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8185262 |
Method of determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning, artificial satellite and systems therefor
A method of and apparatus for determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning artificial satellite without using a suite of inertial gyroscopes. The method and apparatus operate by...
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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...
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8185260 |
Prognostic and health management accuracy maintenance system and method
A prognostic and health accuracy maintenance system and method for a system following on-site replacement of a component in the system is provided. A system characterization model of at least...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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8175760 |
Displaying method and device for an aircraft following a flight plan
A device comprises means for computing the air-craft (A) current position, means for determining at least one maximum permitted deviation (E1) around a set position of the flight path of the flight...
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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...
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8170729 |
Method and system for operating a display device on-board an aircraft
Methods and systems for operating a display device that is viewable by a user of an aircraft are provided. A first image is caused to be displayed on the display device. The first image is at least...
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8165733 |
Stall, buffeting, low speed and high attitude protection system
A flight control system moves elevators according to a pilot command summed with an automatic command. The flight control system monitors a set of flight parameters to determine if the flight...
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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...
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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...
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8160809 |
Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic
A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second...
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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...
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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...
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8140199 |
System and method for predicting aircraft gate arrival times
A method for receiving passive data corresponding to an aircraft in a vicinity of an airport, receiving additional information corresponding to the aircraft and predicting a time of arrival at a...
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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...
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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...
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8131405 |
Method and apparatuses for controlling high wing loaded parafoils
An adaptive guidance system (AGS) regulates the altitude and heading of a parasail to arrive at a target at a prescribed altitude. Since the altitude profile depends both on unknown wing loading,...
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8121746 |
Method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft
The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the minimum flying altitude of an aircraft. The method comprises a phase for calculating a vertical flight profile describing...
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8120615 |
System and method for generating terrain representation
A method and system for generating a representation of a terrain. The method of generating a representation of a terrain comprises the steps of selecting a set of colors, the colors comprise at...
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8121745 |
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...
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8116922 |
Method for resolving ground level errors in simulations
A method for reconciling ground-level discrepancies between the displayed path of a moving body and a terrain model in a graphical simulation, including the steps of (1) examining the individual...
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8116923 |
Stabilized approach monitor
Systems and methods for suppressing an unstable alert when the aircraft is in the process of landing on a temporarily displaced threshold. In an example process, a processor on the aircraft...
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8112188 |
Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing
Disclosed is a device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft in an approach phase during landing. The device includes a guidance system for aiding guidance of the aircraft. Controllers can be...
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8112187 |
Formation flight control method
The invention relates to a method for controlling the formation flight of at least two aircraft (1,2). The first aircraft (1) includes means of transmitting its position, its velocity and its...
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8103393 |
Aircraft exhaust gas temperature monitor
A computer-implemented function monitors and displays exhaust gas temperatures (EGT) in a plurality of cylinders in an engine. The invention provides an easy way to read exhaust gas temperature on...
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8099201 |
Vertical profile display with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information
The present example a vertical profile display system with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information. Such a display, or user interface, may advantageously display information relating...
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8099200 |
Vehicle interface based on the weight distribution of a user
In one embodiment, the invention is an interface for communicating a vehicle command from a user to a vehicle. The interface preferably includes a support system to support at least a portion of...
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8095252 |
Piloting method and device avoiding the pilot induced oscillations
A piloting method and device for avoiding pilot induced oscillations filters a piloting order with a non-linear filtering function that is controlled by speed comparison information.
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8094042 |
Aircraft steering angle warning system
A steering angle warning system comprising a rotation-measuring unit located on an aircraft, and an alarm unit. The rotation-measuring unit is arranged to output a first signal dependent on the...
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8095250 |
Real-time compensation of inertial sensor bias errors under high spin rate conditions
A method of estimating bias errors for an air vehicle in flight under high spin conditions is provided. The method comprises collecting a first set of data samples at a first time and collecting a...
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8090484 |
Orientation control method and system for object in motion
An object in motion has a force applied thereto at a point of application. By moving the point of application such that the distance between the object's center-of-mass and the point of application...
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8090525 |
Device and method for providing automatic assistance to air traffic controllers
A method and a system for assisting air traffic controllers that automatically detects conflicts between aircraft trajectories and selects the conflicts that can be solved by minor modification(s)...
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8086362 |
Method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft
Method and device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft. The device (1) comprises means (4) for determining, using a roll instruction and measured current values of external characteristics and...
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8086396 |
Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic
A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second...
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8086361 |
Advisory system to aid pilot recovery from spatial disorientation during an excessive roll
Systems and methods for outputting instructions when a vehicle is not responding to a roll-angle alert. An example system includes one or more altitude sensors that determine one of altitude above...
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8082047 |
Adaptive control method that compensates for sign error in actuator response
An adaptive control method that provides the ability to address control uncertainties in both the sign and magnitude of the control power of the system to ensure stability and command tracking. The...
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8082070 |
Methods and systems for displaying assistance messages to aircraft operators
Methods and systems for displaying assistance messages to aircraft operators are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes receiving an input from an aircraft operator at an...
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8078344 |
System and method for displaying the protected airspace associated with a circle-to-land maneuver
A display system and method for an aircraft displays, in real-time, the protected airspace associated with a CTL maneuver. The system processes aircraft approach category data and determines the...
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8078343 |
Virtual control panel for aeronautics attitude reference units
The general field of the invention relates to devices for controlling the two attitude reference units of the AHRS type for aircraft, each AHRS comprising at least a first set of magnetometer...
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8077078 |
System and method for aircraft altitude measurement using radar and known runway position
A method of and system for determining the altitude of an aircraft can use a relative altitude estimate using information from an onboard radar. The altitude can be referenced to a runway for...
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8073579 |
Device and method for extracting terrain altitudes
The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting...
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8068944 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
The present application relates to a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine. It is an object of the present application to prevent an excessive reaction of a throttle valve when the...
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8065044 |
Vehicle guidance system
A vehicle guidance system comprising: a measurement system; a processor arranged to receive information from the measurement system and convert said information into at least one time-to-contact...
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8050860 |
Method and device for displaying a flight plan of an aircraft
The invention relates to a method and device for displaying a flight plan of an aircraft. The display device includes a display presenting unit making it possible to identify the flight phase of...
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8050807 |
Methods and apparatus for vertical motion detector in air traffic control
Methods and apparatus for vertical motion detection of objects, such as aircraft. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving altitude data for an object, determining a residual of a lag...
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RE42891 |
3D AIME™ aircraft navigation
The apparatus of the present invention uses radar altimeter measurements and stored terrain altitude profiles to provide pre-filtered observations to a Kalman filter for estimating barometric...
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8046119 |
Method of indicating the lateral manoeuvre margins on either side of the flight plan path of an aircraft
The parts of the flight plan of an aircraft corresponding to lateral trajectories at low altitude can comprise passages with limited lateral freedom of deployment because of risks of collision with...
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8046118 |
Converter for converting a load factor command into a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction
The invention relates to flight control systems for aircraft, which have large control loops delivering load factor commands and which are applied to flight controls more suited to the following by...
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