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| 20100060510 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING MEANS FOR DISPLAYING AIRCRAFT EXHIBITING A RISK OF COLLISION - The general field of the invention is that of viewing systems of the synthetic vision type SVS, for a first aircraft, the said system comprising at least one cartographic database of a terrain, position sensors, for the said aircraft, an air traffic detection system calculating the position and the danger rating of at least one second aircraft exhibiting a risk of collision with the said first aircraft on the basis of data originating from sensors or systems such as TCAS or ADS-B, an electronic computer, a man-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means for processing the various items of information originating from the database, sensors and interface means, the said processing means arranged so as to provide the display screen with a synthetic image of the terrain comprising a representation of the said second aircraft. The said representation comprises a first symbol representing in a stylized manner the said second aircraft and a second symbol, situated to the right of the first symbol when the second aircraft is facing towards the first aircraft and situated to the left of the first symbol when the second aircraft is facing away from the first aircraft | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060511 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING MEANS OF DISPLAYING TRAJECTORIES OF INTRUDERS PRESENTING A RISK OF COLLISION IN ALL THE SPACE SURROUNDING THE AIRCRAFT - The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision type viewing systems SVS, for a first aircraft, said system comprising at least position sensors of said aircraft, a traffic detection system calculating the position and the dangerousness of at least one second aircraft, also called intruder, presenting a risk of collision with said first aircraft based on data obtained from sensors or from systems such as the TCAS or ADS-B, an electronic computer, a human-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means of processing different information obtained from the database, from the sensors and from the interface means, said processing means arranged so as to provide the display screen with a synthetic image of the space surrounding the first aircraft and centred on the latter. Said image comprises at least one first symbol of the first aircraft and a second representation of the past and present trajectory of said second aircraft, said second representation comprising a set of second symbols representative of the different positions occupies in space by the second aircraft at different instants in the past and third symbol representing the predictive trajectory of the second aircraft in a near future. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063655 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING MEANS OF DISPLAYING THE FINAL DESTINATION AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision system SVS type viewing systems, for aircraft, said system comprising at least one navigation database, a cartographic database of a terrain, position sensors, anemometric sensors, sensors for measuring the gradient of said terrain, an electronic computer, a man-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means of processing the various information obtained from the databases, from the sensors and from the interface means, said processing means arranged so as to provide on the display screen a synthetic image of the terrain comprising a representation of the final destination in the form of an air sock of aeronautical type. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100100326 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AUDIBLE ALARM MEANS REPRESENTING AIRCRAFT PRESENTING A RISK OF COLLISION - The general field of the invention is that of synthetic vision type viewing systems SVS, for a first aircraft, said system comprising at least position sensors of said aircraft, an air traffic detection system calculating the position and the dangerousness of at least one second aircraft presenting a risk of collision with said first aircraft based on data obtained from recognition sensors, an electronic computer, a human-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means of processing different information obtained from the sensors and from the interface means. The system according to the invention also comprises a frequency synthesizer coupled to at least one loudspeaker, arranged so that, when the second aircraft is at a distance from the first aircraft that is less than a safety distance, the synthesizer generates an audible alarm representative of at least one of the parameters of said second aircraft. Furthermore, the display screen comprises a symbology representative of the operation or of the state of the frequency synthesizer. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100145610 | VIEWING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING RADIO NAVIGATION BEACON DISPLAY MEANS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The general field of the invention is that of viewing systems of synthetic vision SVS type, comprising at least one navigation database, a cartographic database of a terrain, position sensors, a radio navigation beacon sensor, an electronic computer, a human-machine interface means and a display screen, the computer comprising means of processing the different information obtained from the databases, from the sensors and from the interface means, said processing means arranged so as to provide the display screen with a synthetic image of the terrain including a representation of the beacons present on said terrain. In the system according to the invention, the beacons present beyond a first distance from the system are not represented, the beacons present at a distance between said first distance and a second distance less than the first distance are represented in symbolic form, the beacons present at a distance less than the second distance are represented in physical form. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100183159 | Method and System for Spatialization of Sound by Dynamic Movement of the Source - The invention relates to a method and the system for algorithmic processing of signals for sound spatialization making it possible to associate sound signals with information that has to be located by a listener, the spatialized sound signals being defined by a virtual position of origin corresponding to the position of the information wherein by algorithmic processing, a spatialized sound signal has an oscillatory movement applied to it describing a sequence of virtual positions of the said signal around the virtual position of origin. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100274417 | System and Method of Interaction and Holistic Representation of Tasks - The general field of the invention is that of viewing systems comprising first means making it possible to process and to store the various data necessary for the accomplishment of a technical or industrial process, second means making it possible to determine the various tasks to be accomplished by a user in the course of the process on the basis of the previous data, a computer for generating graphical images associated with a viewing device and a man-machine interface with the said viewing device. The viewing device according to the invention displays a succession of graphical icons, each icon representing a task to be accomplished, the various icons being ordered according to a time scale extending from the start to the end of the process. The system and the method according to the invention are of global or holistic types. A certain number of operations on these icons can be performed by means of the man-machine interface. The favoured field of the invention is that of aircraft instrument panels. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110006984 | Optical Helmet-Position Detection Device Having a Large Dynamic Range - The general field of the invention is that of optical devices for detecting the position/orientation of a helmet. The device according to the invention comprises an optional stationary light source, a stationary camera associated with an image processing system, and a helmet. The helmet has a scattering coating and includes at least one set of markers, each marker comprising at least a first optical element having a very low reflection coefficient, a very low scattering coefficient and a very high absorption coefficient in the visible range and in that of the light source. In one embodiment, each marker may also include a first optical element having a very high retroreflection coefficient and a very low scattering coefficient in the visible range. The marker may also include a second optical element having a high scattering or phosphorescence coefficient in the emission range of the light source. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007399 | Head-up Display with Optical Combination Providing Protection Against Solar Illumination - The general field of the invention is that of head-up display systems HUD, protected from solar illumination. An HUD comprises at least one display, an optical system and at least one semi-reflecting plate called a combiner, said optical system and said combiner being arranged so that the image on the display is collimated, the display emitting in at least one first optical spectrum of first spectral width, the display being arranged so as to withstand illumination of a predetermined level. In the display according to the invention, the lateral chromatism of the optical system is sufficiently strong for the level of solar illumination received by the display to be always less than said predetermined level and said lateral chromatism is sufficiently weak for the dispersion of the first spectrum emitted by the display and seen by a user to be less than or equal to the resolution limit of the human eye. | 01-13-2011 |
