Patents by Inventor William F. Royce

William F. Royce 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).

  • Integrated approach navigation system, method, and computer program product
    Patent number: 8423207
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP/ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV/VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and/or landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Davis, Daniel J. Boorman, L. Kirk Gagnon, William L. Goodman, Alan R. Jacobsen, William A. Miller, James E. Mitchell, Victor A. Riley, William F. Royce, William D. Tafs
  • INTEGRATED APPROACH NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20110313600
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP/ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV/VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and/or landing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert B. Davis, Daniel J. Boorman, Kirk L. Gagnon, William L. Goodman, Alan R. Jacobsen, William A. Miller, James E. Mitchell, Victor A. Riley, William F. Royce, William D. Tafs
  • Integrated approach navigation system, method, and computer program product
    Patent number: 8027756
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP/ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV/VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and/or landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Davis, Daniel J. Boorman, L. Kirk Gagnon, William L. Goodman, Alan R. Jacobsen, William A. Miller, James E. Mitchell, Victor A. Riley, William F. Royce, William D. Tafs
  • INTEGRATED APPROACH NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20080140270
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP/ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV/VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and/or landing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Robert B. Davis, Daniel J. Boorman, L. Kirk Gagnon, William L. Goodman, Alan R. Jacobsen, William A. Miller, James E. Mitchell, Victor A. Riley, William F. Royce, William D. Tafs