Patent · US Expired

Positioning control device

US4405204A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Filing dateMar 11, 1981
Grant dateSep 20, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G5/51
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for guiding aircraft to predetermined parking locations, comprising an optical assembly centered on a reference point, and adapted to provide the pilot in the moving aircraft with two images of a reference point located on the aircraft. When the two images are superimposed, the aircraft has reached the desired location.

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