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8185259 Fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads  
The fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads utilizes a controller based on fuzzy logic membership distributions of sets of load swing angles. The anti-swing...
8185258 Automatic strategic offset function  
A system may generate a modified flight plan for an aircraft based on an original flight plan. The system may provide an automatic strategic offset function that includes an autoflight system; a...
8185254 Method and system for updating navigation information  
A method and system for updating navigation information are disclosed. The method includes the steps of connecting to a navigation information update system, determining if at least one navigation...
8185256 Threat prioritization using engagement timeline  
A method for prioritizing threats to an aircraft is disclosed. The method can include providing threat attribute information including a threat engagement timeline and a threat lethality metric and...
8185257 Automated system with deterministic response times  
The invention relates to an automated system, for example an aircraft flight management system (FMS). If proposes harmonizing the response times of the FMS system between the various scenarios of...
8185261 Systems and methods for attitude propagation for a slewing angular rate vector  
Computer-based systems and methods for determining attitude of a moveable object. Attitude is determined by a transformation matrix {right arrow over (U)} from a body coordinate frame of the...
8185292 Method for estimation of at least one engine parameter  
A system comprising determination of tuning parameters enabling optimal estimation of unmeasured engine outputs, e.g., thrust. The level of degradation of engine performance is generally described...
8185255 Robust control effector allocation  
Method and apparatus is disclosed which allocates the execution of a commanded vehicle maneuver among the vehicle's control effectors capable of affecting such maneuver, with consideration given to...
8185268 User interface for a vehicle installed communication device  
A radio communication device (100) for use in a public safety vehicle is provided with a user interface that combines tactile landmarks in the form of global tactile landmarks and local tactile...
8180505 Spacecraft solar cell monitoring system  
An onboard solar cell array current and voltage characteristic determination method is preferably used on small spacecraft and determines the solar cell orientation relative to the sun by a...
8180503 Assisted flight computer program and method  
An assisted flight computer program and method which assist a non-pilot or partially incapacitated pilot to gain control of an aircraft, summon help, and then land the aircraft under the guidance...
8180504 Aircraft landing gear compression rate monitor and method to increase aircraft landing weight limitation  
A system for use in monitoring, measuring, computing and displaying the rate of compression of aircraft landing gear struts, experienced while aircraft are executing either normal or hard landing...
8175758 Method and a device for controlling the ground clearance of an aircraft  
The present invention relates to a method and to a device for controlling and adjusting the ground clearance (h) of an aircraft (1) provided with at least one undercarriage (30), said undercarriage...
8175759 Systems and methods for validating predetermined events in reconfigurable control systems  
Systems and methods for validating predetermined events in reconfigurable control systems are provided. One method includes receiving, by a plurality of redundant processors operating in a first...
8170728 Rotorcraft control system  
A system (100) for controlling a rotorcraft (1) including a rotor (10), at least one variable-pitch propulsion propeller (6L, 6R), and a motor (5) for driving the rotor and the propeller(s), the...
8170727 Method for calculating an approach trajectory of an aircraft to an airport  
The invention relates to a method for calculating an approach trajectory of an aircraft (200) to an airport The aircraft is slaveable in terms of trajectory, thrust and/or speed. The aircraft is...
8165730 Flight recorder having integral reserve power supply within form factor of enclosure and method therefor  
A flight recorder includes an enclosure having a notch formed on one side or corner of the enclosure. An electronic interface is disposed within the enclosure. The electronic interface is coupled...
8165732 Computer maintenance system for an aircraft with remote terminal  
The present invention relates to a computer maintenance system for an aircraft comprising a server hosting maintenance software and at least one access terminal. The system comprises a KVM switch...
8165729 Method and device for estimating the forces exerted on a control surface of an aircraft  
Disclosed is a method and device for estimating forces exerted on at least one aircraft control surface. The method includes steps of, and the device includes components that carry out steps that...
8165731 System for aerial delivery of fire retardant  
A system for launching, controlling and delivering in a preselected target pattern a plurality of low-cost, guided fire-retardant-containing vehicles, i.e., “smart water bombs” equipped with con...
8165810 System for assisting the ground navigation of an aeroplane in an airport  
A navigation system includes a display device displaying, on a cockpit pilot display unit, a set of indications including an aircraft symbol which illustrates the position of the aircraft and a map...
8160755 Displaying air traffic symbology based on relative importance  
A method and system is provided for displaying aircraft symbology. The method includes displaying (302, 502, 702, 902, 1002) a symbol (202) for a first aircraft in a predetermined format,...
8160757 System and method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display  
The present invention is a method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display of an aircraft. The method includes outputting absolute terrain data to the navigation...
8160758 Methods and systems for radar aided aircraft positioning for approaches and landings  
A method for radar aided positioning of an air vehicle for approach and landing is described. The method includes integrating global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial data to...
8160770 Method and device for detecting oscillatory failures in a position servocontrol subsystem of an aircraft control surface  
Disclosed is a method of detecting at least one oscillatory fault in at least one positional slaving chain for at least one airfoil of an aircraft. The method involves estimating a reference...
8159464 Enhanced flight display with improved touchscreen interface  
An enhanced flight display system for an aircraft, including primary display controls, a flight display, and processing elements. The primary display controls provide a primary capability for...
8155816 Method of and system for maintaining operating performance of a transparency  
Repair or replacement of a transparency mounted in body of a vehicle, e.g. an aircraft when one or more properties of the transparency is (are) operating outside of an acceptable limit(s) is...
8155804 Device and method for providing a flight status signal  
The present invention provides a device for providing an aircraft flight status signal which indicates whether the aircraft is in the air or on the ground, which device calculates the flight status...
8155801 Architecture with optimized interfacing for an aircraft hybrid cockpit control panel system  
A hybrid electronics cockpit control panel system architecture is provided that includes optimized interfacing and partitioning. The architecture includes a digital function block with a digital...
8155800 System for displaying required navigation performance on a horizontal situation indicator  
A display system is provided that renders a horizontal situation indicator that includes required navigation performance (RNP) and estimated position uncertainty (EPU) values rendered...
8155799 Safety arrangement for a discharging signalling system  
A method and system for allowing unsafe action signals in a dispensing system of a vehicle. A discharging signalling system of at least one dispenser of a vehicle includes an activation circuit...
8155802 Optical flow navigation system  
An optical navigation sensor includes four two-dimensional imagers, each aligned with an x or y axis of an orthogonal xyz coordinate system, and each defining mutually parallel vertical image...
8155794 System and method for control of aeroelasticity effects  
A system is provided for control of a structure immersed in a fluid flow regime. The system comprises a plurality of flow sensors disposed on a surface of the structure, the flow sensors including...
8155805 Flight guidance and navigation display for a helicopter  
A flight guidance and navigation display (10) for a helicopter, includes a three-dimensional, semicircular flight guidance and navigation tunnel (12) to display a planned flight path of the...
8155819 System and method for effecting vehicle maneuver to compensate for IMU error  
The effects of IMU gyro and accelerometer bias errors are significantly reduced in accordance with the present teachings by a system or method for commanding an IMU or vehicle through a series of...
8155806 Aircraft display systems and methods for enhanced display of landing information  
A display system is provided for a vehicle. The system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of landing information and navigation and control information and to supply...
8155820 Method, apparatus and computer program product for predicting and avoiding a fault  
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to not only predict an impending fault, but also to avoid the occurrence of the fault such that continued operations are permitted with...
8150588 Methods and system for time of arrival control using time of arrival uncertainty  
Methods and a system for vehicle control are provided. The system includes an input device configured to receive a required time of arrival at a waypoint and a processor communicatively coupled to...
8150564 Method and device for providing an multi-engine aircraft pilot with data concerning said engines  
The invention concerns a device (1) comprising means (6A, 6B, 6n) which determine for each of the engines of the aircraft, an individual minimum flexible temperature and means (8) which determine a...
8149086 Security systems and methods relating to travelling vehicles  
There is provided a method for identifying, at the moment of verification, the situation of a threat to a protected ground, airspace and/or sea limits by an approaching ground vehicle, aircraft or...
8145364 Method and device for aiding the restoral of command of a moving vehicle by an operator of the vehicle  
The fields of the invention are vehicle on-board security and vehicle piloting safety. The invention relates to a method and device for aiding the restoral of command of a vehicle by an operator of...
8145366 Real-time, interactive sonic boom display  
The present invention is an improved real-time, interactive sonic boom display for aircraft. By using physical properties obtained via various sensors and databases, the invention determines, in...
8140289 Network-centric processing  
In one aspect, a network-centric processing (NCP) system includes sensors configured to monitor activities associated with testing of an asset, a first system configured to provide the testing on...
8140258 Wayfinding system  
A wayfinding device is provided for giving directions to a desired destination within a building having a plurality of wayfinding beacons configured to transmit data using an ultrasound signal. The...
8140198 Slew guidance method for spacecraft  
A method is adapted for slewing a body from an initial state to merge with a desired state profile. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) obtaining data indicative of a time...
8140992 Device for aircraft dialogue  
A dialogue device deactivation/activation unit for deactivating layers of an interactive window which are associated with systems of the aircraft that are not selected.
8140257 Method and device for generating a taxiing trajectory for an aircraft  
Disclosed is a method and device for generating an aircraft ground path for piloting an aircraft along the ground of an airport domain. Geographical coordinates of reference points corresponding to...
8140264 Advanced terrain anti-collision device  
The field of the invention is that of onboard terrain anticollision systems for aircraft. Collisions with the terrain while the aircraft is fully controlled have been and still remain one of the...
8135500 Wake vortex detection and reporting system  
A method for estimating the effect of environmental conditions on an aircraft, including measuring the motions of an aircraft; estimating the expected motions of the aircraft, wherein the expected...
8135501 Apparatuses and methods for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information  
Methods and apparatuses for displaying and receiving tactical and strategic flight guidance information are disclosed. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes displaying at...