| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 340961000 | Potential collision with other aircraft | 27 |
| 20080198039 | Optical system for detecting an object - A system for optically detecting an object comprises a light source associated with the object and operated to produce a temporal pattern of emissions and a detector, synchronized to the operation of the light source by signals from a global positioning system, to identify light emissions according to the temporal pattern. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080218384 | Method and system for maintaining spatio-temporal data - A system and method for maintaining spatio-temporal data for a given area (e.g., an airspace) containing a given node (e.g., an aircraft) and one or more other nodes (e.g., aircraft). The given aircraft may break the given airspace into a first plurality of smaller airspaces, and may also break the given airspace into a second plurality of smaller airspaces. The given aircraft may then detect local spatio-temporal data for each smaller airspace located within its detectable range. The aircraft may also receive remote spatio-temporal data for the smaller airspaces from the one or more other aircraft. Thereafter, the aircraft may update stored spatio-temporal data based on the aircraft's navigation data, the local spatio-temporal data, the remote spatio-temporal data, and/or a reliability of the data. Further, the aircraft may transmit the stored spatio-temporal data for receipt by the one or more other aircraft. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090167567 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING COLLISIONS AND A COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A collision avoidance system, the system comprises a tactile interface device; the tactile interface device comprises a connecting element shaped such as to be worn around a thigh of a pilot; wherein the connecting element is coupled to multiple tactile sensory devices; wherein when the connecting element is worn around a thigh of the pilot the tactile sensory devices are in tactile communication with the pilot; wherein the multiple tactile sensory devices are controlled by a controller; wherein if another plane presents a threat of collision, the controller activates at least one tactile sensory device out of the multiple tactile sensory devices such as to provide a tactile maneuver indication that is indicative of a collision avoidance maneuver. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090295601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A TAXIING SPEED FOR AN AIRCRAFT OF A CONVOY - The device ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100001882 | Methods and Device for Landing Aircraft - A technique for landing aircraft using an aircraft landing accident avoidance device is disclosed. The technique includes determining at least two probability distribution functions; determining a safe lower limit on a separation between a lead aircraft and a trail aircraft on a glide slope to the runway; determining a maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate on the runway based on the safe lower limit and the probability distribution functions; directing the trail aircraft to enter the glide slope with a target separation from the lead aircraft corresponding to the maximum sustainable safe attempt-to-land rate; while the trail aircraft is in the glide slope, determining an actual separation between the lead aircraft and the trail aircraft; and directing the trail aircraft to execute a go-around maneuver if the actual separation approaches the safe lower limit. Probability distribution functions include runway occupancy time, and landing time interval and/or inter-arrival distance. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100156673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC ADVISORY INFORMATION - Methods and systems for operating an avionics system are provided. A set of data that is representative of traffic advisory information is received. A visual indicator is displayed to a user based on the set of data that is representative of the traffic advisory information. The traffic advisory information may be received by a user through a receiver and manually entered into an interface for viewing. Alternatively, the avionics system may automatically generate the visual indicator based on the traffic advisory information. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100219988 | AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - An aircraft collision avoidance system comprising (a) at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising (1) at least one transmitter and (2) at least one receiver and (b) a master unit. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100253546 | ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for enhancing the situational awareness of an operator. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) traffic data transmitted by a traffic entity are received. The ADS-B traffic data are processed to determine traffic entity position. The traffic entity position is mapped to corresponding image coordinates on an enhanced vision system (EVS) display. A region of interest around at least a portion of the corresponding image coordinates is selected. An actual image of the traffic entity is rendered on the EVS display, at the corresponding image coordinates, and with at least a portion of the region of interest being highlighted. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100283635 | AVIONICS DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FLIGHT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO NEIGHBORING AIRCRAFT - Embodiments of a process are provided suitable for implementation by an avionics display system deployed on a host aircraft and including a monitor. In one embodiment, the process includes the step of receiving air traffic data indicative of a first flight characteristic pertaining to a neighboring aircraft. The first flight characteristic is selected from the group consisting of: (i) the wake turbulence created by the neighboring aircraft, (ii) the current flight plan of the neighboring aircraft, and (iii) the airspace in which the neighboring aircraft's current detection position should reside to ensure that the neighboring aircraft's actual position resides within the an airspace currently assigned to the neighboring aircraft. A visual representation of the first flight characteristic is generated on the monitor. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110032123 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING DATA LINK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER MENUS - Methods and systems for generating a data link air traffic control center menu are provided. In one implementation, a method comprises associating individual air traffic control center objects with at least one geographic area. Each air traffic control center object represents an air traffic control center having a name, and each geographic area has a name. The method further includes displaying the names of each geographic area and receiving a first input. The first input selects one of the geographic areas having a plurality of geographic sub-areas, with each geographic sub-area having a name. The method further includes displaying the names of the geographic sub-areas and receiving a second input. The second input selects one of the geographic sub-areas including one or more air traffic control centers. The method further includes displaying the names of the air traffic control centers and receiving a third input. The third input selects one of the air traffic control centers. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032124 | TAXIWAY AIRCRAFT LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A taxiway aircraft location monitoring system that includes an aircraft transceiver unit located in an aircraft designed to selectively communicate with the second transceiver unit located in the control tower and with other aircraft moving on the airport. Each transceiver unit is coupled to the aircraft's global positioning system (GPS) used to determine the current location and altitude. During operation, the aircraft's transceiver unit transmits the aircraft's FAA assigned registration number and current location to a receiving unit located in the control tower and other transceiver units located in other aircrafts. The aircraft's transceiver unit is coupled to a control switch that constantly monitors the aircraft's current altitude its distance from the airport's control tower so that the control switch automatically activates and deactivates the transmission of wireless signals from the aircraft's transceiver unit when the aircraft is within or outside a predetermined altitude or distanced from the control tower. The transceiver units may be coupled to displays with maps showing all of the runways and taxiways at the airport and the current location of any aircraft moving on the ground. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110109481 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTIPLE ZONES OF DETECTION AS A FUNCTION OF ACCURACY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to avionics systems, and more particularly, to collision avoidance systems. In one embodiment, a system is delineated comprising a plurality of detection zones for a plurality of aircraft and means for issuing a report based on one or more of the plurality of detection zones. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110121998 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALERTING TO TRAFFIC PROXIMITY IN THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for alerting to traffic proximity in the airport environment. Knowledge of the geographic position, speed, rate of change of speed, heading (or track-angle) and/or altitude of own-aircraft (or vehicle) and another, potentially conflicting aircraft (or vehicle) are used to calculate a predicted distance between the two aircraft (or vehicles) at given point of time in the future. If separation distance is predicted to be less than a predetermined acceptable value, then an alert message (aural, visual or both) is issued to the pilot or operator of the vehicle. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110169665 | AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION ACCURACY DISPLAY SYSTEM - An aircraft display system is provided for rendering at least aircraft estimated position uncertainty (EPU) and/or vertical estimated position uncertainty (VEPU) values non-numerically and in a fairly intuitive manner. The system may also render the EPU and VEPU values non-numerically for other traffic entities within range of the aircraft. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110187561 | Method And Device For Preventing An Anti-Collision System On Board An Airplane From Emitting Alarms, During An Altitude Capture Maneuver - According to the invention, the device ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110210871 | 3D Navigation Aid System and Display for Same - The invention relates to an aircraft navigational aid system with 3D display including an anti-collision device, with means of storing data representing obstructions, means for calculating a representation of the obstructions in a three-dimensional space and a device for displaying the obstructions data in three dimensions. The system includes means for augmenting the display of the representation of the area of hazardous obstructions with at least two indicator objects for the said area of hazardous obstructions disposed together in such a manner as to form a third object targeting the localization of the point in the area of hazardous obstructions closest to the aircraft. The invention also relates to the method of display of the indicator objects in a three-dimensional display. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210872 | USING IMAGE SENSOR AND TRACKING FILTER TIME-TO-GO TO AVOID MID-AIR COLLISIONS - A collision avoidance system for deciding whether an autonomous avoidance manoeuvre should be performed in order to avoid a mid-air collision between a host aerial vehicle equipped with the system and an intruding aerial vehicle. At least one electro-optical sensor captures consecutive images of an intruding vehicle such that the vehicle manifests itself as a target point in the images. An image processor estimates the azimuth angle, elevation angle and a first time-to-collision estimate of the time to collision between the host vehicle and the intruding vehicle. The first time-to-collision estimate is estimated based on scale change in the target point between at least two of said consecutive images. A tracking filter is arranged to estimate a second time-to-collision estimate using the azimuth angle, the elevation angle and the first time-to-collision estimate estimated by the image processor as input parameters. A collision avoidance module is arranged to decide whether or not an avoidance manoeuvre should be performed based on any of at least one parameter, of which at least one is indicative of said second time-to-collision estimate. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120075121 | Airport incursion notification system - An airport incursion notification system includes a fiber optic configured as an interferometric sensor to detect noise and buried adjacent at least at select runways and taxiways of an airport. At least one interrogator unit is for determining the location of and classifying noises detected by the fiber optic. Indicators are present at least at select runway and taxiway intersections. A controller subsystem is responsive to the interrogator unit and is configured to activate one or more indicators if an incursion condition exists. Imaging and/or radar subsystems can also be employed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120319871 | Lighting and Collision Alerting System - A collision avoidance system includes a sensor adapted to detect at least one vehicle in the vicinity of a predetermined area and generate target data relating to the at least one vehicle. An awareness engine receives the target data and evaluates the target data for a threat of a collision. An alerting system is adapted to alert the at least one vehicle in the event of a threat of a collision, the alerting system being activated by the awareness engine. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120326895 | METHOD FOR VISUALLY INDICATING AN ADVISORY FROM THE TRAFFIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM ON A FLIGHT DISPLAY - A method of visually indicating an advisory from a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) on a flight display of an aircraft, the method comprising receiving a TCAS advisory, determining a severity of the received TCAS advisory, displaying a geometric body on the flight display in response to the TCAS advisory, and altering a shape of the displayed geometric body in response to the determined severity wherein the shape of the displayed geometric body may be altered by altering at least one of an angle and an arc of the geometric body. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130027226 | MOVING MAP DISPLAY - A Device for automatically evaluating an air traffic control message by an aircraft-based component of a flight information system is disclosed. The device comprises means for retrieving the air traffic control message from an aircraft-based system, means for parsing the text of the air traffic control message and means for storing text elements of the air traffic control message into a computer readable memory. Furthermore, it comprises means for retrieving a current flight data of an aircraft, means for determining if there is a mismatch between the stored text elements and the current flight data, the actual flight data comprising at least the current position of the aircraft and means for displaying one or more graphical elements on a moving map display if it is determined that there is a mismatch between the stored text elements and the current flight data. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130342373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAXIWAY TRAFFIC ALERTING - Systems and methods for providing the crew of an airplane or vehicle with a potential traffic-threat alert. When the alert is triggered is based on presumed flight-crew action and reaction times, ownship speed, and required distance to safely stop the ownship before intersection with traffic. An exemplary system located aboard an ownship includes a communication device that receives information from a ground traffic; a memory device that stores ownship information and predefined constants; and a processing device that determines a distance to the traffic when the traffic passes the ownship after the ownship stops at an estimated full-stop location, based on the received ownship information and the predefined constants, determines distance to the ground traffic vehicle, based on the determined point in time, and generates a potential collision alert if the determined distance is less than a predefined safe distance value. An output device outputs the generated potential collision alert. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140210648 | FLIGHT DECK DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE WINDOWS INCLUDING AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATH SYMBOLOGY - Embodiments of a flight deck display system for deployment onboard a host aircraft are provided, as are embodiments of a method carried-out by a flight deck display system. In one embodiment, the flight deck display system includes a cockpit display, a wireless communication module, and a controller operatively coupled to the cockpit display and to the wireless communication module. The controller is configured to generate a vertical In-Trail Procedure (ITP) window on the cockpit display, which includes graphics representative of the current position of the host aircraft, the current position of an intruder aircraft when present within a predetermined distance of the host aircraft, and a plurality of flight levels. The controller is further configured to receive data from which the current flight path of the intruder aircraft can be derived; and periodically update the vertical ITP window to include flight path symbology indicative of the current flight path of the intruder aircraft. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140300495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SYMBOLOGY ON AN IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE DISPLAY GRAPHICALLY AND TEXTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF A VERTICAL TRAFFIC SCENARIO AND AIR- TRAFFIC-CONTROL NEGOTIATION - A system and method is provided for displaying information related to an in-trail procedure (ITP) on a ITP display aboard a host aircraft. Current flight status data of the host aircraft and at least a second aircraft is obtained, and a vertical traffic scenario including at least the host aircraft ant the second aircraft is rendered on the display. A textual representation of a negotiation between ATC and the host aircraft is also rendered on the ITP display. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140340245 | Aircraft Collision Avoidance System - An aircraft collision avoidance system comprising (a) at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising (1) at least one transmitter and (2) at least one receiver and (b) a master unit. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150077274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IN-TRAIL PROCEDURE (ITP) ALLOCATIONS ON AN AIRCRAFT COCKPIT DISPLAY - A system and method for increasing the vertical situational awareness of a pilot of a host aircraft, comprises rendering symbology on a vertical situation display of the host aircraft, the symbology comprising (1) a traffic scenario including at least the host aircraft and a second aircraft, the second aircraft involved in an ITP transition, and (2) flight level allocation data assigned to the second aircraft by air traffic control. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20180025653 | PREDICTION OF VEHICLE MANEUVERS | 01-25-2018 |
