公开(公告)号：US20060077092A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-13

申请号：US10960838

申请日：2004-10-07

申请人： William Gilliland ,  Troy Nichols

发明人： William Gilliland ,  Troy Nichols

IPC分类号： G01S13/95

CPC分类号： G08G5/0021 ,  G01C5/00 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/0086

摘要： A vertical situation display (“VSD”) system according to the invention generates a terrain image that represents a profile view of terrain elevation relative to the position of an aircraft traveling above the terrain. The VSD system generates the VSD image such that the terrain image is biased toward the lower elevation region of the VSD screen, thus making efficient use of the available display area. The VSD image is also generated such that it is continuous across the lateral range of the VSD, thus ensuring that terrain is shown in the VSD at all practical times, depending upon the available range and any priority display rules.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的垂直情况显示（“VSD”）系统产生一个地形图像，该地形图像表示相对于在地形上方行驶的飞机的位置的地形高程的轮廓图。 VSD系统生成VSD图像，使得地形图像偏向VSD屏幕的较低高度区域，从而有效利用可用的显示区域。 还产生VSD图像，使得其在VSD的横向范围内是连续的，因此根据可用范围和任何优先显示规则，确保在所有实际时间在VSD中显示地形。

公开(公告)号：US09013330B2

公开(公告)日：2015-04-21

申请号：US13223461

申请日：2011-09-01

申请人： Joe Nutaro ,  Troy Nichols ,  Keith Hughes

发明人： Joe Nutaro ,  Troy Nichols ,  Keith Hughes

IPC分类号： G08B21/00 ,  G08G1/123 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06G7/76 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G08G5/06 ,  G08G5/00

CPC分类号： G08G5/065 ,  G08G5/0021

摘要： A taxi guidance system is provided for an aircraft having a primary thrust engine and an onboard electric taxi system. The taxi guidance system includes or cooperates with a source of aircraft status data for the aircraft, and a source of airport feature data associated with synthetic graphical representations of an airport field. The taxi guidance system includes a processor operatively coupled to the source of aircraft status data and to the source of airport feature data to generate, in response to at least the aircraft status data and the airport feature data, taxi path guidance information for the aircraft, start/stop guidance information associated with operation of the primary thrust engine, and speed guidance information for the onboard electric taxi system. The processor generates image rendering display commands that can be received by a display system to render a dynamic synthetic representation of the airport field that includes graphical indicia of the taxi path guidance information, the start/stop guidance information, and the speed guidance information.

摘要翻译： 为具有主推力发动机和车载电动出租车系统的飞机提供出租车引导系统。 出租车指导系统包括或与飞机的飞行器状态数据来源合作，以及与机场领域的合成图形表示相关联的机场特征数据源。 出租车引导系统包括可操作地耦合到飞行器状态数据源和处理机场特征数据源的处理器，以响应于至少飞机状态数据和机场特征数据，生成飞行器的出租车路径指导信息， 启动/停止与一次推力发动机的操作相关的引导信息，以及车载电动出租车系统的速度引导信息。 处理器产生可由显示系统接收的图像呈现显示命令，以呈现包括出租车路径指导信息，开始/停止指导信息和速度指导信息的图形标记的机场场的动态合成表示。

公开(公告)号：US20130033433A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-07

申请号：US13196409

申请日：2011-08-02

申请人： William Rogers ,  Troy Nichols ,  Steve Grothe

发明人： William Rogers ,  Troy Nichols ,  Steve Grothe

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/04886

摘要： A method and apparatus are provided for adapting (modifying) input requirements, such as a required touch force or a touch screen format, in response to an event, for example, important situations, detection of an increased input error rate, aircrew activation, and motion such as turbulence, aircraft vibration, and/or gravitational forces.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法和装置，用于响应于事件（例如重要情况），检测增加的输入错误率，机组激活以及调整（修改）诸如所需的触摸力或触摸屏格式的输入要求 运动如湍流，飞机振动和/或重力。

公开(公告)号：US20110193725A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-11

申请号：US12704158

申请日：2010-02-11

申请人： John Anthony Wise ,  Roger W. Burgin ,  Dave Pepitone ,  John G. Suddreth ,  Troy Nichols

发明人： John Anthony Wise ,  Roger W. Burgin ,  Dave Pepitone ,  John G. Suddreth ,  Troy Nichols

IPC分类号： G06T17/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G06T15/00

CPC分类号： G02B27/01 ,  G01C23/005 ,  G02B2027/0141 ,  G08G5/0021

摘要： Methods and systems are provided for displaying a symbol that is representative of an aircraft in flight. The method includes, but is not limited to, the steps of detecting an attitude of the aircraft and a view direction of an operator of the aircraft, and displaying with a near-to-eye display unit a three-dimensional symbol in an exocentric manner. The three-dimensional symbol is displayed to appear to be oriented in a manner that is representative of the attitude of the aircraft. The three-dimensional symbol is further displayed to rotate in a manner that corresponds with the view direction.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于显示飞行中代表飞行器的符号的方法和系统。 该方法包括但不限于检测飞行器的姿态和飞行器的操作者的视图方向的步骤，并且以近距离的方式以近距离显示单元显示三维符号 。 显示三维符号看起来以表示飞机姿态的方式定向。 进一步显示三维符号以与视图方向对应的方式旋转。

公开(公告)号：US20100250030A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12413202

申请日：2009-03-27

申请人： Troy Nichols ,  Thea L. Feyereisen ,  Gang He ,  Dave Pepitone

发明人： Troy Nichols ,  Thea L. Feyereisen ,  Gang He ,  Dave Pepitone

IPC分类号： G01C23/00

CPC分类号： G08G5/0021 ,  G01C23/005 ,  G08G5/0065 ,  G08G5/025

摘要： A flight deck display system for an aircraft or other vehicle includes a first data source of visual feature data that is indicative of visual features of a location of interest, a second data source of flight data for the aircraft, a processor architecture, and a display element. The processor architecture is operatively coupled to the first data source and to the second data source, and it is configured to process the visual feature data, process the flight data, and, based upon the visual feature data and the flight data, generate image rendering display commands. The display element receives the image rendering display commands and, in response thereto, renders a dynamic graphical representation of the location of interest using the visual feature data. The dynamic graphical representation of the location conveys an amount of visible detail that varies as a function of the flight data.

摘要翻译： 用于飞机或其他车辆的飞行甲板显示系统包括指示感兴趣位置的视觉特征的视觉特征数据的第一数据源，用于飞行器的第二数据飞行数据源，处理器架构和显示器 元件。 处理器架构可操作地耦合到第一数据源和第二数据源，并且其被配置为处理视觉特征数据，处理飞行数据，并且基于视觉特征数据和飞行数据生成图像渲染 显示命令。 显示元件接收图像呈现显示命令，并且响应于此，使用视觉特征数据呈现感兴趣位置的动态图形表示。 该位置的动态图形表示传达一定数量的可见细节，随着飞行数据的变化而变化。

公开(公告)号：US5167623A

公开(公告)日：1992-12-01

申请号：US634640

申请日：1990-12-27

申请人： James P. Cianci ,  James R. Gross ,  David C. Beattie ,  Troy Nichols

发明人： James P. Cianci ,  James R. Gross ,  David C. Beattie ,  Troy Nichols

IPC分类号： A61M25/00 ,  A61M25/14

CPC分类号： A61M25/0026 ,  A61M2025/0081 ,  A61M25/0032 ,  A61M25/0054 ,  A61M25/0068

摘要： A multilumen catheter having a distal portion with a soft tip and reduced cross-section. The multilumen catheter of the present invention includes a flexible, elongated first catheter tube and a flexible, elongated, dual-lumen catheter tube which has a first and second lumens integrally formed and is disposed within the first catheter tube. The cross-section of the dual-lumen catheter tube is smaller than that of the first catheter tube and therefore, an independent, single lumen is defined in the space between the first catheter tube and the dual-lumen catheter tube. The dual-lumen catheter tube extends beyond the distal end of the first catheter tube thereby providing an overall reduced cross-section of the distal portion of the present multilumen catheter. Furthermore, the dual-lumen catheter tube may be formed from a softer material than that of the first cathether tube thereby providing a softer distal portion of the present multilumen catheter. A protective hub encapsulates and secures the proximal ends of the first and dual-lumen catheter tubes, and facilitates fluid communication between each of the lumens and fluid transfer devices.

公开(公告)号：US09105115B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-11

申请号：US12725320

申请日：2010-03-16

申请人： Thea L. Feyereisen ,  John G. Suddreth ,  Troy Nichols

发明人： Thea L. Feyereisen ,  John G. Suddreth ,  Troy Nichols

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06T11/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/00

摘要： A vehicle display system displays enhanced vision (EV) and captured images, for example synthetic vision (SV) images, to an operator of a vehicle. The display system includes an EV vision system for generating EV images, an SV database containing information regarding terrain and objects of interest for a travel path of a vehicle, an SV system for generating SV images based on travel of the vehicle and information from the SV database, a processor for filtering the EV images and merging the filtered EV image with the SV image, and a display for displaying the merged SV and filtered EV images.

摘要翻译： 车辆显示系统向车辆的操作者显示增强视觉（EV）和捕获的图像，例如合成视觉（SV）图像。 显示系统包括用于生成EV图像的EV视觉系统，包含关于车辆的行进路径的感兴趣的地形和物体的信息的SV数据库，用于基于车辆行驶产生SV图像的SV系统和来自SV的信息 数据库，用于对EV图像进行滤波并将滤波的EV图像与SV图像合并的处理器，以及用于显示合并的SV和经滤波的EV图像的显示器。

公开(公告)号：US08160755B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-17

申请号：US12242202

申请日：2008-09-30

申请人： Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

发明人： Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

IPC分类号： G08G1/16

CPC分类号： G06T11/206 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0078

摘要： A method and system is provided for displaying aircraft symbology. The method includes displaying (302, 502, 702, 902, 1002) a symbol (202) for a first aircraft in a predetermined format, processing (304, 504, 704, 904, 1004) data related to flight conditions of the first aircraft and a second aircraft, determining (306, 506, 706, 906, 1006) a format for the display of the second aircraft based on the processed data, and displaying (308, 508, 708, 908, 1008) a symbol (212, 214, 216, 412, 416, 612, 614, 616, 812, 814, 816) for the second aircraft in accordance with the determined format.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于显示飞机符号系统的方法和系统。 该方法包括以预定格式显示（302,502,702,902,1002）用于第一飞行器的符号（202），与第一飞行器的飞行条件相关的数据处理（304,504,704,904,1004） 和第二飞机，基于所处理的数据确定（306,506,706,906,1006）用于显示所述第二飞行器的格式，以及显示（308,508,708,908,1008）符号（212,506,706,1006） 214,216,412,416,612,614,616,812,814,816），用于根据所确定的格式的第二飞行器。

公开(公告)号：US20100211237A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-19

申请号：US12372567

申请日：2009-02-17

申请人： Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

发明人： Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  G06T1/00

CPC分类号： G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  G08G5/0086

摘要： A method for displaying information on a flight deck display element of an aircraft begins by obtaining a user interface command that represents a user-entered selection of a designated target. Relevant data is accessed and processed in response to this command, including aircraft status data for the aircraft, terrain data corresponding to terrain proximate the designated target, and graphics data corresponding to the designated target. Then, a target-focused display is rendered on the flight deck display element. The target-focused display includes a real-time synthetic perspective view of the designated target and the terrain proximate the designated target, wherein content of the target-focused display is influenced by the aircraft status data, the terrain data, and the graphics data.

摘要翻译： 用于在飞机的驾驶舱显示元件上显示信息的方法开始于获得表示用户输入的指定目标的选择的用户界面命令。 响应于该命令来访问和处理相关数据，包括飞机的飞行器状态数据，对应于接近指定目标的地形的地形数据，以及对应于指定目标的图形数据。 然后，在飞行甲板显示元件上呈现目标对焦显示。 目标对焦显示器包括指定目标和接近指定目标的地形的实时合成透视图，其中目标聚焦显示的内容受飞行器状态数据，地形数据和图形数据的影响。

公开(公告)号：US08892357B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US12886344

申请日：2010-09-20

申请人： Thea L. Feyereisen ,  Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

发明人： Thea L. Feyereisen ,  Troy Nichols ,  John G. Suddreth

IPC分类号： G01C21/00 ,  G08G7/02 ,  G08G5/06 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G01C21/36

CPC分类号： G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/3638 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/065

摘要： A methods, apparatus and system are provided for a vehicle with a ground navigational display. The system may include a display, a navigation system determining a location of the vehicle, a database storing a map including locations of buildings on the map and a processor. The processor may be configured to display the map on the display based upon the location of the vehicle, assign a fixed height to all of the buildings displayed on the display, and render the buildings displayed on the display in three-dimensions and having the assigned fixed height.

摘要翻译： 为具有地面导航显示的车辆提供了一种方法，装置和系统。 该系统可以包括显示器，确定车辆位置的导航系统，存储包括地图上的建筑物的位置的地图的数据库和处理器。 处理器可以被配置为基于车辆的位置在显示器上显示地图，为显示在显示器上的所有建筑物分配固定的高度，并且将显示在显示器上的建筑物三维地呈现并且具有分配 固定高度。