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7600426 Calibration method and apparatus for a mobile device  
The invention relates to a method and a mobile device. In accordance with the method—pressure data is measured, the pressure data is used as atmospheric-pressure data and/or for the definition of...
7555947 Air pressure sensor  
An air pressure sensor capable of measuring air pressure highly accurately with a simple configuration is provided. The sensor includes: a sealed case with a sealed space formed therein; a first...
7493813 Electronic instrument movement/barometer  
An instrument [particularly barometer ]movement includes a plurality of elements including a pressure transducer capable of sensing barometric pressure and converting the sensed pressure into...
7429948 Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes  
In a combined GPS/altimeter device, the calibration and hence the accuracy of barometric altimeter measurements are enhanced with the aid of derived altitudes from a GPS. The device determines the...
7424825 Barometric altimeter including a temperature compensation device  
The present invention proposes a portable barometric altimeter ( 10 ) including a pressure sensor ( 14 ), a calculation unit ( 16 ) which determines an altitude value (H) as a function of the...
7350414 Mechanical barometer  
An analog pressure indicator assembly, particularly useful as a barometer, accurately indicates pressure or pressure changes using the fewest number of and/or least expensive components possible....
7345956 Portable electronic device with analog display rate of climb indicator  
A portable electronic device ( 1 ) is described, in particular of bracelet watch type, comprising at least first and second display members ( 8 and 9 ), means ( 23, 31 ) for making measurements...
7299113 System and method for determining aircraft tapeline altitude  
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for accurately determining aircraft altitude, impact pressure, and calibrated air speed are provided. The determined results may be used for...
7242639 Altimeter watch  
The invention concerns a method allowing an electronic watch to automatically exit an altimeter mode including the following steps: (a) entry into altimeter mode by activating the watch altimeter...
7176811 Pressure altimeter electrical testing  
A test apparatus and method of electrical testing especially useful for verifying normal performance of essential functions in an aircraft atmospheric pressure responsive auxiliary altimeter under...
7145501 Methods and systems for measuring terrain height  
An altitude measuring system is described that includes a radar altimeter configured to measure altitude and a digital terrain map database. The database includes data relating to terrain elevation...
7095364 Altitude measurement system and associated methods  
An altitude measuring system and method for aircraft is provided. The altitude measuring system includes altitude sensors for providing data to an altitude processing unit. The altitude processing...
6761064 Movement-detecting altimeter  
To provide a movement-detecting altimeter designed so as to be capable of avoiding excessive accumulation of errors. The movement-detecting altimeter has a movement dependent altitude updating unit...
6684175 Display method of an altitude display apparatus for displaying absolute altitude  
In order to reduce confusion about a displayed absolute altitude and to enhance reliability and correctness, the present invention provides a display method of an altitude display apparatus for...
6678629 Portable altimeter and altitude computing method  
A portable altimeter of the present invention is provided with a movement determining unit for determining whether or not the altimeter is at a standstill or moving by comparing an amount of change...
6640165 Method and system of determining altitude of flying object  
A method of determining an altitude of a flying object. A Blanchard altitude of a flying object is computed. A non-Blanchard reference altitude and a trajectory of the flying object are measured...
6584839 Modular altimeter  
An altimeter which contains within it means for storing the Static Source Error Correction (SSEC) for the aircraft. The altimeter includes means for downloading the SSEC and for transferring it to...
6565992 Phosphorescent oxygen sensors  
A pressure sensor comprising a stable polymer having a backbone containing nitrogen and one or more of sulfur or phosphorous, and including a phosphorescent dye agent.
6530280 Hypsometer  
A hypsometer for use to calibrate thermometers having 1) an elongated vessel for containment of a working fluid, 2) a heating element for heating the fluid to its boiling point, 3) a vapor jacket...
6462703 Method and system for high precision altitude measurement over hostile terrain  
A system and method for providing highly accurate measurements of the altitude above ground level (AGL) of an aircraft flying over local terrain. A current AGL altitude of the aircraft over local...
6462665 Method and apparatus for sending a weather condition alert  
A method and apparatus of an alert system for notifying subscribers of weather or hazardous conditions. A weather-tracking source or service broadcasts weather or hazardous conditions across the...
6434485 GPS device with compass and altimeter and method for displaying navigation information  
A portable, handheld electronic navigation device includes an altimeter, a compass, and a GPS unit. An internal memory stores cartographic data, for displaying the cartographic data on a display of...
6266583 System and method for improving the accuracy of pressure altitude determinations in an inertial navigation system  
A system and method for improving the accuracy of altitude determinations in an inertial navigation system. Pressure measurements available to the inertial navigation system are used to initially...
6255953 Tornado warning system  
A pager receiver based system provides a method and an apparatus for receiving and detecting a tornado alert from the National Weather Service, determining the region to which the alert applies,...
6232882 Warning system and method for detection of tornadoes  
To differentiate between lightning strikes and tornado generated electromagnetic signals, a tornado detection system and method is made up of RF receiving circuits which receive signals at two...
H001937 Laser barometer  
A pressure measuring instrument that utilizes the change of the refractive index of a gas as a function of pressure and the coherent nature of a laser light to determine the barometric pressure...
6034608 Tornado alarm system  
A tornado alarm that monitors humidity, static charge in the air and the barometric pressure. Nothing happens until the level of static electricity increases to a set amount over a stored base...
5827973 Equipment for attaching a part on a substrate  
A pressure sensor is gripped between attachment parts, and electrically connected to a substrate by means of a flat cable. A leg portion which is a part of attachment part is inserted to a...
5686664 Atmospheric tide and air density detector  
An atmospheric tide and air density detector. The detector includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A barometer is positioned within the chamber. An impeller, driven by a motor, is...
5519671 Electronic equipment with depth measuring function  
A water detecting means 5 and an operation designating means for operating a depth measuring function means 6 are arranged. When the water detecting means 5 detects water, the depth measuring...
5402116 Atmospheric pressure calibration systems and methods  
Systems are provided to derive a value of barometric pressure at a defined location in the atmosphere at a computed geometric height. By using the geometric height in a look-up table of...
5295085 Pressure measurement device with selective pressure threshold crossings accumulator  
A pressure measurement device with a selective altitude threshold crossings accumulator and method therefor provides for selective accumulation of relative pressure thresholds. A pressure sensor...
5224059 Device for measuring altitude and barometric pressure  
A device for measuring altitude and barometric pressure having a barometric pressure sensor, an amplifying circuit for amplifying the output signal from the pressure sensor, an analog to digital...
5191792 Instrument for indicating altitude or direction  
A hand-held instrument adapted selectively to provide a sportsman, such as a mountain climber, with readily-readable indications of the existing altitude or direction. The instrument includes a...
5178010 Continuous graphical display of barometric data  
A continuous graphical display of barometric data includes an electronic trace of barometric pressure across a display in which the display including the trace, grid and axis labels are scrolled...
5152179 Device for measuring variations in ambient pressure  
There is provided an apparatus for measuring variations in pressure including a container for housing a volume of liquid and an indicator float to be movably supported by the liquid therein. The...
5077906 Surveying rod leveling device  
A surveying rod leveling device and method for checking the accuracy of the level attached to the surveying rod comprising an elongated vertical bracket mounted to a vertical surface, having a...
5058427 Accumulating altimeter with ascent/descent accumulation thresholds  
An accumulating altimeter includes a programmable accumulator which selectively accumulates altitude changes from a reference altitude in accordance with accumulation thresholds. Altitude changes...
5048337 Hypsometer having controlled heating, particularly for use in metrological radio-sondes  
The hypsometer comprises an open boiling vessel consisting of a vessel flask containing the measuring fluid and of a vessel neck attached to said vessel. An electrical heating resistor plunges into...
5031160 Small-sized electronic device with depth gauge  
A small electronic device having a depth gauge is provided. An electronic device includes a pressure sensor which produces a signal corresponding to a depth. A first memory stores decompression...
5001929 Electronic altimeter  
An altimeter instrument is provided with display means which is locked or unlocked as a function of the output of a sensor which indicates whether the instrument or the apparatus whose altitude the...
4969358 Electronic altimeter/barometer  
A combined altimeter/barometer instrument is provided with setting means which can be actuated in two different modes, i.e., in a pressure level setting mode so as to set the instrument to a known...
4938062 Barometric meter  
A barometric meter such as barometer or a barometric altimeter comprises a vacuum chamber having a movable portion which displaces in proportion to air pressure. An aperture plate for allowing a...
4852262 Gauge for in situ measurement of borehole diameter  
A gauge for measuring in situ the diameter of a borehole in salt or other ft creeping rock types is provided so that changes in borehole structure can be detected. The gauge comprises a cylindrical...
4779461 Method of and apparatus for measuring and recording the drop height of a container in transit  
Apparatus for measuring the drop height of a container by detecting changes in altitude pressure resulting from the drop of the container. The apparatus includes transducers for measuring absolute...
4746225 Instrument assembly support  
An instrument assembly for use with a wire rack. The assembly is constructed so that the case structure may be rotated closer to or further away from the base portion of the stand. The assembly may...
4741213 Quartz-type gas pressure gauge  
The present invention deals with a quartz-type gas pressure gauge which utilizes resonance of a quartz vibrator that changes depending upon the pressure, wherein the quartz vibrator is of the type...
4724707 Measurement device for measuring of air pressure, particularly for recording air data in aircraft  
The invention refers to a measurement device for measuring air pressure by means of a pressure sensor that can be excited to natural oscillations. In order to eliminate the influence of relative...
4699004 Pressure sensing  
A pressure sensing device for a body movable in a fluid in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body. A chamber is provided within the body and a plurality of bores extend...
4638664 Quartz barometer  
In a quartz barometer untilizing the temperature dependence of the resistance of a quartz oscillator at resonance, the present invention is directed to provide a circuit which compensates for the...
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