Projected optimum flight path landing assist system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY AND CONTINUOUSLY INDICATING TO A PILOT THE ACTUAL FLIGHT PATH OF HIS AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE AIR MASS WITH RESPECT TO A SELECTED TOUCHDOWN POINT COMRPISING: IMAGE GENERATING MEANS, OPTICAL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID IMAGE GENERATING MEANS FOR PROJECTING A GENERATED IMAGE AS AN APPARENT IMAGE AT OPTICAL INFINITY IN THE PILOT''S FIELD OF VIEW, FIRST MEANS FOR SENSING THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF THE AIR STREAM TRANVERSING SAID AIRCRAFT AND TRANSMITTING A PROPORTIONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNAL, SECOND MEANS FOR SENSING THE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THE AIR STREAM TRANSVERSING SAID AIRCRAFT AND TRANSMITTING A PROPORTIONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNAL, A FIRST VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF THE WINDS TRANVERSING SAID TOUCHDOWN POCKET A SECOND VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE RECIPROCAL OF THE PROJECTED AIRSPEED AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, A THIRD VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL COMPONENT OF THE WINDS TRANSVERSING SAID TOUCHDOWN POINT, A FOURTH VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE DESIRE ANGLE OF DESCENT OF SAID AIRCRAFT, FIRST COMBINING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR MATHEMATICALLY COMBINING SAID SIGNALS INTO SIGNALS REPRESENTING VERTICAL AND LATERAL CORRECTION FACTORS, SENSOR MEANS PROVIDING AN OUTPUT PROPORTIONAL TO ANY ROLL ANGLE ASSUMED BY SAID AIRCRAFT, AND SECOND COMBINING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST COMBINING MEANS, SAID SENSOR MEANS AND THE OUTPUTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS WHEREBY SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID VERTICAL AND LATERAL CORRECTION FACTORS ARE BOTH MODIFIED BY THE SIGNAL FROM SAID ROLL ANGLE SENSOR AND THE RESULTS THEREOF RESPECTIVELY ALGEBRAICALLY ADDED TO THE SIGNALS FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TO POSITION THE GENERATED IMAGE FOR PROJECTING ALONG THE DESIRED FLIGHT PATH TO THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY AND CONTINUOUSLY INDICATING TO A PILOT THE ACTUAL FLIGHT PATH OF HIS AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE AIR MASS WITH RESPECT TO A SELECTED TOUCHDOWN POINT COMRPISING: IMAGE GENERATING MEANS, OPTICAL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID IMAGE GENERATING MEANS FOR PROJECTING A GENERATED IMAGE AS AN APPARENT IMAGE AT OPTICAL INFINITY IN THE PILOT''S FIELD OF VIEW, FIRST MEANS FOR SENSING THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF THE AIR STREAM TRANVERSING SAID AIRCRAFT AND TRANSMITTING A PROPORTIONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNAL, SECOND MEANS FOR SENSING THE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF THE AIR STREAM TRANSVERSING SAID AIRCRAFT AND TRANSMITTING A PROPORTIONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNAL, A FIRST VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF THE WINDS TRANVERSING SAID TOUCHDOWN POCKET A SECOND VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE RECIPROCAL OF THE PROJECTED AIRSPEED AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, A THIRD VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL COMPONENT OF THE WINDS TRANSVERSING SAID TOUCHDOWN POINT, A FOURTH VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE DESIRE ANGLE OF DESCENT OF SAID AIRCRAFT, FIRST COMBINING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH VARIABLE SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR MATHEMATICALLY COMBINING SAID SIGNALS INTO SIGNALS REPRESENTING VERTICAL AND LATERAL CORRECTION FACTORS, SENSOR MEANS PROVIDING AN OUTPUT PROPORTIONAL TO ANY ROLL ANGLE ASSUMED BY SAID AIRCRAFT, AND SECOND COMBINING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST COMBINING MEANS, SAID SENSOR MEANS AND THE OUTPUTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS WHEREBY SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID VERTICAL AND LATERAL CORRECTION FACTORS ARE BOTH MODIFIED BY THE SIGNAL FROM SAID ROLL ANGLE SENSOR AND THE RESULTS THEREOF RESPECTIVELY ALGEBRAICALLY ADDED TO THE SIGNALS FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TO POSITION THE GENERATED IMAGE FOR PROJECTING ALONG THE DESIRED FLIGHT PATH TO THE TOUCHDOWN POINT.