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7617023 |
Process and device for monitoring the validity of a speed cue of an aircraft and system for generating a speed cue comprising such a device
A process for monitoring the validity of a speed cue of an aircraft may include computing a coefficient of lift, which is representative of the lift of the aircraft, on the basis of values of...
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7610123 |
Vision-aided system and method for guiding a vehicle
A method and system for guiding a vehicle comprises a location determining receiver for collecting location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision data for the vehicle. A location...
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7561945 |
Sum integration estimating of the vertical speed for a rotary wing aircraft
A process and device for estimating the vertical speed of a rotary wing aircraft may include integrating the sum of: (1) a first component corresponding to a vertical acceleration measurement and...
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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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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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7496433 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing the noise emitted by a rotorcraft during take-off and landing
The method includes a preliminary period in which a reference rotorcraft is used that corresponds to a rotorcraft of a particular type, with a series of noise measurements being performed on said...
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7480548 |
High-altitude capable wide velocity range flight velocity vector measurement probe and measurement system
It is an object of the present invention to solve the problem of a drop in precision in conventional systems using a square pyramid type five-hole probe due to the drop in atmospheric pressure in...
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7471996 |
Control system for an aircraft engine
In an electronic control system, three-dimensional data sets (data cubes L 11 -L 14 ) for different power-limiting engine parameters are stored at different engine ratings for setting a respective...
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7433765 |
Fly by wire static longitudinal stability compensator system
A static longitudinal stability (SLS) system provides an unobtrusive airspeed hold function that reacts to the pilot control inputs into the flight control system and the measured states of the...
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7412308 |
Dynamic VSI display
A graphical display of a dynamic vertical speed indicator (VSI).
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7398182 |
Method and device for detecting degradation of performance of an aircraft
An aircraft performance degradation detection system may include information sources, a central unit connected to the information sources, and a warning device that is connected to the central...
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7389163 |
Procedure to minimize the risk of air collision for personal mid-air vehicles
A method of and a system for controlling personal air vehicle (PAV) traffic provides a take-off-and-landing zone, and a forward flight zone. The take-off-and-landing zone may be from the ground up...
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7383104 |
Low-noise flight support system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that is used to provide support so that a pilot can perform flight operations that reduce noise pollution, by devising this system so...
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7369845 |
Managing features available on a portable communication device based on a travel speed detected by the portable communication device
A portable communication device detects a current speed of travel of the portable communication device independent of any vehicle temporarily transporting the portable communication device. A speed...
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7337045 |
Airborne windshear detection and warning system
An airborne windshear detection and warning system includes a pitot tube for detecting the airspeed of an aircraft and an angle of attack vane for detecting an aircraft's angle of attack. Signals...
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7305286 |
System and method for gyro enhanced vertical flight information
A flight instrument and associated method where vertical speed information is combined with gyro information to produce gyro enhanced vertical speed information that is displayed to a pilot. The...
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7248967 |
Autonomous velocity estimation and navigation
Measurement of a spatial velocity vector in order to make determination of a geographical position possible. A spatial velocity meter includes an inertial measurement unit, a direction-sensing...
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7188008 |
System for controlling the operation of at least one aircraft engine
A system for supervising the speed of at least one engine of an aircraft includes three independent information sources determining first, second and third values for an aerodynamic parameter of...
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7127335 |
Low airspeed assist algorithm for air data computer applications
A method of estimating the airspeed of an aircraft during low airspeed conditions includes measuring a negative impact pressure using a pitot-static probe on the aircraft. Then, the method includes...
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7062364 |
Electronic non-linear aircraft dynamic parameter display
A method and apparatus is disclosed for displaying a dynamic parameter of an aircraft, the apparatus comprises a display unit receiving a display signal and displaying a scale that changes...
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7031811 |
Fuel efficient airspeed trim
A system and method are provided for precisely adjusting individual aircraft airspeed system in order to provide more accurate cruise Indicated Airspeed (IAS). The system includes a flight data...
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7011498 |
Optimization method for power generation systems
Apparatus for controlling the power output efficiency of a power generation system based on an operator input. A processor is coupled to the input means and (i) receives the generated operator...
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7010398 |
Control system providing perspective flight guidance
A flight guidance system providing perspective flight guidance symbology using positioning and terrain information provides increased pilot situational awareness of the pilot's aircraft. The...
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6970773 |
Apparatus and method for reducing induced drag on aircraft and other vehicles
A method and apparatus for varying the washout of a wing such that induced drag is minimized during a flight. The washout is varied pursuant to an optimized twist distribution that depends on the...
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6963818 |
Mobile speedometer system and associated methods
The invention detects loft time and/or speed of a vehicle and/or person during activities of moving and jumping. A loft sensor detects leaving the ground and returning to the ground. A...
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6963795 |
Vehicle position keeping system
A position keeping system, useable to maintain a position of a vehicle in a vehicle formation, to keep all formation members flying at a specified velocity and altitude, and to perform commanded...
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6947814 |
Process and device for estimating at least the vertical speed of an aircraft, in particular of a rotary wing aircraft
A process for estimating the vertical speed of a rotary wing aircraft may include integrating the sum of: (1) a first component corresponding to a vertical acceleration measurement and (2) a second...
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6937166 |
Process and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft
The device ( 1 ) for aiding piloting comprises means ( 2 ) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction ( 4 ) for presenting on a display screen ( 6 ) a first characteristic...
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6879887 |
Low speed range indicator
In an aircraft flight instrument display system having a display screen for displaying flight information, an airspeed indicator is displayed in a vertical tape format, and has a low speed range...
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6871123 |
System and method allowing for an integrated flight loads balancing process
A system allowing for an integrated flight loads balancing process at one or more time instances of a flight maneuver of an aircraft includes a processor and a plurality of resources. Additionally,...
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6845303 |
Micro-satellite and satellite formation for inverse and distributed proximity operations
A method and apparatus for conducting proximity operations is disclosed. The method called inverser proximity operations includes maneuvering an active vehicle into general proximity to a target...
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6812942 |
Context-responsive in-vehicle display system
A context-responsive display system for use in a vehicle. The display system includes a dashboard display positioned in front of a driver of the vehicle and adapted to display graphic user...
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6711477 |
Automatic flight envelope protection for uninhabited air vehicles: method for determining point in flight envelope
A system and method for detecting if a UAV is operating within its flight envelope. The invention includes defining the flight envelope of the UAV. The operating state of the UAV is identified from...
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6693559 |
System and method for flight mode annunciators
The pilot's awareness of the aircraft's state is enhanced by supplementing the flight modes area (FMA) in the upper region of the primary flight display (PFD) with additional annunciators. The FMA...
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6691950 |
Device and system for the automatic control of a helicopter
Device and system for the automatic control of a helicopter. The automatic control device ( 6 ) comprises a vertical objective law (A) in respect of the pitching axis, which automatically...
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6647774 |
Aircraft wind indicator
Wind direction relative to an aircraft, wind speed and left/right wind correction angle data are derived and serially transmitted to an instrument panel indicator which simultaneously displays such...
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6622066 |
EGPWS cutoff altitude for helicopters
An apparatus, method and computer program product for suppressing an alert generated by a terrain awareness system rotary wing aircraft of potentially hazardous proximity to terrain also reduces...
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6600991 |
Neighboring optimal aircraft guidance in a general wind environment
Method and system for determining an optimal route for an aircraft moving between first and second waypoints in a general wind environment. A selected first wind environment is analyzed for which a...
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6594559 |
Iterative method of aircraft sideslip compensation for multi-function probe air data systems
In an iterative method of determining aircraft flight data parameters using first and second multi-function probes, an assumed value of a first aircraft parameter is defined to be equal to an...
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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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6564146 |
Tracking system for providing position information
Processing GPS signals received at moving targets and at a fixed location near instrumentation associated with timing and recording an event allows the determination of instantaneous target...
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6546338 |
Method for working out an avoidance path in the horizontal plane for an aircraft to resolve a traffic conflict
The preparation of an avoidance path in the horizontal plane so that an aircraft can resolve a conflict of routes with another aircraft that entails a risk of collision within 5 to 10 minutes. This...
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6539291 |
Airborne turbulence alert system
A parent unit is provided having: a precedent base for accumulating data from child units; an element data determination unit for processing the data into element data; an element data...
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6531967 |
Aircraft disturbed air direct sensing system
Airspeed direct sensing transducer apparatus in a system where fast response gust sensors are aircraft wing mounted, each gust sensor mounted on opposite wing halves feeding the absolute value of...
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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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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...
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6430479 |
Methods, apparatus and computer program products for determining the vertical speed of an aircraft
A method, an apparatus and a computer program product are provided for accurately determining the vertical speed of an aircraft in a manner independent of signals provided by an air data computer,...
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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...
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6340289 |
Single lever power controller for manned and unmanned aircraft
Method and apparatus for controlling an aircraft engine with a single, manually-operable lever includes structure and function for generating a pilot thrust command from the single lever. A...
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6336060 |
Arithmetic processing method and system in a wide velocity range flight velocity vector measurement system using a square truncated pyramid-shape five-hole pitot probe
An arithmetic processing method and system in a wide velocity range flight velocity vector measurement system using a square truncated pyramid-shape five-hole Pitot probe. Approximation equations...
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