Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340973000 | Indicator of at least four flight parameters (altitude, speed, etc.) | 11 |
20090009363 | METHODS, DATA STRUCTURES, AND SYSTEMS TO CONFIGURE AVIONIC EQUIPMENT WITH PROFILE DATA - Methods, data structures, and systems are provided for configuring avionic equipment with profile data. Profile data is defined, stored, and/or retrieved. The profile data is used to configure one or more display fields of the avionic equipment, display units of measure, identify flight plans, define map settings, set navigation fields, define communication transceiver spacing, define data/time setup, to configure one or more timers, alarms, and/or to configure other communication, navigation, or surveillance settings associated with avionic equipment. Furthermore, instances of the profile data are associated with unique identifiers for storage and retrieval purposes. | 01-08-2009 |
20090153363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING ALTITUDE ABOVE RUNWAY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The system contains a receiver in communication with a programmable device. The receiver receives a first horizontal distance from the aircraft to a threshold of the runway, an angle of a glide path, and a threshold crossing height. The programmable device determines a projected ground distance from the aircraft to the threshold. The programmable device determines a projected ground distance from the threshold to a glide path intercept point. The programmable device determines a vertical value along the glide path relative to a projected ground distance between the aircraft and the glide path intercept point. The programmable device determines a synthetic altitude above runway for the aircraft. | 06-18-2009 |
20090207048 | System and method for increasing visibility of critical flight information on aircraft displays - System and method increase the visibility of critical flight information on electronic displays. An aircraft display system includes a processing unit, a flight management system, a navigation system, a database for storing target data and terrain data, a graphics display generator, and a visual display. The flight management system and/or the navigation system provide real-time aircraft operational and flight control information. The processing unit directs the graphics display generator to generate graphic control signals for the visual display, which increase the transparency of a segment of a zero pitch reference line in the vicinity of a flight path marker on the display. | 08-20-2009 |
20090267800 | REPRESENTING A HOLDING PATTERN ON A VERTICAL SITUATION DISPLAY - Techniques for representing a holding pattern on a vertical situation display are described. The vertical situation display has a first screen area to depict the holding pattern and second screen area to show a flight path after the holding pattern. The representation of the holding pattern visually informs a flight crew of current and prospective flight conditions. | 10-29-2009 |
20100019939 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT - The display system ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100134323 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT FOR DISPLAYING A PILOTING SYMBOLOGY DEDICATED TO OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE - The general field of the invention is, within the framework of the terrain anti-collision systems for aircraft, the presentation on the displays for aiding the piloting and the navigation of a simplified symbology suited to these critical situations. More precisely, the symbols comprise guidance indications in the depictions representing the horizontal and vertical situation indicators as well as speed instructions and altitude instructions, indications relating to the propulsion of the jets as well as guidance messages. | 06-03-2010 |
20120098679 | ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DATA DISPLAY INSTRUMENT - An electronic display instrument configured to secure in a desired position over multiple pre-existing instrument holes in a dashboard of an aircraft in place of multiple conventional display instruments, each conventional instrument having a conventional readout. The instrument comprises a display screen having a plurality of readouts corresponding to the conventional readouts of the multiple conventional instruments that the electronic display instrument replaces. The instrument further includes a body having a front and a back opposite the front and a top and a bottom opposite the top. The body is positioned adjacent and connected to the display screen. The instrument also includes an electronics module protruding from the back of the body to position in one of the pre-existing instrument holes in the dashboard panel of the aircraft. | 04-26-2012 |
20120256768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle instrumentation systems and display systems employing multi-view displays in various land, water, air, and/or space vehicles. In one embodiment of the invention, an aircraft instrumentation system for a flight deck instrument panel includes at least one multi-view display configured to display at least two views, associating one view with a first crew member and the other view with a second crew member. In another embodiment of the invention, a standby instrument may be displayed on each of two multi-view displays such that a standby instrument is visible to each crew member at all times during aircraft operation. | 10-11-2012 |
20150015422 | STANDBY FLIGHT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A standby flight display system for use on an aircraft is disclosed herein. The aircraft has a primary flight display system that is configured to display a first image on a primary flight display screen. The standby flight display system includes a subsystem configured to determine a dynamic state of the aircraft. The standby flight display system further includes an image generator. The standby flight display system still further includes a processing unit. The subsystem, the image generator, and the processing unit are each independent of the primary flight display system. The processing unit is communicatively coupled with the subsystem and with the image generator and is configured to receive information from the subsystem relating to the dynamic state of the aircraft and to control the image generator to generate a second image overlaying the first image on the primary flight display screen. | 01-15-2015 |
20150054664 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS, AND RELATED METHOD - A device for displaying flight characteristics of an aircraft is provided. The device includes a display for the selective display of flight characteristics of an aircraft, as a function of a state of credibility assigned to measurements from static pressure, total pressure and incidence sensors, configured for selectively displaying a primary set of flight characteristics comprising at least one flight characteristic coming from a measurement from one of said sensors, when the measurements from said sensors are deemed reliable, and a secondary set of flight characteristics, distinct from said primary set, comprising at least one secondary flight characteristic designed to replace a counterpart flight characteristic from the primary set, when the measurements from at least one sensor are deemed unreliable, said secondary flight characteristic being independent of any measurement by the or each sensor deemed unreliable done when the measurements from that sensor are deemed unreliable. | 02-26-2015 |
20150338237 | RECONFIGURATION OF THE DISPLAY OF A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method implemented by computer for the display of information relating to the flight of an aircraft comprises receiving indication of a selection of an arbitrary display zone on a screen of an onboard computer of the aircraft; and reconfiguring the display, in response to the indication. Developments describe several geometric transformations, various display reconfigurations (e.g. centring of the display), the use of systems third party to the aircraft (e.g. taxiing computer, ground client, maintenance, terrain monitoring, traffic, weather), associated operations of revisions of the flight plan, the use of display rules (notably associated with the flight situation), and the emergency deactivation of the display reconfigurations. Computer programs and associated systems are also described (notably Man-System Interface, virtual and/or augmented reality). | 11-26-2015 |