Patents by Inventor Werner Keber

Werner Keber 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: 7177763
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preventing airplanes from impermissibly approaching defendable ground objects, the method suggests that a defendable ground object is assigned a virtual prohibited zone spatially surrounding it, with the outer boundary of such zone being provided with a sufficient horizontal minimum distance from the ground object and a vertical minimum distance determining a given minimum crossing altitude, that the prohibited zone is assigned a virtual correction zone laterally surrounding it whose outer boundary has a horizontal minimum distance from the outer boundary of the prohibited zone in any case sufficient for any forced deviation corrections and an altitude equal to that of the prohibited zone; that the correction zone is assigned a virtual alarm zone spatially surrounding it whose outer boundary has a horizontal minimum distance from the outer boundary of the correction zone in any case sufficient for manual deviation corrections; that the geographical data of the outer boundar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Werner Keber
  • Publication number: 20040267413
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preventing airplanes from impermissibly approaching defendable ground objects, with the momentary flight position being recorded in a satellite-based way and used for the purposes of manual and automatic flight corrections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Werner Keber