Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method of providing a driver with eco-driving information. More specifically, the disclosed method and device induces a driver to operate a vehicle in an eco-friendly manner by computing for and displaying to the driver a fuel efficiency oriented vehicle speed that maximizes the vehicle's driving distance based on the vehicle's current weight and electrical load.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2014
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company
Inventors:
Jae Woong Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Joon Hyung Park, Sang Hun Kim
Abstract: Device for aiding the navigation and guidance of an aircraft, and system comprising such a device. The device (1) comprises at least three independent channels and it comprises at least one computer (2) which contains means (4) for storing and means (6, 7) for calculating positions and deviations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2013
Assignee:
Airbus Operations (SAS)
Inventors:
Josep Gine I Cortiella, Jean-Philippe Huynh
Abstract: Methods for evaluating and implementing air traffic management tools and approaches for managing and avoiding an air traffic incident before the incident occurs. A first system receives parameters for flight plan configurations (e.g., initial fuel carried, flight route, flight route segments followed, flight altitude for a given flight route segment, aircraft velocity for each flight route segment, flight route ascent rate, flight route descent route, flight departure site, flight departure time, flight arrival time, flight destination site and/or alternate flight destination site), flight plan schedule, expected weather along each flight route segment, aircraft specifics, airspace (altitude) bounds for each flight route segment, navigational aids available. The invention provides flight plan routing and direct routing or wind optimal routing, using great circle navigation and spherical Earth geometry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2010
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2012
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Inventors:
Banavar Sridhar, Kapil S. Sheth, Gano Broto Chatterji, Karl D. Bilimoria, Shon Grabbe, John F. Schipper