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7617022 |
Dual wavelength enhanced vision system optimized for visual landing light alignment
An enhanced vision system for an aircraft is disclosed. The invention includes a display apparatus having a display element positioned between the pilot and a scene. The display element permits the...
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7606641 |
Fuel consumption data tracking/collection and aircraft/route optimization
An automated system tracks and records factors that affect fuel consumption. Configuration factors such as the actual engine(s) used in the airplane, weight, weight distribution, engine pressure,...
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7605774 |
Enhanced vision system (EVS) processing window tied to flight path
A head-up display (HUD) system for an aircraft is disclosed. The HUD comprises a computer receiving information representative of an aircraft flight path. The HUD also comprises a head-up display...
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7603208 |
Geospatial image change detecting system with environmental enhancement and associated methods
An image change detecting system may include an image processor cooperating with the database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected geospatial image, an image...
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7603207 |
Surrogate air processor
A control system for remotely controlling a mobile platform includes a ground-based control station and a surrogate processor. The surrogate processor is remotely located from both the mobile...
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7599766 |
Method for providing terrain alerts and display utilizing temperature compensated and GPS altitude data
A method of accounting for errors in the altitude reporting of a terrain alert and warning system (TAWS) is disclosed wherein errors due to non-standard atmospheric conditions, incorrect altimeter...
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7599765 |
Dynamic guidance for close-in maneuvering air combat
A system, apparatus and method for optimizing the conduct of a close-in air combat are disclosed. A computing device is operative in the analysis of a close-in air combat situation. The computing...
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7598888 |
Rotary wing aircraft proximity warning system with a geographically based avoidance system
A safety enhancement warning system includes an avoidance system which communicates with a multiple of geographical positional systems. A geographic algorithm of the avoidance system utilizes a...
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7596434 |
Aircraft brake temperature monitoring system and method
An aircraft's brake temperature monitoring system for determining when the brake has cooled sufficiently for a safe take-off includes an aircraft brake and a temperature sensor for measuring the...
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7593793 |
Adaptive control in the presence of input constraints
An adaptive control method is provided that scales both gain and commands to avoid input saturation. The input saturation occurs when a commanded input u c exceeds an achievable command limit of u...
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7587278 |
Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system
A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention...
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7587272 |
Method for locating difficult access points on a map
A method of locating difficult access points on a topological map includes: analyzing curvilinear distances using a chamfer mask to catalogue approximate values C(V) of the Euclidean distances...
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7584028 |
Methods and systems for implementing location based noise abatement procedures
A method for controlling one or more of engine thrust cutback and engine thrust restoration is described which is related to aircraft environmental emissions abatement. The method comprises...
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7584027 |
Aircraft navigation aid method and corresponding device
The invention relates to an aircraft navigation aid method. It comprises steps of computing a feeler line ground path that the aircraft would follow if a turn at the maximum rate applicable to the...
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7580777 |
Modular aircraft control system and method
An aircraft system for control of the application of power to a plurality of devices in the aircraft comprises a plurality of local control modules. Each local control module controls the...
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7580776 |
Integrated separation assurance method for an aircraft
A method and system for assuring separation between an aircraft and potential flight hazards is provided. According to the method, an intended path of the aircraft is predicted. A potential hazard...
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7577501 |
Methods and systems for automatically tracking information during flight
Methods and systems for automatically tracking information during flight are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving first information...
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7571045 |
Control system for gas-turbine engine
In a gas-turbine engine control system having a first control channel inputting the outputs of sensors to calculate and output a first command value indicative of a quantity of fuel to be supplied...
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7567187 |
Taxiway awareness and advisory system
Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying appropriate identifiers on aircraft taxiways on an aircraft flight deck display. Data representative of taxiway segments, in which each taxiway...
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7567186 |
Information and notification system using passenger service units in an aircraft
An information and notification system onboard an aircraft includes a databus that receives information transmitted from outside the aircraft via an interface and a director or control unit, as...
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7564468 |
Method and system for presenting an image of an external view in a moving vehicle
Methods and systems for processing images corresponding to views external to a vehicle are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes first and second signal...
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7561944 |
High integrity and availability multi-channel systems
Systems and methods for asynchronous multi-channel data communications are provided. In one embodiment, a system in accordance with the invention includes a plurality of redundant pairs of computer...
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7561067 |
Airspeed / wind speed measurement device for aircraft, and display device for same
A measurement system for an aircraft having the three-axis components of the airspeed of the aircraft, the three-axis components of the wind speed currently encountered by the aircraft, and the...
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7558654 |
Apparatus and method for providing flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools
An apparatus and method provide flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools (FOIPAT) to perform integrated planning and analysis tasks for autonomous (unmanned) systems operations. The...
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7558652 |
On-board system for constructing an aircraft track
A system ( 20 ) on board or suitable for use on board an aircraft to define an aircraft track having a plurality of segments, the system includes a display unit ( 10 ) arranged to display an image...
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7557733 |
Airfield lighting system with regulator selector
An airfield series circuit includes a transfer relay having first and second sides, and a primary regulator operatively coupled to an airfield series loop of an airfield at the first side of the...
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7556224 |
Distributed flight control surface actuation system
An aircraft flight control surface actuation system includes a plurality of flap actuators, and a plurality of slat actuators. The actuators receive actuator position commands from an actuator...
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7555371 |
Automatic piloting device for rotary wing aircraft
An automatic piloting device utilizing a measurement of ground speed deduced from the measurements of acceleration originating from an AHRS attitude and heading platform which it readjusts by...
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7551994 |
System and method for adaptable mobile user interface
A system, method, and computer program product for automatically adjusting the output of presentation content based upon vehicle conditions. The method determines whether one of a plurality of...
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7551989 |
Autonomous outer loop control of man-rated fly-by-wire aircraft
The present invention is directed to a control system for use on a fly-by-wire (FBW) aircraft. The system includes a controller coupled to the FBW aircraft. The controller is configured to generate...
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7551988 |
Method of software defined radio (SDR) waveform/function management
A designated function or “golden” slot for implementing and managing re-configurable SDR modules is provided. In an embodiment, the slot includes at least one radio frequency (RF) front end for...
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7548800 |
Method and computer program product for controlling an aerodynamic vehicle having at least one structural mode
Methods and computer program products are provided for controlling a plurality of control effectors of an aerodynamic vehicle based upon the mode shape direction of one or more structural modes...
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7543780 |
Unmanned air vehicle transmission line docking surveillance
A small unmanned air vehicle system having autonomous electrical energy transmission line docking capability and especially usable in military or other surveillance situations. Transmission line...
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7542882 |
System and method for abstracting and visualizing a route map
A system and method for making computer-generated maps includes a different scale factor for each road in a route. The scale factors are used to optimize the route map against a target function...
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7542829 |
Low earth orbit satellite command planning device and method, and low earth orbit satellite control system including the same
Disclosed is a command planning apparatus of a low-earth orbit satellite, and a low-earth orbit satellite control system including the same. The present invention automates the process of executing...
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7542828 |
Unmanned air vehicle, integrated weapon platform, avionics system and control method
A small, reusable interceptor unmanned air vehicle (UAV), an avionics control system for the UAV, a design method for the UAV and a method for controlling the UAV, for interdiction of small scale...
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7539561 |
Autonomous control system apparatus and program for a small, unmanned helicopter
An objective of the invention, focusing on these issues involved in the use of a small, hobby-type, unmanned helicopter, is to develop an autonomous control system comprising autonomous control...
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7536241 |
Control device for a system, and method for operating the control device
A control device and a method for operating a control device which contains function modules, a scheduler and a priority manager. The control device is connected via data lines to a system to be...
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7535381 |
Converting voice weather data into data for display in an aircraft cockpit
A method of providing visual data to a pilot in an aircraft cockpit includes receiving information in the form of a voice signal, converting the information to visual data, and displaying the...
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7529603 |
Integrated performance application
An electronic flight bag is disclosed which includes an electronic logbook module having an electronic logbook database. The electronic logbook module is configured to compile a list of deferred...
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7522977 |
Method and a device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase
A method for landing an aircraft includes determining the aircraft's deviation from its approach path so as to define a first point of the aircraft's heading. A first straight line passing through...
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7519456 |
Maintenance process and device for a radionavigation installation of an aircraft
Maintenance process and device for a radionavigation installation of an aircraft. The maintenance device ( 1 ) comprises a first means of recording ( 7 ) for recording on a first recording medium...
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7515999 |
Method and means for piloting control of a forward-moving vehicle
A method of control and a means for control for a vehicle constructed by temporarily integrating a conventionally controlled motorcycle and a fixed wing flight device. The method includes a means...
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7515998 |
Information layer for a vehicular control network and method
A system and method to provide extensibility to an existing vehicular control network. To provide such extensibility, an information layer network incorporating a protocol such as an Ethernet...
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7512464 |
System and method for controlling the speed of an aircraft
A system and method are disclosed for controlling the speed of an aircraft having a preprogrammed speed profile when transitioning from a manually set target speed to the preprogrammed speed...
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7512463 |
Reducing vibration using QR decomposition and unconstrained optimization for a multi-rotor aircraft
Determining adjustments to decrease vibrations caused by rotating blades from a plurality of rotors includes determining a first plurality of adjustment normalization values for a plurality of...
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7512462 |
Automatic contingency generator
An autonomous air vehicle comprises a flight control system and an automatic contingency generator for automatically determining a contingent air vehicle route for use by the flight control system...
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7505835 |
System and method for producing flight pathway
A system and method for displaying a three-dimensional image of airspace includes a series of translucent, horizontal “pavers” that lie like stepping stones marking the selected flight path. In...
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7499773 |
Method and apparatus for assisting the piloting of an aircraft at low altitude
In a method of the invention for assisting the piloting of an aircraft, a guard curve (CGS) is determined as a function of the resources of the aircraft, the position of an obstacle (O) or a...
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7499772 |
Method and system for navigating a nondestructive evaluation device
A system for the nondestructive evaluation of aircraft comprising a plurality of positional transmitters forming a perimeter around a test airplane and an inspection station within the perimeter....
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