On-board flight management system for aircraft

• US 20060142904A1
• Filed: 02/20/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: Caillaud, Christophe, Jacquier, Vincent
• Granted Patent: US 7,493,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 23/00 Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0052 for cruising combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value G01C23/00

Abstract

This onboard flight management system displays on the navigation screen the plots of the flight plan parts corresponding to the navigation procedures whose names are displayed on the MCD console during the introduction by the crew of the aircraft, by means of the MCD console, of the elements allowing the FMS flight management computer to plot a flight plan. This facilitates the task of the crew when choosing navigation procedure since the plot of the flight plan part corresponding to a navigation procedure is much more expressive than the name of the procedure.

Claims

1. An onboard flight management system for aircraft comprising a flight management computer coupled to a navigation database, to a navigation screen and to a data input and display console, the flight management computer ensuring the plotting of a flight plan on the basis of data introduced by means of the data input and display console, the navigation database incorporating the plotting elements necessary for the flight management computer to plot flight plan parts satisfying various navigation procedures that the aircraft may have to comply with and the data input and display console making reference to navigation procedures by way of identifiers, when a navigation procedure catalogued in the navigation database is mentioned by its identifier on the data input and display console, the flight management computer depicts on the navigation screen the corresponding plot of the flight plan part, indexed by the identifier of said navigation procedure.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, in that wherein the flight management computer constructs the plots of flight plan parts, which correspond to navigation procedures and which it displays on the navigation screen, on the basis of the plotting elements contained in the navigation database.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, in that wherein the flight management computer extracts from an image bank the plots of flight plan parts which correspond to navigation procedures and which it displays on the navigation screen.