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7616781 Driver assistance system for vehicle  
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device and an image processor operable to process image data captured by the imaging device. The driver assistance system may display...
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...
7561946 Real time correction of aircraft flight configuration  
Method and system for monitoring and analyzing, in real time, variation with time of an aircraft flight parameter. A time-dependent recovery band, defined by first and second recovery band...
7552005 Method for fault diagnosis of a turbine engine  
A method of diagnosing a turbine engine includes the steps of acquiring engine operating parameters; calculating corresponding engine residual values; computing the mean and the standard deviation...
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...
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...
7474944 Control system and method with multiple linked inputs  
Methods and systems for linking input control signals, such as control signals used to control aspects of aircraft operation. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving first and second force...
7463954 Terrain augmented display symbology  
Terrain augmented display symbology improves a pilot's spatial awareness during aircraft approach and landing. The symbology includes a terrain-tracing, three-dimensional centerline that provides a...
7440826 Steering aid system for altitude and horizontal speed, perpendicular to the vertical, of an aircraft and aircraft equipped therewith  
A steering aid system for altitude and horizontal speed of an aircraft ( 4 ) includes: a measuring device ( 22 ) for delivering a measured signal based on the aircraft altitude and horizontal...
7437245 Threat avoidance system and methods using adjustments to built-in values  
A system for enhancing flight safety of a host aircraft receives an adjustment value from a portable memory device; determines a working value of a parameter in accordance with the adjustment...
7433781 Device for cartographically representing minimum vertical speeds  
This device furnishes a map for assisting navigation at low-level altitude while representing the zone flown over with points shown in false colors and/or textures or symbols corresponding to the...
7433779 Method of following the course of the flight plan of a cooperative aircraft  
This method relates to the system of ATM air traffic management with cooperative aircraft provided with a flight management computer FMS, that are linked by a data transmission system ATN to the...
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...
7422176 Method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed  
A method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed includes determining a lower speed threshold for the aircraft, measuring the actual speed of the aircraft and...
7415396 Method and device for monitoring the validity of at least one parameter which is calculated by an anemometeric unit of an aircraft  
A method and device for monitoring the validity of a parameter calculated by an anemometric unit of an aircraft may employ a first section for taking into account n first data, each dependent on...
7403843 Systems and methods for automated deselection of flight plan information from a display  
Systems and methods for automatically switching to a track view mode on a vertical view display. The system determines aircraft position relative to a leg of a flight plan and switches display mode...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7313404 Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data  
A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator...
7136011 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...
7132960 Approach monitoring and advisory system and method  
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for monitoring for high energy landing approaches and advising a flight crew of an aircraft. Specific aircraft energy is predicted at a...
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...
7009531 System for aurally monitoring aeronautical information while in flight  
A system and a method for providing a continuous, semi-continuous and/or repetitive aural signal to an aircraft pilot indicative of a difference between a set value and an actual value for one or...
6917860 Transmission, receipt, and presentation of vehicle specific environmental conditions and hazards information  
A method for transmitting environmental conditions information, which includes receiving at least some environmental conditions information, scaling the received information such that a scaled...
6915188 Controlling aircraft from collisions with off limits facilities  
A signal is received from an off limits facility and it is determined from the signal whether an aircraft is within a distance of the off limits facility. The course and/or flight of the aircraft...
6886786 Engine thrust management—new design architecture  
An engine thrust management system comprising an engine control device, an aircraft flight manual, a flight management device and a cockpit instrument device. The engine control device is operable...
6853884 Lane-keep control system for vehicle  
A lane-keep control system for a host-vehicle is arranged to execute a lane-keep control for moving the host-vehicle in a traveling lane, to determine whether there is an approaching-vehicle behind...
6819266 System and method for reducing the speed of an aircraft  
An aircraft system for reducing the airspeed of an aircraft as it passes through a preselected altitude includes an automatic throttle system including a computer, a device for inputting a...
6782312 Situation dependent lateral terrain maps for avionics displays  
In a lateral terrain map for avionics displays, a terrain relief contrast adjustment parameter, based on a statistical terrain roughness measure, is used to compute optimal terrain presentation for...
6711478 Receiver-autonomous vertical integrity monitoring  
A system and method for determining the vertical integrity of an altitude component of an aircraft navigational signal through the use of a receiver-autonomous vertical integrity monitoring (RAVIM)...
6681159 Spacecraft methods and structures with enhanced attitude control that facilitates gyroscope substitutions  
Methods and structures are provided that enhance attitude control during gyroscope substitutions by insuring that a spacecraft's attitude control system does not drive its absolute-attitude sensors...
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...
6587757 Method for guiding an aircraft during a convoy flight  
The invention relates to compliance with the safety distances between aircraft travelling, in a queue, one behind the other, through a prescribed air corridor. It is more especially concerned with...
6574534 6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for spacecraft  
A 6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for a spacecraft includes a plurality of thrusters, thruster modulator, position/velocity detector, target position/velocity generator, attitude/angular...
6366836 Method and apparatus for providing adaptive altitude preselector units  
A method of changing a preselect altitude value includes receiving an input from a pilot. In response, the preselect altitude value is changed by a first amount from a current preselect altitude...
6366835 Height estimating apparatus  
Apparatus for estimating a first height ( 1 ) of a vehicle ( 2 ) above a first reference surface ( 3 ), including a system ( 4 ) for determining position, velocity and attitude incorporating at...
6338454 Aircraft flight control device  
The present invention relates to a flight control device for an aircraft comprising a control ( 2 ) and a means for actuating a controlled member (RP, RQ) to which a command is applied. According...
6317660 Method for using satellite state vector prediction to provide satellite sensor automatic scan inhibit and/or sensor switching  
A method for use on a satellite that automatically inhibits scanning of an Earth sensor to handle sensor intrusions by the sun, moon, or other celestial bodies. In implementing the method, a...
6285298 Safety critical system with a common sensor detector  
An avionics system with a common sensor detector that includes analog sensors for sensing flight parameters of an aircraft and for providing sensor signals indicative of the flight parameters....
6205376 Blocked pitot-static monitor  
Disclosed are avionics systems and methods of using the same to monitor a pitot-static system for blockages. A first aircraft movement rate is calculated as a function of a pressure sensed using...
6047927 Escaping singularities in a satellite attitude control  
Control moment gyros in an array are rotated to reorient a satellite by an attitude signal. If the signal causes a gyro to have position that will produce a singularity in attitude control, a...
6047226 Enhanced stellar attitude determination system  
Spacecraft attitude is efficiently controlled by utilizing spatial noise and temporal noise in the calculation of gains to a Kalman filter. Spatial noise is modeled in a dynamic fashion so as to...
5995880 Method and device for detecting vertical gusts of wind and application thereof to the pitch-attitude control of an aircraft  
An apparatus and method for detecting vertical gusts of wind on board an aircraft in cruising flight is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: calculating an absolute value (│α-θ│) of a...
5949677 Control system utilizing fault detection  
A control architecture having improved fault detection and correction capabilities is disclosed. The system comprises primary and monitor control systems, each having an associated control signal....
5928297 Suspension control device of vehicle according to genetic algorithm  
A suspension control device for a vehicle equipped with suspension dampers variable of damping coefficient, including: a means for storing a group of schedules each having a plurality of...
5912627 Device and method for indicating if an airplane is operating within operating limits  
The present invention provides a device for indicating an operating point of an aircraft comprising a sensor to measure air speed and a sensor to measure vertical acceleration. The device also...
5730394 Vertical performance limit compensator  
A vertical performance limit compensator is provided for a rotary wing aircraft. The compensator modifies a vertical velocity command signal for the aircraft's autopilot. The vertical velocity...
5574647 Apparatus and method for computing wind-sensitive optimum altitude steps in a flight management system  
An apparatus and method for determining the best legal flight altitudes, and the best points at which to change to a new legal flight altitude, such that the cost of the flight is minimized, but...
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