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20100194599 | FLAPS OVERSPEED ADVISORY SYSTEM - A flap advisory system provides an advisory to a pilot informing that a speed of the aircraft should be attended to because of a current or desired flap setting. More specifically, the flap advisory system compares a measured airspeed of the aircraft either directly to a flap placard speed or to a marginal speed range set below the flap placard speed for a given flap setting. If the measured airspeed is determined to be excessive then the system provides an advisory indicating the airspeed is too fast. Further, the system may provide an advisory when a movement of a flap handle is detected such that continued movement of the flap handle would place the flaps in a setting that is inappropriate for the measured airspeed. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198432 | STABLE APPROACH MONITOR (SAM) SYSTEM - An improved stable approach monitor (SAM) system provides an audible advisory to a pilot when an aircraft is on a final landing approach. More specifically, the SAM system compares a measured airspeed of the aircraft to a predetermined flap placard speed. If the measured airspeed exceeds the predetermined flap placard speed then the improved SAM system provides an audible advisory indicating the airspeed of the aircraft is too fast. Advantageously, this audible advisory should prevent the pilot from attempting to deploy the flaps at an excessive airspeed and in turn focuses the pilot's attention on the problem at hand, which would be to reduce the airspeed of the aircraft. Once the airspeed is equal to or below the predetermined flap placard speed, the improved SAM system may provide another audible advisory informing the pilot to commence deployment of the flaps. | 08-05-2010 |
20110118909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING LOW TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE DUE TO INCORRECT WEIGHT INFORMATION - Systems and methods for performing V speeds verification. An example system determines if during a takeoff roll there is enough runway left for the aircraft to stop with a predetermined braking force. If an incorrect “too small” weight had been used to previously compute Vspeeds (e.g., V | 05-19-2011 |
20110118911 | STABILIZED APPROACH MONITOR - Systems and methods for suppressing an unstable alert when the aircraft is in the process of landing on a temporarily displaced threshold. In an example process, a processor on the aircraft determines the aircraft is on an approach to landing on a runway based on information received from one or more data sources on the aircraft, then retrieves predefined glideslope information for the runway from a memory device that is in signal communication with the processor. Next, the processor determines whether position of the aircraft is above the predefined glideslope by a first threshold amount. If the aircraft is determined to be above the predefined glideslope by the first threshold amount, the processor issues an unstable alert only if a flight path angle of the aircraft is greater than an angle of the predefined glideslope by a second threshold amount. | 05-19-2011 |
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20100153495 | Automated Media Delivery System - An automatic graphics delivery system that operates in parallel with an existing Web site infrastructure is provided. The system streamlines the post-production process by automating the production of media through content generation procedures controlled by proprietary tags placed by an author within URLs embedded within Web documents. | 06-17-2010 |
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20110273315 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING LANDING GEAR ALERT ENVELOPE FOR OFFSHORE PLATFORMS AND BUILDING-TOP LANDINGS - Systems and methods for improving landing gear alerting on a rotary wing aircraft. An example system includes a user interface device that allows a user to set a bug altitude value and a radio altimeter that produces an altitude value, both of which are in communication with a processor. The processor receives a bug altitude setting, generates a landing gear alert altitude value based on the received bug altitude setting and a predefined additive, receives a radio altitude value for the rotary-wing aircraft, and generates a landing gear alert if the radio altitude value is less than the landing gear alert altitude value and the landing gear is not in a landing position. An output device in signal communication with the processor, outputs the generated landing gear alert. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE PITCH ALERT AND BIASING SINK RATE ALERT - Systems and methods that alert the pilot of the unusual negative pitch attitude. Additionally, the system can bias a “sink rate” envelope toward a more sensitive direction, such that the pilot can be alerted while (or before) a large sink rate is built up during an unusual negative pitch attitude condition. | 11-10-2011 |
20110320070 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING TARGET APPROACH SPEED - Systems and methods for adjusting target approach speed for use in a “Too Fast” approach to landing condition. An exemplary system stores predefined maximum wind setting and a predefined reference speed and a pilot set bug speed value. A processing device sets a target speed equal to the bug speed, if the bug speed is less than the reference speed plus a value associated with a predefined maximum wind setting, and sets the target speed equal to the reference speed plus the max wind added value, if the manual bug speed is not less than the reference speed plus the max wind added value. An output device outputs an alert if the received aircraft speed is greater than the set target speed plus a predefined error value when the received aircraft location is within a threshold value of a touchdown point. | 12-29-2011 |
20120095625 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALERTING POTENTIAL TAILSTRIKE DURING LANDING - Systems and methods for alerting for potential tailstrike during landing. A processing device located onboard an aircraft determines whether the aircraft is in a landing operational mode. If the aircraft is determined within the landing operational mode, the processing device determines whether aircraft speed is less than a previously defined threshold speed and generates an alert signal if it is determined that the aircraft's speed is less than the previously defined threshold speed. An output device located onboard the aircraft, outputs an alert based on the generated alert signal. | 04-19-2012 |
20130106623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING SINK RATE ALERT ENVELOPE FOR SPECIAL LANDING ZONES | 05-02-2013 |
20140214246 | ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING CORRECT TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE DATA ENTRY - Systems and methods for verifying that the flight crew has not made an error in entering takeoff flight performance data into the flight management system (FMS) using the electronic flight bag (EFB). The EFB includes a user interface that receives basic flight plan information and a processor. The processor automatically receives calculated takeoff performance data based on a previously entered basic flight plan, automatically receives user-entered takeoff performance data from a flight management system (FMS) located on a host aircraft, automatically compares the calculated takeoff performance data to the received takeoff performance data, and generates an entry error indication, if the comparison indicates that at least a portion of the entered takeoff performance data does not match the calculated takeoff performance data. An output device outputs the generated entry error indication. | 07-31-2014 |
20140368359 | FLIGHT DECK DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY INDICATING LOW SPEED CHANGE CONDITIONS DURING TAKEOFF AND LANDING - Embodiments of a flight deck display system deployed onboard an 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 device and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) establish the speed trend of the aircraft over a predetermined time period; (ii) generate a primary flight display on the cockpit display device including a speed trend vector graphic representative of the established speed trend; and (iii) alter the appearance of the speed trend vector graphic in a first predetermined manner if a low speed change condition is detected during at least one of aircraft takeoff and landing. | 12-18-2014 |
20150022380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MODEL-BASED ALERTING OF SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TO A PILOT - A system and method monitor aircraft state parameters, for example, aircraft movement and flight parameters, applies those inputs to a spatial disorientation model, and makes a prediction of when pilot may become spatially disoriented. Once the system predicts a potentially disoriented pilot, the sensitivity for alerting the pilot to conditions exceeding a threshold can be increased and allow for an earlier alert to mitigate the possibility of an incorrect control input. | 01-22-2015 |
20150112517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULATING ALERTS FOR AN INTENDED RUNWAY - A system and method provide an alert to a pilot of an aircraft aurally with a given volume and inflection, and/or visually with a text message which includes color, font, and pitch (size). The alert is rendered in distinct fashion for the expected and unexpected cases, e.g., an intended runway and an unintended runway. In a preferred embodiment, the alert for the intended runway is changed to a confirmation level, or one that is less likely to interfere with other information flow, while the alert for the unintended runway would be provided in a more conspicuous manner. | 04-23-2015 |
20150127196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING OF REMAINING RUNWAY UPON LANDING BASED ON DECELERATION - A system and method are provided for alerting of remaining runway based on deceleration, following, for example, a landing or discontinued takeoff. An advisory system compares the current aircraft deceleration value to a predetermined threshold value when proceeding down the runway. If the current aircraft deceleration is less than the threshold value, the runway distance remaining callouts are triggered. | 05-07-2015 |
20150213721 | PASSIVE AIRCRAFT WINGTIP STRIKE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for passively detecting aircraft wingtip strikes includes generating a digital base map represented by a plurality of aerodrome cells. A numeric value is assigned to each of the aerodrome cells that is representative of the specific wingtip strike threat associated with that aerodrome cell. An index count array is generated that has a separate entry for each numeric value. A digital aircraft structure is generated that is representative of an aircraft, and is represented by a plurality of aircraft cells. A portion of the aerodrome cells are replaced with the plurality of aircraft cells. Each numeric value of the aerodrome cells that are replaced is counted to determine a replacement count associated therewith and that is entered into the separate entry in the index count array for that numeric value. One or more potential aircraft wingtip strikes are detected based on the replacement counts. | 07-30-2015 |
20150243174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNWAY SELECTION THROUGH SCORING - A system and method for selecting a runway, comprises retrieving runway feature data and aircraft data including aircraft heading with respect to the bearing of first and second runways. Runway boundary envelopes are created for each of the first and second runways, each having a predetermined score. A total score for each of the first and second runways is compared to determine which of the runways is selected. | 08-27-2015 |
20150298821 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULATING PREMATURE DESCENT PROTECTION ENVELOPE - A system and method are provided for modifying the position or shape of a premature descent protection envelope with regard to a runway when an aircraft making an approach to the runway is below the nominal approach path and has a flight path angle greater than the nominal approach path angle. | 10-22-2015 |
20150314884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED LOW AIRSPEED WARNING - A method and system are provided for generating a low airspeed warning in an aircraft. This method creates a scale factor that is a factor of engine thrust and aircraft altitude. A low airspeed threshold is determined that varies according to the aircraft altitude with respect to a predetermined altitude band and the engine thrust with respect to a predetermined engine thrust band. A low airspeed alert is generated in response to the determination of the low airspeed threshold. This method provides a pilot with earlier knowledge of low airspeed conditions when the aircraft is in a target altitude band, increasing the pilot's response time and thereby enhancing overall aircraft safety. | 11-05-2015 |
20150321748 | SPEED BRAKE ALERTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is provided for controlling the speed of an aircraft with a speed brake during landing. The system includes a speed brake control system and a speed brake controller coupled to the speed brake control system for arming the speed brake. An alert generator is coupled to the speed brake controller for generating an alert when the speed brake is not armed. | 11-12-2015 |