Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft hover system and method
- Patent Title (中): 飞机悬停系统和方法
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Application No.: US14013174Application Date: 2013-08-29
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Publication No.: US08825235B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Gerald J. Block
- Applicant: Sandel Avionics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Vista
- Assignee: Sandel Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sandel Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Vista
- Agency: Mayer & Williams PC
- Agent Mark Wieczorek
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00

Abstract:
An aircraft hover system for enabling an aircraft to hover at a target spatial location represented by GPS location coordinates. The hover system includes a display screen rendering a display including live video feed of the terrain below the airborne aircraft, a first mark overlaying the video feed, the first mark representing the current position of the aircraft relative to the terrain, and a perimeter surrounding the first mark, the portion of the terrain within the perimeter being substantially magnified compared to that of the terrain outside of the perimeter. The hover system is configured such that, as the aircraft approaches the target spatial location, the distance between the first mark and a second mark on the display gradually decreases until and finally the first and second marks coincide; the second mark representing the target spatial location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130345909A1 AIRCRAFT HOVER SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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