DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A FLIGHT PATH IN ORDER TO REACH A DESTINATION
First Claim
1. A device for defining a flight path enabling an aircraft to reach a destination (B), said device including a digital terrain model and a display screen, and being provided with generator means for generating a flight path including at least one flight segment associated with a flying altitude, wherein the device includes a digital noise database having volumes that are to be avoided where such a volume is a volume into which an aircraft must avoid penetrating in order to avoid generating undue noise on the ground at predetermined sites, said device having a computer with a main memory containing instructions enabling the following to be displayed on said display screen as an overlay on a first representation of said terrain as provided by said digital terrain model:
- a second representation of said volumes to be avoided; and
a flight path that has been generated by using said generator means.
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Abstract
A device (10) for defining a flight path (2) enabling an aircraft (1) to reach a destination (B), said device (10) including a digital terrain model (21) and a display screen (30), and being provided with generator means (15) for generating a flight path (2) including at least one flight segment (3) associated with a flying altitude. The device (10) includes a digital noise database (20) having volumes that are to be avoided, said device (10) having a computer (11) with a main memory (13) containing instructions for displaying on said display screen (30) and as an overlay on a first representation (31) of said terrain as provided by said digital terrain model (21): a second representation (41) of said volumes to be avoided; and a flight path (2) that has been generated by using said generator means (15).
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15 Claims
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1. A device for defining a flight path enabling an aircraft to reach a destination (B), said device including a digital terrain model and a display screen, and being provided with generator means for generating a flight path including at least one flight segment associated with a flying altitude, wherein the device includes a digital noise database having volumes that are to be avoided where such a volume is a volume into which an aircraft must avoid penetrating in order to avoid generating undue noise on the ground at predetermined sites, said device having a computer with a main memory containing instructions enabling the following to be displayed on said display screen as an overlay on a first representation of said terrain as provided by said digital terrain model:
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a second representation of said volumes to be avoided; and a flight path that has been generated by using said generator means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of defining a flight path in order to reach a destination (B) using a flight path including at least one segment associated with a flying altitude, by using a digital terrain model and a display screen, together with generator means for generating said flight path, wherein:
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a generated flight path is constructed during a flight path construction step; and volumes to be avoided into which an aircraft should avoid penetrating in order to avoid generating undue noise on the ground at predetermined sites are displayed together with the generated flight path on a display screen, being overlaid on a first representation of a terrain during a comparison step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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Specification