SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF FLIGHT PATH VECTOR SYMBOL AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR SYMBOL TO PREVENT OCCLUSION OF RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD THEREFORA system includes a display unit, an vision system (VS) sensor unit, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to: generate display images having display symbols overlaid on an image …DRIVE·Dec 11·1 min readFollowB64D43/00Rockwell Collins, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTA system and for performance prediction of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The system may include a controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions s…DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min readFollowB60L58/16Rockwell Collins, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND VERIFICATION OF QUESTIONABLE CONTROL INPUTS BY INCAPACITATED OPERATORSAn aircraft-based system for tracking and verifying control inputs from potentially incapacitated pilot stores to memory expected control input sets, e.g., control procedures for controlling an aircra…DRIVE·May 23·1 min readFollowB60W50/10Rockwell Collins, Inc.
VISION-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM INCORPORATING HIGH-CONFIDENCE ERROR OVERBOUNDING OF MULTIPLE OPTICAL POSESA system and method for high-confidence error overbounding of multiple optical pose solutions receives a set of candidate correspondences between 2D image features captured by an aircraft camera and 3…DRIVE·Jul 13·2 min readFollowG06T7/75Rockwell Collins, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHART THUMBNAIL IMAGE GENERATIONA method for generating thumbnails is disclosed. The method may include receiving an area map, and chart data having a geographical information set. The method may include generating a plurality of pa…DRIVE·May 18·2 min readFollowG01C21/367Rockwell Collins, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY AIRCRAFT RELATIVE STORM TOP IMAGEA system may include a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to: obtain aircraft data associated with an aircraft; obtain or generate storm top data, the storm top data including in…DRIVE·Feb 16·1 min readFollowG08G5/0091Rockwell Collins, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY AIRPORT MOVING MAP AND TAXI ROUTING GUIDANCE CONTENTA system may include a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to: output a view of an airport moving map (AMM), the AMM depicting a location of an aircraft on an airport surface; rec…DRIVE·Sep 29·2 min readFollowG01C21/3492Rockwell Collins, Inc.
CAMERA CORE MONITOR USING GRADIENT FILTERAn imaging system for an aircraft is disclosed. The imaging system comprises one or more image sensors configured to image a surrounding environment of the aircraft, an artifact pattern on an optical …DRIVE·Aug 18·1 min readFollowB64D47/08Rockwell Collins, Inc.
FORMATION MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED FORMATION FLIGHTA system for automated formation flight is disclosed. The system may include a formation commander sub-system including a task-based interface configured to receive a sequence of one or more task-base…DRIVE·Jun 16·1 min readFollowG05D1/0027Rockwell Collins, Inc.
ESA BASED ALTIMETERA radio altimeter includes an electronically scanned array antenna. Orthogonal sweeps by the electronically scanned array antenna are used to identify a highest point in a region beneath the aircraft …DRIVE·Apr 28·1 min readFollowG01C5/005Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Chip-Scale Gyrometric ApparatusA chip-scale gyrometric apparatus is disclosed. In embodiments, the chip-scale gyrometric apparatus includes a dielectric substrate and an antenna element attached thereto for receiving an inbound sig…DRIVE·Jul 22·1 min readFollowG01C19/5691Rockwell Collins, Inc.
GRAVITY-ASSISTED TRACKING BASE ASSEMBLY FOR AIRCRAFT SEATA gravity-assisted tracking base assembly for an aircraft seat includes base rails mounted to floor tracks in an aircraft cabin by floor track fittings in fixed positions, the base rails connected by …DRIVE·Jul 22·1 min readFollowB64D11/0696Rockwell Collins, Inc.
INTEGRITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SENSORSAn integrity monitoring system for a first image sensor includes an electronic processor configured to receive sensor data for the provision of image data associated with an environment of the avionic…DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowG01C21/005Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Efficient Transfer of Dynamic 3D World Model DataA system in a mobile platform creates a three-dimensional world model from sets of volume elements organized into sets of volume elements of increasing size and converted into an octree data structure…DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowG06T17/05Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Navigation System and MethodAn aircraft, a system, and a method. The aircraft may include a computing device. The computing device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to utilize inertial navigation data, glo…DRIVE·Apr 29·1 min readFollowG01C21/20Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Motion Vector Vision System Integrity MonitorA system and method. The system may include a display, an image generator configured to output a stream of image data, an aircraft state sensor configured to output aircraft state data, and at least o…DRIVE·Apr 1·2 min readFollowG06T7/215Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Work-and-Dine Aircraft Seat with Tilt and Shift ArticulationAn aircraft seat with tilt-shift functionality includes a backrest frame pivotably mounted to the seat frame, the backrest frame having rollers set into its upright end that translate through slots in…DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min readFollowB64D11/064Rockwell Collins, Inc.
