Patents by Inventor Gene L. Field

Gene L. Field 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).

  • Publication number: 20220306313
    Abstract: A flight deck system for an aircraft includes a processor, a graphical interface for displaying flight-related information in the form of operating criteria corresponding to a flight chart associated with an aircraft, a control interface for receiving information from the pilot and allowing the pilot to interact with the graphical interface, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a database related to the flight chart. The database includes a waypoint associated with the chart and an operating constraint associated with the waypoint. The processor is operable to receive a target operating parameter associated with the aircraft and select an applicable waypoint and corresponding operating constraint from the database. The processor is further operable to compare the target operating parameter with the corresponding operating constraint and, based on the comparison, display the target operating parameter and a corresponding operating constraint indicator on the graphical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Robert W. Gaul, Gene L. Field, Michael J. Peuser, Carl D. Strickland
  • Patent number: 7499803
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for calibrating on-board aviation equipment. An actual bearing from an aircraft to an automatic direction finder (ADF) station is determined. The aircraft is moved to a plurality of headings. An ADF bearing is determined from the aircraft to the ADF station at each of the plurality of headings. An error between the actual bearing and the ADF bearing at each heading is calculated. Then, an error function as a function of the heading of the aircraft is generated based at least in part on the calculated error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Hunter, Manuel F. Richey, Gene L. Field