AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE COMPUTATION

• US 20160019732A1
• Filed: 07/18/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: FOURNIER, Franois, LE REUN, Helose, BOYER, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 10,109,117 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/0075 Adaptations for use of electronic flight bags in aircraft; Supports therefor in the cockpit
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0086 for monitoring terrain radar or analogous systems specially adapted for terrain avoidance G01S13/935
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0091 for monitoring atmospheric conditions radar or analogous systems specially adapted for meteorological use G01S13/95; meteorology G01W

Abstract

A computer implemented method of computing performance for an aircraft, comprises the steps of collecting data from a plurality of data sources comprising data sources of avionics type and external data sources of non-avionics type; processing the data collected in an electronic device of EFB or electronic flight bag type; and undertaking the performance computation. Developments describe the extraction of data from images or audio streams; the manipulation of data of alarm, INOP, aircraft status, air conditioning and anti-ice, runway, ATIS, meteorological and/or NOTAM type; the interfaces with an FPS or flight planning system and/or a CMS or centralized maintenance system. System aspects and software aspects are described.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of computing performance for an aircraft, comprising the steps of:

collecting data from a plurality of data sources comprising data sources of avionics type and external data sources of non-avionics type;

processing the data collected in an electronic device of EFB or electronic flight bag type;

undertaking the performance computation.

2. The method according to claim 1, the step of collecting data comprising a step of acquiring one or more images in the cockpit of the aircraft, the said cockpit comprising one or more viewing screens, and a step of extracting data from at least one image acquired in the cockpit.

3. The method according to claim 1, the step of collecting data comprising a step of extracting data from an audio stream.

4. The method according to claim 1, the collected data comprising one or more data of alarm, INOP, aircraft status, air conditioning and anti-ice, runway, ATIS, meteorological and/or NOTAM type.

5. The method according to claim 1, the processing step comprising one or more operations from among operations of interpretation, filtering and conversion of data.

6. The method according to claim 1, the avionics data sources being transmitted by the interface equipment of the aircraft from data arising from an FPS or flight planning system and/or a CMS or centralized maintenance system.

7. The method according to claim 1, the external data sources being transmitted by one or more ground servers and the external data comprising meteorological and/or NOTAM notices type data.

8. The method according to claim 1, the external data sources furthermore comprising data arising from the Internet network.

9. The method according to claim 5, the operation of interpreting the collected data being performed by means of an avionics protocols model.

10. The method according to claim 5, the operation of converting the collected data being performed by means of a predefined conversion file.

11. The method according to claim 1, the step of undertaking the performance computation being preceded by the reception of a correction or of the validation of one or more items of data by the pilot for the performance computation.

12. A computer program product, said computer program comprising code instructions making it possible to perform the steps of the method according to claim 1, when the said program is executed on a computer.

13. A system comprising means for implementing one or more steps of the method according to claim 1.