Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft
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1. A method for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft, whereby there is displayed, on at least one display screen of said aircraft, a set of information that illustrates a vertical plane, said set of information comprising a system of axes, of which a Y axis is graduated altitude-wise, and an X axis is graduated distance-wise from the position of the aircraft;
- a characteristic symbol representing the aircraft, which is positioned on said Y axis, in a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft, and where appropriate, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents an aircraft in the vicinity, method whereby distance and altitude information concerning an aircraft in the vicinity can be generated, said method comprising, during a flight of the aircraft;
a) performing automatic surveillance of the surroundings of said aircraft, so as to be able to detect all aircraft in the vicinity that are located in a particular detection space situated at least in front of said aircraft, and determining a flight path angle for at least one aircraft in the vicinity detected in this step a); and
b) for each of the aircraft in the vicinity detected in the step a), performing the following successive series of operations;
b1) generating distance and altitude information concerning the aircraft in the vicinity;
b2) determining using said distance and altitude information a distance value and an altitude value; and
b3) presenting on said display screen;
an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents said aircraft in the vicinity and that is positioned on said system of axes in a position corresponding;
on said Y axis, to said altitude value; and
on said X axis, to said distance value; and
in association with the auxiliary characteristic symbol representing at least one of said aircraft in the vicinity, a straight line segment illustrating the flight path angle of this aircraft in the vicinity.
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Abstract
A device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft includes a detecting device for detecting all the aircraft in the vicinity and a display device for presenting, on a display screen illustrating a vertical plane, characteristic symbols indicating the positions of these aircraft in the vicinity.
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1. A method for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft, whereby there is displayed, on at least one display screen of said aircraft, a set of information that illustrates a vertical plane, said set of information comprising a system of axes, of which a Y axis is graduated altitude-wise, and an X axis is graduated distance-wise from the position of the aircraft;
- a characteristic symbol representing the aircraft, which is positioned on said Y axis, in a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft, and where appropriate, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents an aircraft in the vicinity, method whereby distance and altitude information concerning an aircraft in the vicinity can be generated, said method comprising, during a flight of the aircraft;
a) performing automatic surveillance of the surroundings of said aircraft, so as to be able to detect all aircraft in the vicinity that are located in a particular detection space situated at least in front of said aircraft, and determining a flight path angle for at least one aircraft in the vicinity detected in this step a); and b) for each of the aircraft in the vicinity detected in the step a), performing the following successive series of operations; b1) generating distance and altitude information concerning the aircraft in the vicinity; b2) determining using said distance and altitude information a distance value and an altitude value; and b3) presenting on said display screen; an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents said aircraft in the vicinity and that is positioned on said system of axes in a position corresponding; on said Y axis, to said altitude value; and on said X axis, to said distance value; and in association with the auxiliary characteristic symbol representing at least one of said aircraft in the vicinity, a straight line segment illustrating the flight path angle of this aircraft in the vicinity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18)
- a characteristic symbol representing the aircraft, which is positioned on said Y axis, in a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft, and where appropriate, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents an aircraft in the vicinity, method whereby distance and altitude information concerning an aircraft in the vicinity can be generated, said method comprising, during a flight of the aircraft;
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15. A device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft, comprising:
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(a) a display device configured to present, on at least one display screen of said aircraft, a set of information that illustrates a vertical plane and that comprises; a system of axes, of which a Y axis is graduated altitude-wise, and an X axis is graduated distance-wise from the position of the aircraft; a characteristic symbol representing the aircraft, that is positioned on said Y axis in a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft; and
where appropriate, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents an aircraft in the vicinity;(b) a second means device configured to generate, for aircraft in the vicinity, distance and altitude information (c) a surveillance device configured to perform an automatic surveillance of the surroundings of said aircraft so as to be able to detect all aircraft in the vicinity that are located in a particular detection space situated at least in front of said aircraft; (d) a third device configured to determine, for each of said aircraft in the vicinity detected, using distance and altitude information, a distance value and an altitude value; and
wherein;the surveillance device determines the flight path angle of at least one aircraft in the vicinity; said second device is formed so as to generate distance and altitude information for each of the aircraft in the vicinity detected by said surveillance device; and said display device is formed to display, on said display screen; for each of the aircraft in the vicinity detected by said surveillance device, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents the aircraft in the vicinity concerned and that is positioned on said system of axes in a position corresponding; on said Y axis, to the corresponding altitude value; and on said X axis, to the corresponding distance value; and for at least one aircraft in the vicinity, in association with the auxiliary characteristic symbol representing this aircraft in the vicinity, a straight-line segment illustrating its flight path angle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19)
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Current AssigneeAirbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
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Original AssigneeAirbus France
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InventorsWinkler, Falk, Menras, Didier, Fouet, Guillaume
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Primary Examiner(s)Wu; Daniel
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Assistant Examiner(s)Thompson; Bradley E
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Application NumberUS11/678,255Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,054 DaysField of Search340/691, 701/301, 342/357.14US Class Current340/961CPC Class CodesG01C 23/005 Flight directors indicating...G08G 5/0008 with other aircraftG08G 5/0021 located in the aircraftG08G 5/0078 for monitoring traffic from...G08G 5/045 Navigation or guidance aids...
