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DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FILTERING TERRAIN AN OBSTACLE ANTI-COLLISION ALERTS FOR AIRCRAFT

  • US 20080306639A1
  • Filed: 03/13/2008
  • Published: 12/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for filtering anti-collision alerts for aircraft, the said aircraft comprising an alarm manager centralizing the alerts transmitted by terrain anti-collision equipment of the aircraft to the crew, the said alerts each possessing a coding of the danger level, the said danger levels forming part of a first predetermined set, the method comprising:

  • a first step comprising the evaluation of the situation of the aircraft, the result of the evaluation giving an inhibition criterion authorizing or not the filtering of the alerts according to the crossing of predefined threshold values;

    a second step of filtering alerts carried out by an alert filter capable of filtering sets of alerts according to the coding of their danger level, when the inhibition criterion permits the filtering; and

    a third step of transmitting the unfiltered alerts to the alarm manager of the aircraft carried out by the alert filter.

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