Patents by Inventor Charles L. Hett

Charles L. Hett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Simulated visual glideslope indicator on aircraft display
    Patent number: 7216069
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for simulating airport lighting aids by providing a generator having a processor structured to receive a plurality of navigation signals representative of position and altitude of a host aircraft; a signal generator operated by the processor, the generator being structured to retrieve airport information from a database as a function of the position signal, compare the position and altitude signals with a glide path, and output a signal representative of a degree of coincidence with the glide path as a function of the position and altitude signals; and a plurality of indicators structured to receive the signal output by the signal generator and responsively output a visual indication of the degree of coincidence with the glide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles L. Hett
  • LCD tile display
    Patent number: 7190390
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display system having a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) units arranged in a tile configuration. The units simultaneously display different data as determined by the channelization. Each channel controls the operation of one or more units and provides redundant data to be displayed if needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Hett, Michael James Morgan
  • Simulated visual glideslope indicator on aircraft display
    Publication number: 20020099528
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for simulating airport lighting aids by providing a generator having a processor structured to receive a plurality of navigation signals representative of position and altitude of a host aircraft; a signal generator operated by the processor, the generator being structured to retrieve airport information from a database as a function of the position signal, compare the position and altitude signals with a glide path, and output a signal representative of a degree of coincidence with the glide path as a function of the position and altitude signals; and a plurality of indicators structured to receive the signal output by the signal generator and responsively output a visual indication of the degree of coincidence with the glide path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles L. Hett
  • LCD tile display
    Publication number: 20020003592
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display system having a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) units arranged in a tile configuration. The units simultaneously display different data as determined by the channelization. Each channel controls the operation of one or more units and provides redundant data to be displayed if needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Charles L. Hett, Michael James Morgan