Honeywell International Inc.

James Alexander Nicholls

Erik A Ringnes

Michael Duane Mead

Mark Karl Sutter

Gang He

Yasuo Ishihara

Ratan Khatwa

Willard R True

Patricia May Ververs

Richard Berckefeldt

Robert Stebbins Doyle

Esko Mannisto

Dereck B Clark

Supratik Gon

Marc L Lajeunesse

Marc Lajeunesse

John Stokely

Jon Bartling

Gregory C Carlucci

Matt Glassburn

Michael McSharry

Rodney Kennan

Victor Files Tarbutton, Jr

Jennifer Hounslow

Michael Mead

Laurentiu Mihai Gheorghe

Subbarao Venkata Rama Vemula

Mark Sutter

Dereck Clark

Michael Mcsharry

Erik Ringnes

Robert S Doyle

In some examples, a terrain awareness device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a terrain feature in a travel path of the ownship vehicle. The processing circuitry is also configured to present, on a display, a first graphical user interface indicating the terrain feature. The terrain awareness device also includes a memory configured to store a location of the terrain feature, and the terrain awareness device is configured to receive traffic data from a traffic device. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a location of a second vehicle based on the traffic data and determine that the ownship first vehicle has been instructed to synchronize with a second vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a second graphical user interface indicating that the ownship vehicle has been instructed to synchronize with the second vehicle and present the second graphical user interface on the display.

Display of traffic information

Methods and systems are provided for assisting vehicle operation for collision avoidance. One method involves determining a horizontal adjustment for the vehicle based at least in part on an output from a collision avoidance system and displaying, on a display device, a graphical indication of the horizontal adjustment at a position on the display device with respect to a reference position of a second graphical indication of a current orientation of the vehicle resulting in a distance between the position of the graphical indication and the reference position of the second graphical indication corresponding to the horizontal adjustment. The distance dynamically updates in response to changes to the orientation of the vehicle.

Horizontal evasion guidance display methods and systems

An enhanced flight control system and method providing a technological improvement over a conventional flight control systems. A control module employs rules to determine whether or not a received traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) evasive maneuver is automatically implemented. Specifically, the control module effectively couples the TCAS to the FMS, allowing access to the flight plan and to the navigation database and the approach procedures and runway data therein. An algorithm determines when there is a co-occurrence of the conditions (1) a flight plan uploaded in the FMS, (2) autopilot is engaged, (3) VNAV is engaged. Upon co-occurrence of (1) and (2) and (3), and an evasive maneuver is received from a TCAS, the control module determines whether or not to automatically implement the evasive maneuver. Look ahead algorithms may also analyse and modify the flight plan to preclude TCAS alerts and evasive procedures being required.

TCAS coupled FMS

Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats during vehicle operations. For instance, retrieving a route plan for a route of a vehicle from a database of the vehicle; identifying either a portion of the route or a portion of the route plan as a security threat based on an analysis of the route plan; and in response to identifying the portion of the route or the portion of the route plan as the security threat, transmitting an alert of the security threat.

Systems and methods for detecting and alerting security threats in vehicles

A method for uploading flight data into one or more avionics systems onboard an aircraft is provided. The method establishes a communication connection to one or more remote servers; downloads a set of flight data via the communication connection; transmits the set of flight data to a wireless access point storage device onboard the aircraft; receives wireless data transmissions comprising the set of flight data, wherein the wireless access point storage device is communicatively coupled to a data loader device, and wherein the data loader device is communicatively coupled to one or more avionics systems onboard the aircraft; extracts the set of flight data from the wireless access point storage device inserted into a storage device reader of the data loader device, wherein the extracting is performed by the data loader device; and transmits the set of flight data to the one or more avionics systems.

Methods and apparatus for using a wireless access point storage device onboard an aircraft

A receiver includes an RF module to receive and down convert multiple types of RF signals received from at least one antenna; a communication unit configured to communicate signals with at least one external device; and a processing unit communicatively coupling the radio frequency module with the communication unit. Processing unit receives operation mode selection. When first operation mode is selected, processing unit receives first input signal from antenna via RF module (the first input signal including ILS signal and/or VOR signal) and outputs first output signal based on first input signal to external device. When second operational mode is selected, processing unit receives second input signal from antenna via radio frequency unit (second input signal including AIS signal including data regarding a current location of remotely located transmitting device) and outputs second output signal based on second input signal to external device.

Systems and method for AIS transponder integration with ILS/VOR receivers

A system and method are provided for integrating and displaying the collective cue and the pitch and roll cue of a helicopter display with a flight path marker providing a moving reference showing the aircraft flight path.

Helicopter system and method for integrating collective flight director cues

The present invention provides an alternative means of displaying aircraft flight information traditionally provided by a standalone rate of turn indicator on the aircraft instrumentation panel. The bank angle effective to achieve a rate of turn equal to a desired rate of turn for an aircraft is displayed to the pilot by generating and displaying one or more bank angle markers on the roll scale of an aircraft attitude indicator. The position of the desired rate of turn bank angle markers may be updated continuously as a function of airspeed and other flight parameters. The present invention enables a pilot to perform a coordinated turn at a desired rate of turn without having to reference a separate rate of turn indicator on the instrumentation panel and/or without having to independently calculate the associated bank angle according to any known &ldquo;rule of thumb&rdquo; or other estimation method.

Desired rate of turn bank angle indicator

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Glendale, AZ, United States of America

James Alexander Nicholls