Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems for and methods of providing indicators useful for piloting an aircraft
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Application No.: US14930141Application Date: 2015-11-02
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Publication No.: US10040571B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Nir Tidhar
- Applicant: Elta Systems Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IL Ashdod
- Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Elta Systems Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Ashdod
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Steven M. Jensen
- Priority: IL235502 20141105
- Main IPC: B64D45/00
- IPC: B64D45/00 ; G01S3/04 ; G01S3/14 ; G05D1/00 ; G01C23/00 ; H04B7/185 ; B64D43/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a computer implemented method of providing an indicator useful for piloting an aircraft. The aircraft comprises an antenna configured to communicate with a transceiver. The method comprises: obtaining an antenna envelope characterizing directions relative to the aircraft for which a directive gain of the antenna exceeds a predetermined threshold; determining a direction of the transceiver relative to the aircraft; calculating a maneuvering range of the aircraft by comparing the antenna envelope and the transceiver direction, wherein the maneuvering range is indicative of eligible orientations of the aircraft for maintaining the transceiver within the antenna envelope; and outputting data indicative of the maneuvering range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160122035A1 SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF PROVIDING INDICATORS USEFUL FOR PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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