METHOD OF ASSISTING PILOTING AT LOW ALTITUDE
First Claim
1. A method of assisting the piloting of an aircraft at low altitude over terrain, in which method, during a first stage, a framework is constructed from at least one main segment of given corridor width that extends in a horizontal projection over a model of said terrain between successive first and second waypoints determined by an operator, and then during a second stage, a setpoint flight path is constructed with the help of said framework, wherein during the first stage, said main segment is automatically subdivided into a plurality of secondary segments of given corridor width so that the framework follows said terrain as closely as possible, said secondary segments going from a first secondary segment starting from said first waypoint to a last secondary segment terminating at the second waypoint, each secondary segment being arranged at a setpoint height above the highest point of the terrain that it overlies, said setpoint height is identical for all of the secondary segments of a main segment, with any two adjacent secondary segments that are not in alignment being connected together by a vertical bar in a vertical section of said terrain and containing said main segment.
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Abstract
A method of assisting the piloting of an aircraft (60) at low altitude over terrain (S), in which method, during a first stage, a framework (10) is constructed from at least one main segment (40) and during a second stage a setpoint flight path (50) is constructed. More precisely, during the first stage, said main segment (40) is subdivided automatically into a plurality of secondary segments (41, 42, 43), each of said secondary segments (41) being situated at the same setpoint height above the highest point of the underlying terrain, with two adjacent secondary segments (41) being in alignment or connected together by a bar (44) that extends vertically in a vertical section.
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- 1. A method of assisting the piloting of an aircraft at low altitude over terrain, in which method, during a first stage, a framework is constructed from at least one main segment of given corridor width that extends in a horizontal projection over a model of said terrain between successive first and second waypoints determined by an operator, and then during a second stage, a setpoint flight path is constructed with the help of said framework, wherein during the first stage, said main segment is automatically subdivided into a plurality of secondary segments of given corridor width so that the framework follows said terrain as closely as possible, said secondary segments going from a first secondary segment starting from said first waypoint to a last secondary segment terminating at the second waypoint, each secondary segment being arranged at a setpoint height above the highest point of the terrain that it overlies, said setpoint height is identical for all of the secondary segments of a main segment, with any two adjacent secondary segments that are not in alignment being connected together by a vertical bar in a vertical section of said terrain and containing said main segment.
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