Patents by Inventor Daniel Duturc

Daniel Duturc 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).

  • Patent number: 5445021
    Abstract: The piloting assistance method embodying the invention consists in displaying on a screen of the cockpit of the aerodyne, in a Cartesian reference space representing altitude/distance from ground along a horizontal plane, way points identified by a series of marks, plural way points, a reference vertical profile connecting the way points by connecting lines and altitude constraint symbols indicating a minimum altitude at which the aerodyne can pass, a maximum altitude at which the aerodyne can pass and an altitude at which the aerodyne must necessarily pass, a symbol indicating the position of the aerodyne. The invention enables the pilot to have a clear vision of the vertical situation of the aerodyne along its flight plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignees: Societe Nationale Industrielle et Aerospatiale, Sextant Avionique
    Inventors: Thierry Cattoen, Daniel Duturc, Mariannick Vaquier
  • Patent number: 5289185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the display on a screen on board an aircraft of flying aid symbols. On the basis of information supplied by an inertial system and ground beacons processed by an on board computer, the process consists of displaying on an on board screen (EV) symbols more particularly representing the wings of the aircraft (A1, A2), the model of the aircraft (CP), its speed (V), the tendency to acceleration and deceleration (AD1, AD2), a flight path prediction (PT), the artificial horizon (H), the roll angle (.phi.), the sideslip (AL) and the total energy (ET1, ET2). It also consists of displaying the flight path to be followed in perspective (P1, P2, S3, S4, S5) and in projection (S'1 to S'5) on the plane of the runway. Any flight path segment during passage, as well as the segment following the latter are displayed in parallelepipedic form (P1, P2) in perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Alain Ramier, Daniel Duturc, Yves Saint-Upery