Inventor · Peoria, AZ, US

Douglas A. Bell

27Patents
9h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 18, 1993 → Jun 7, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9174746B1 Visual aid generating system, device, and method Performing Operations; Transporting 53 Active
US6804614B1 Synthetic pressure altitude determining system and method Physics 32 Expired
US5321945A Apparatus for controlling fuel transfers in a distributed fuel tank system Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US8615773B2 Systems and methods for coordinating computing functions to accomplish a task using a configuration file and standardized executable application modules Physics 21 Active
US8410975B1 Systems and methods for generating and verifying altitude data Physics 21 Active
US8615337B1 System supporting flight operations under instrument meteorological conditions using precision course guidance Physics 16 Active
US9347794B1 Image data combining systems and methods of multiple vision systems Physics 13 Active
US10170010B1 Display of traffic overlaid on aeronautical chart Physics 13 Active
US10459085B1 System and method for validating GPS altitude for low visibility approaches Physics 12 Active
US9222799B1 Navigation data validation systems and methods Physics 9 Active
US8498758B1 ILS-based altitude data generation system, device, and method Physics 8 Active
US10247573B1 Guidance system and method for low visibility takeoff Physics 8 Active
US8321074B1 Altitude data generation system, device, and method Physics 6 Active
US9037920B2 Method for performing condition based data acquisition in a hierarchically distributed condition based maintenance system Physics 6 Active
US9453921B1 Delayed-based geographic position data generation system, device, and method Physics 5 Active
US9122605B2 Methods for determining multiple simultaneous fault conditions Physics 4 Active
US9464901B1 RNP-scaled waypoint symbology generating system, device, and method Physics 3 Active
US10514707B1 Flight phase stability indicator system and method Physics 3 Active
US8726084B2 Methods and systems for distributed diagnostic reasoning Physics 3 Active
US9423271B1 Glide path information generating and presenting device and methods Physics 2 Active
US8616239B2 Increasing fluidity of a flowing fluid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8751777B2 Methods and reconfigurable systems to optimize the performance of a condition based health maintenance system Physics 2 Active
US8832716B2 Systems and methods for limiting user customization of task workflow in a condition based health maintenance system Physics 2 Active
US10290216B1 System for symbolically representing text-based obstacle data on an electronic map Physics 1 Active
US10235890B1 System for navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active

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