METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ENTRY OF FLIGHT DATA FOR AN AIRCRAFT, TRANSMITTED BETWEEN A CREW ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND GROUND STAFF

• US 20080221886A1
• Filed: 02/28/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: Colin, Michel, Ferro, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 8,280,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station

Abstract

A system of assistance in the entry of flight data for an aircraft transmitted between a crew on board the aircraft and a ground staff including, a radiofrequency communications link to transmit flight data between the crew and the ground staff. At least one means of sending and one means of receiving data on board the aircraft, wherein the system includes a voice recognition means capable of detecting a piece of data of a predefined type emitted, during the communications call, by the crew or the ground staff and a means of analysis and transcription of this piece of data in digital or alphanumeric form.

Claims

1. - A system of assistance in the entry of flight data for an aircraft transmitted between a crew on board the aircraft and a ground staff comprising:

a radiofrequency communications link to transmit flight data between the crew and the ground staff,

at least one means of sending and one means of receiving data on board the aircraft,

wherein the system comprises;

a voice recognition means capable of detecting a piece of data of a predefined type emitted, during the communications call, by the crew or the ground staff, and

a means of analysis and transcription of this piece of data in digital or alphanumeric form.

2. - A system according to claim 1, comprising at least one display unit that is capable of displaying flight data and that comprises a standby window in which the detected data is provisionally displayed and an active window in which the data is displayed for as long as it is applied,

3. - A system according to claim 2, wherein the display unit comprises a selector that transfers the piece of data from the standby window to the active window during the validation by the crew.

4. - A system according to one of the claims 1 to 3, wherein the voice recognition means is capable of making a detection, from among the sound signals and data, of a piece of data in the form of a radiofrequency.

5. - A system according to one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein the voice recognition means is activated by an activation means controlling the activation of said at least one data sending means.

6. - A system according to one of the claims 1 to 5, wherein the voice recognition means comprises a database obtained by learning.

14. - An aircraft comprising the system according to one of the claims 1 to 6.

7. - A method of assistance in the entry of flight data for an aircraft transmitted between a crew on board the aircraft and a ground staff, wherein:

the ground staff sends the crew a piece of data by means of a radiofrequency link,

the crew receives this piece of data, confirms said piece of data and puts it into application for the pursuit of the flight,

wherein;

the piece of data is a predefined type of data,

at the reception of this piece of data or at its confirmation by the crew on board the aircraft, this piece of data is detected by voice recognition, analyzed and recorded in a window of a display unit of the aircraft.

8. - A method according to claim 7, wherein the piece of data is a radiofrequency detected from among a plurality of sound signals and data transmitted on the radiofrequency link.

9. - A method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the piece of data is detected when it is confirmed by the crew,

10. - A method according to any of the claims 7 to 9, wherein the piece of data is displayed in a standby window of the display unit.

11. - A method according to claim 10 wherein, when the piece of data is validated by the crew, it is transferred from the standby window to an active window of the display unit.

12. - A method according to any of the claims 9 to 10 wherein, when the piece of data is invalidated by the crew, it is reconfirmed by said crew and then detected and analyzed again.

13. - A method according to any of the claims 6 to 12 wherein, when the detected piece of data is recognized partially, its value is complemented by learnt and/or predefined data elements.

15. - Aircraft comprising means to implement the method according to any of the claims 7 to 13.