
6289268 Attitude determination system and method  
A star tracker coupled to the spacecraft having a star catalog associated therewith. A sun sensor is coupled to the spacecraft. A control processor is coupled to the star tracker and the sun...
6288380 Adaptive body-bending estimator for use with a missile during flight  
The adaptive body bending estimator comprises a band pass filter which receives an accelerometer signal from a missile's accelerometer. The band pass filter, which has a bandpass of 25-70 hertz,...
6283416 Spacecraft kernel  
A spacecraft architecture is defined that distinguishes components and sub-systems based on both functional and physical dependencies. On one side of the interface are kernel components that are...
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...
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...
6275751 Smart docking surface for space serviceable nano and micro satellites  
A smart docking surface consisting of closely spaced cantilevered sensor/actuator structures capable of precisely repositioning an object having a ferro-magnetic surface in contact with the smart...
6272404 Flight path indicated apparatus  
A flight path display apparatus provided in a cockpit of an aircraft has a head-up display unit. An image combining panel of the head-up display unit displays a flight path image projected from...
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