ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,775, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Device and method for assisting aircraft guidance" was invented by Vincent Savarit (Toulouse, France), Bertrand Caudron (Tournefeuille, France) and Guy Deker (Cugnaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for assisting a pilot in flight management by enabling the pilot to anticipate situations involving a risk of collision with another aircraft or with the ground, or to anticipate a risk of deviation from a flight path. The method and device including acquiring current variables of an aircraft in flight, computing a safety corridor around the r...