Automatic method for transmitting monitoring alarms from an aircraft to the ground

• US 7,511,635 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2005
• Issued: 03/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: Rossi, Nicolas, Borel, Matthieu, Subelet, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hung T.
• Application Number:
  US10/587,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20070159356A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 340/947, 340/945, 340/948, 340/961, 340/963, 340/964, 340/967, 340/969, 340/970, 340/973, 701/9, 701/11, 701/13, 701/301
• US Class Current: 340/945
• CPC Class Codes: B29B 17/0036 of large particles, e.g. beads, granules, pellets, flakes, slices
• CPC Class Codes: B29B 7/16 with paddles or arms
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0078 for monitoring traffic from the aircraft radar or analogous systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0082 for monitoring traffic from a ground station radar or analogous systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0091 for monitoring atmospheric conditions radar or analogous systems specially adapted for meteorological use G01S13/95; meteorology G01W
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/62 Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling

Abstract

The information relates to a method of transmitting information between a communications management unit on board an aircraft and a ground air control system, characterized in that it comprises the following steps consisting, in respect of the communications management unit, in: a) detecting the reception of alerts originating from an onboard surveillance system, via a communication bus, b) when an alert is detected, shaping the information contained in the alert as a report according to a predetermined format, and dispatching this report to the ground system.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting information between a preexisting communications management unit on board an aircraft and a ground air control system, comprising the following steps:

a) detecting the reception of alerts originating from an onboard surveillance system when the aircraft is on an initial route, via a communication bus,

b) when an alert is detected, shaping the information contained in the alert as a report according to a predetermined format; and

c) dispatching said report to the ground system.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising prior to the detection of the reception of the alert, in receiving from the ground system a subscription requisition comprising an alerts dispatch request and an address of the ground system, so long as the subscription requisition is maintained.

3. A unit for managing the communications of a preexisting aeronautical telecommunication network, on board an aircraft, comprising:

an area for storing applications, wherein each application is charged with specific execution of tasks;

a central unit;

a router; and

an equipment for exchanging information with a ground air control system, and

means for receiving information originating from an onboard surveillance system when the aircraft is on an initial route, wherein the application for transmitting the information received to the ground air control system, by means of the central unit and the router.

4. The communications management unit as claimed in the claim 3, wherein the means of reception comprise a bus for communication between the onboard surveillance system and the communications management unit.

5. The communications management unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the information originating from the surveillance system is terrain avoidance and/or traffic avoidance alerts and/or weather alerts.

6. The communications management unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the information originating from the surveillance system is terrain avoidance and/or traffic avoidance alerts and/or weather alerts.