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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...
8150566 System for selecting data representing an air parameter, process and computer program relating to the same  
A system for selecting a datum among a set of data representing an air parameter, this set comprising at least two engine data obtained by measurement respectively in the zone of two engines of an...
8145365 Air navigation aid method and system making it possible to maintain vertical margins  
The invention relates to a calculation method for an aircraft navigation aid system making it possible to maintain a vertical safety margin with an obstruction profile, the aircraft comprising a...
8135503 Ground proximity sensor  
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a housing, a rotor that is rotated to propel the housing, a pressure sensor that generates a signal indicative of an air pressure proximate a bottom surface of...
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...
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...
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...
8098176 Systems and methods for adjusting landing gear alert envelope for offshore platforms and building-top landings  
Systems and methods for improving landing gear alerting on a rotary wing aircraft. An example system includes a user interface device that allows a user to set a bug altitude value and a radio...
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.
8090485 Low-frequency flight control system oscillatory faults prevention via horizontal and vertical tail load monitors  
The Tail Load Monitoring System detects faulty low frequency (e.g. those in the range from 0.1 to 1 Hz) oscillatory conditions caused by Flight Control System malfunctions while the aircraft is in...
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...
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...
8077055 Method and device for filtering windshears alarms for an aircraft  
Method, device and item of equipment for filtering alarms originating from a windshear detection system embedded in an aircraft being able to emit an alarm. The aircraft has at least one sensor...
8073578 Method and system for the cursor-aided manipulation of flight plans in two and three dimensional displays  
A method of creating and modifying a flight plan using a cursor control device and a display to represent the flight plan in the context of terrain. The method includes inserting waypoints,...
8050808 Method and device for limiting the roll command of an aircraft as a function of a thrust asymmetry  
The device includes a calculation unit to automatically calculate an overall thrust moment of the engines which represents a thrust asymmetry of the engines of a multi-engine aircraft, a...
8050842 Method and apparatus for controlling and regulating a rotorcraft turbine engine  
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus (9) for controlling and regulating a rotorcraft turbine engine (1). The apparatus is provided with an electronic control and regulation...
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...
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...
8041472 Positioning device, and navigation system  
A positioning device that detects a position of a mobile body with a radio navigation positioning unit includes: first and second autonomous sensors obtaining behavioral information on the mobile...
8041471 Vertical take-off and landing aircraft and vertical take-off and landing aircraft control method  
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft that includes AC motors, which drive fans that propel the aircraft, and a control device for controlling the AC motors adaptively based on a thrust control...
8032268 Methods and systems for indicating whether an aircraft is below a minimum altitude criterion for a sector  
Methods and systems are provided for indicating whether an aircraft is below a designated minimum safe altitude level for an altitude sector. A method comprises displaying a graphical...
8027756 Integrated approach navigation system, method, and computer program product  
Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of...
RE42708 System for avoidance of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle  
A field unit for warning of a danger of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle, in particular a topographical ground obstacle or an obstacle formed by a mast, building or aerial cable...
8014910 Assisted take-off method for aircraft  
A reference value is arbitrarily selected from a range of possible aircraft rotation speeds. A position of a trimmable horizontal stabilizer is angled in accordance with a centering of the...
8009027 Contactless sensor systems and methods  
A tire monitoring system and associated method is disclosed. The tire monitoring system includes a plurality of tire sensor modules, employing contactless sensors, configured to transmit tire data...
8010243 Method and device for lightening loads on the wing system of an aircraft in roll motion  
A device used in an aircraft with an electrical flight control system to reduce load applied to the wing during a lateral roll maneuver, by comparing a roll control with a threshold, and filtering...
7996120 Method and device for flying an aircraft according to at least one flying line  
The device for flying an aircraft includes a first unit for determining a control value corresponding to an instruction value representing the actuation of a control member by a pilot, a second...
7970501 Methods and systems utilizing true airspeed to improve vertical velocity accuracy  
An inertial navigation system which includes a first control system and a second control system is described. The first control system is configured to estimate a vertical velocity based in part on...
7962255 System and method for estimating inertial acceleration bias errors  
A method for estimating inertial acceleration bias errors including obtaining uncorrected acceleration measurements on board a vehicle; obtaining independent position and independent velocity data...
7949152 Driver assistance system for vehicle  
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle and an image processor operable to process image data captured by the imaging device....
7945353 Adaptive control in the presence of input constraints  
An adaptive control system is provided that scales both gain and commands to avoid input saturation. The input saturation occurs when a commanded input uc exceeds an achievable command limit of...
7930074 Vertical speed and flight path command module for displacement collective utilizing tactile cueing and tactile feedback  
A flight control system includes a collective position command module for a lift axis (collective pitch) which, in combination with an active collective system, provides a force feedback such that...
7917254 Aircraft guidance using localizer capture criteria for rectilinear displacement data  
Systems and methods for aircraft guidance using a localizer capture criteria for rectilinear displacement data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a rectilinear...
7908044 Compound aircraft control system and method  
The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system...
7908043 Method and device for active control of the roll of an aircraft  
A control device a determination device for determining a roll objective, and a calculation device for calculating, on the basis of the roll objective, a deflection order which is applied...
7904229 Method for determination of engine lubrication oil consumption  
A method of determining lubrication oil consumption in a gas turbine engine that has an engine operating cycle interval comprising a starting phase, a running phase and a shutdown phase, comprises...
7899613 Method and device for ensuring the safety of low-altitude flight of an aircraft  
Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. The device (1) comprises a recording means (8) corresponding to an operation critical instrument for recording,...
7881710 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...
7881833 Airplane emergency navigational system  
An emergency navigational system that monitors the navigation of an aircraft by comparing actual flight parameter data to predefined flight parameter data to thereby determine if the actual flight...
7873187 Driver assistance system for vehicle  
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle and in a direction of travel of the equipped vehicle, an image processor operable to...
7853368 Method and device for constructing a low altitude flight trajectory intended to be followed by an aircraft  
Method and device for constructing a low altitude flight trajectory intended to be followed by an aircraft. The device (1) comprises, in particular, a means (6) for constructing a lateral...
7830276 System and method for displaying required navigational performance corridor on aircraft map display  
A method is provided for indicating the boundaries of a required navigational performance (RNP) corridor on an aircraft's map display. The method includes the steps of producing an aircraft leg...
7792329 Imaging system for vehicle  
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle equipped with the driver assistance system and in a direction of travel of the...
7788034 Method for determining a flight management system rendezvous intercept position  
One popular military aircraft mission is to meet or rendezvous with another aircraft. Presently used systems have limitations in rendezvous distance, low accuracy of computed rendezvous intercept...
7786900 Method of aiding navigation for aircraft in an emergency situation  
Navigation of an aircraft is facilitated through the displaying on a map of an over flown region, and of the limits of zones within range of the aircraft in an emergency situation. The points of...
7783394 Method and device for constructing a low-altitude flight plan to be followed by an aircraft  
The invention relates to a method and a device for constructing a low-altitude flight path to be followed by an aircraft. The device comprises a database including a terrain profile concerning the...
7761196 Methods and systems of determining bearing when ADS-B data is unavailable  
System, method and computer program product for determining bearing using ADS-B and TCAS standard reply bearing estimates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for determining bearing based...
7761193 Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft  
Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. A device (1) for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight comprises information sources (5) able to determine...
7751947 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...
7742846 Surface contact override landing scheme for a FBW rotary-wing aircraft  
A method of transitioning from a complex response flight state to a ground operation control state. Pilot intent is determined through collective position information to control the transition. An...
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