Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701121000 | With speed control or order | 11 |
20090112454 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING THE PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT TO PREPARE A PHASE OF DESCENT - A method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft while respecting a time of arrival constraint at a first waypoint during a phase of descent. The method includes calculating an instant of arrival of the aircraft at an intermediate waypoint, in such a way that an estimated latest time of arrival at the first waypoint, corresponding to a minimum speed profile, occurs later by a predetermined first margin than the time of arrival constraint; determining a first speed profile between a current position of the aircraft and the intermediate waypoint, such that the intermediate waypoint is crossed at the calculated instant of arrival; determining a second speed profile, such that the first waypoint is crossed within the time of arrival constraint, starting from the intermediate waypoint at the calculated instant of arrival; and piloting the aircraft according to the first and then second speed profiles. | 04-30-2009 |
20090157288 | Air Traffic Control Delay Factor - A time factor corresponding to an airspace delay or acceleration is communicated to an aircraft. A flight management computer or other computational device of the aircraft calculates a proposed change in trajectory in order to accommodate the time factor in an optimum or nearly optimum manner. One or more proposed changes in trajectory are subject to review by the pilot or other flight personnel. An operator-selected change in trajectory is then implemented in order to accommodate a new arrival time of the aircraft at its destination or a positional point. | 06-18-2009 |
20090259392 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GUIDING AN AIRCRAFT - The device ( | 10-15-2009 |
20110282568 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN IMPROVED IN-TRAIL PROCEDURES DISPLAY - Systems and methods for improving situational awareness on an in-trail procedures display. The present invention provides a display with visual identification and indication for aircraft that do not meet the ITP criteria. In the in-trail procedures display, feedback is provided when a pilot selects an invalid ITP flight level, unambiguous feedback is provided to the pilot upon selection of a valid flight level, and valid inter-target aircraft located in intervening flight levels after selection of a valid flight level are positively identified and invalid target aircraft for selection are uniquely identified. | 11-17-2011 |
20130024101 | METHOD TO PERFORM THREAT ANALYSIS AND SYMBOLOGY USING ADS-B TRAFFIC DATA - This method utilizes an aircraft cockpit computer to calculate in real time the closest point of approach and time to this three dimensional point then depict the future situation to the pilot on a cockpit display using new symbols and textual information. | 01-24-2013 |
20130144518 | Method, Device and System for Guaranteeing a Temporal Spacing Between an Aircraft and At Least One Reference Moving Object - A method is provided for guaranteeing a temporal spacing between an aircraft and at least one reference moving object, said spacing needing to be guaranteed no later than at a point in the flight plan called the point of interception, with the aircraft following a current flight plan. The feasibility of guaranteeing the spacing at a date Tcour by regulating the speed of the aircraft while maintaining the current flight plan is verified in a first step. In a second step it is verified whether the date Tcour is contained within a feasibility range. In a third step the current flight plan is modified when the feasibility is not verified, a lateral trajectory between the current position Xcour of the aircraft and the point of interception being implemented in this case such that the spacing can be attained by regulating the speed. | 06-06-2013 |
20130261945 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING THE SPACING BETWEEN TWO AIRCRAFTS - The invention relates to a method and device for automatically managing the separation between two aircraft following one another. The device ( | 10-03-2013 |
20140067245 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REACHING A WAYPOINT AT A REQUIRED TIME OF ARRIVAL - A method and apparatus includes long term and short term strategies for improving 4D trajectory reliability and required time of arrival reliability. The long term strategy changes speeds along the trajectory to remove the time error in predictions. The short term strategy compensates for wind and position error, for example, by temporarily changing an aircraft guidance speed by applying a guidance margin that would either delay or prevent re-computation of the speed targets along the flight path. The predictions would use the original speed target without the guidance margin application. The guidance speed target will stay applied until the predicted time error crosses a threshold. | 03-06-2014 |
20140114557 | HIGH INTEGRITY, SURFACE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC TAXI - A high-integrity auto-guidance and control method for use in conjunction with an aircraft electric taxi drive system comprises obtaining taxi path data generating in a plurality of processors taxi path guidance and control information from the taxi path guidance data, and sending commands derived from the taxi path guidance and control information from one of the plurality of processors based on a predetermined priority scheme to at least one electric taxi controller. | 04-24-2014 |
20140257684 | Aeronautical Holding Pattern Calculation for Solving High Wind and Protected Airspace Issues - An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive holding instructions for an aircraft, wherein the holding instructions comprise a holding fix, a holding direction, and an inbound leg course, obtain an airspeed for the aircraft, obtain a wind speed and a wind direction affecting the aircraft, calculate a holding pattern for the aircraft using the holding instructions, the wind speed, the wind direction, an inbound leg duration, and the airspeed, obtain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) protected airspace limits associated with the holding fix, and present the holding pattern and the FAA protected airspace limits to a flight crew member on the aircraft. | 09-11-2014 |
20140297169 | Predicted Position and Heading/Track Indicators for Navigation Display - A visual/graphical air traffic display tool to aid flight crews in determining future heading/track and position of ownship based on current climb rate, bank angle and groundspeed under current meteorological conditions. The tool displays symbols which indicate the predicted future position and heading/track of ownship on a traffic display unit. The tool is also capable of using ownship's predicted position and information received from surrounding traffic to identify a future conflict at ownship's predicted position and then display a future conflict warning on the traffic display unit. In one embodiment, the future conflict warning takes the form of a change in the coloration of the ownship position and heading/track indicator being displayed. | 10-02-2014 |