METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING AUDIO AIR CONTROL MESSAGES ON AN AIRCRAFT
First Claim
1. A method for automatically managing audio air traffic control messages on board an aircraft transmitted by a transmitter of an air traffic controller and received on board the aircraft by means of at least one radio-communication unit, an audio message comprising at least one indication intended for the aircraft and corresponding to one of the following indications:
- an instruction that has to be executed on the aircraft and information that is to be communicated to a pilot of the aircraft, said method comprising;
(a) transcribing the audio message received into a textual message;
(b) checking that the audio message received is intended for said aircraft;
(c) if the audio message is intended for the aircraft-, processing the textual message corresponding to the audio message so as to extract all the indications contained in said audio message; and
(d) for each of the indications thus extracted, displaying, on at least one screen in the aircraft cockpit, an information message relating to the indication and a request for validation by the pilot,wherein step (b) comprises;
determining at least one first frequency corresponding to a listening frequency of the radio-communication unit , at which it received the audio message;
determining the current geographical position of the aircraft ;
from the current geographical position of the aircraft and a database comprising frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions, determining a set of frequencies associated with a zone in which the current geographical position of the aircraft is situated; and
comparing the first frequency with each of the frequencies in the set of frequencies and, if the first frequency is identical to one of the frequencies in the set of frequencies, deducing from this that the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft,and wherein step (b) further comprises, if the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft, said aircraft being designated by a first code, of;
extracting from the audio message a string of characters representing a second code;
comparing the second code thus extracted with the first code designating the aircraft; and
determining that the audio message is intended for the aircraft if the first and second codes are identical.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for automatically managing audio air control messages on an aircraft are described. The device comprises a unit for automatically transcribing an audio message received on board an aircraft into a textual message, a unit for automatically processing the textual message in order to extract all the indications included in this message, and a unit for automatically displaying, for each extracted indication, on at least one screen of the aircraft cockpit, an information message relating to the indication and a validation request for the pilot.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically managing audio air traffic control messages on board an aircraft transmitted by a transmitter of an air traffic controller and received on board the aircraft by means of at least one radio-communication unit, an audio message comprising at least one indication intended for the aircraft and corresponding to one of the following indications:
- an instruction that has to be executed on the aircraft and information that is to be communicated to a pilot of the aircraft, said method comprising;
(a) transcribing the audio message received into a textual message; (b) checking that the audio message received is intended for said aircraft; (c) if the audio message is intended for the aircraft-, processing the textual message corresponding to the audio message so as to extract all the indications contained in said audio message; and (d) for each of the indications thus extracted, displaying, on at least one screen in the aircraft cockpit, an information message relating to the indication and a request for validation by the pilot, wherein step (b) comprises; determining at least one first frequency corresponding to a listening frequency of the radio-communication unit , at which it received the audio message; determining the current geographical position of the aircraft ; from the current geographical position of the aircraft and a database comprising frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions, determining a set of frequencies associated with a zone in which the current geographical position of the aircraft is situated; and comparing the first frequency with each of the frequencies in the set of frequencies and, if the first frequency is identical to one of the frequencies in the set of frequencies, deducing from this that the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft, and wherein step (b) further comprises, if the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft, said aircraft being designated by a first code, of; extracting from the audio message a string of characters representing a second code; comparing the second code thus extracted with the first code designating the aircraft; and determining that the audio message is intended for the aircraft if the first and second codes are identical. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- an instruction that has to be executed on the aircraft and information that is to be communicated to a pilot of the aircraft, said method comprising;
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9. A device for the automatic management on board an aircraft of audio air traffic control messages transmitted by a transmitter of an air traffic controller and received on board the aircraft by means of a radio-communication unit, an audio message comprising at least one indication intended for the aircraft and corresponding to one of the following indications:
- an instruction that is to be executed on the aircraft and an item of information that is to be communicated to a pilot of the aircraft, said device comprising;
a reception unit configured to automatically capture any audio message received by the radio-communication unit; a transcription unit configured to automatically transcribe an audio message captured by the reception unit into a textual message; a verification unit configured so as to automatically check whether the audio message received by means of the radio-communication unit is intended for the aircraft; a processing unit configured to automatically process the textual message corresponding to the audio message so as to extract all the indications contained in said audio message, and at least one display unit configured so as to automatically display, for each of the indications extracted, on at least one screen in the cockpit of the aircraft, an information message relating to the indication and a request for validation by the pilot, wherein it further comprises at least one database comprising frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions and a unit for determining the current position of the aircraft, and wherein said verification unit is configured so as to implement successive sub-steps, consisting respectively of; from the current geographical position of the aircraft and the database comprising the frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions, determining a set of frequencies associated with a zone in which the current geographical position of the aircraft is situated; and comparing the first frequency with each of the frequencies in the set of frequencies and, if the first frequency is identical to one of the frequencies in the set of frequencies, deducing from this that the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft; and if the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraf; extracting from the audio message a string of supplementary characters representing a second code; comparing the second code thus extracted with a first code designating the aircraft; and determining that the audio message is intended for the aircraft if the first and second codes are identical. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- an instruction that is to be executed on the aircraft and an item of information that is to be communicated to a pilot of the aircraft, said device comprising;
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15. An aircraft, comprising:
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a message management device including; a reception unit configured to automatically capture any audio message received by the radio-communication unit; a transcription unit configured to automatically transcribe an audio message captured by the reception unit into a textual message; a verification unit configured so as to automatically check whether the audio message received by means of the radio-communication unit is intended for the aircraft; a processing unit configured to automatically process the textual message corresponding to the audio message so as to extract all the indications contained in said audio message, and at least one display unit configured so as to automatically display, for each of the indications extracted, on at least one screen in the cockpit of the aircraft, an information message relating to the indication and a request for validation by the pilot, wherein it further comprises at least one database comprising frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions and a unit for determining the current position of the aircraft , and wherein said verification unit is configured so as to implement successive sub-steps, consisting respectively of; from the current geographical position of the aircraft and the database comprising the frequencies of transmitters of audio air traffic control messages associated with geographical positions, determining a set of frequencies associated with a zone in which the current geographical position of the aircraft is situated; and comparing the first frequency with each of the frequencies in the set of frequencies and, if the first frequency is identical to one of the frequencies in the set of frequencies, deducing from this that the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft; and if the audio message is liable to be intended for the aircraft; extracting from the audio message a string of supplementary characters representing a second code; comparing the second code thus extracted with a first code designating the aircraft; and determining that the audio message is intended for the aircraft if the first and second codes are identical. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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