Method and device for automatically guiding an aircraft taxiing on the ground
First Claim
1. A method for automatically guiding an aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft comprising at least one control member configured to be manually actuated, suitable for controlling the aircraft laterally on the ground and suitable for being brought into a neutral position, said method comprising the following steps, implemented automatically:
- a) monitoring the actuation of said control member for detecting a releasing of the control member in the neutral position;
b) automatically guiding the aircraft on the ground along an axis upon the detection of the releasing of the control member; and
c) upon the detection of the releasing of the control member;
c1) automatically defining a virtual axis onboard the aircraft; and
c2) automatically guiding the aircraft on the ground along said defined virtual axis, andmodifying said virtual axis by using at least one of two modification units;
a first modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by a parallel displacement and a second modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by the pivoting of said virtual axis about a point.
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Abstract
A device comprises a monitoring unit configured to automatically monitor the actuation of a manual control member suitable for controlling an aircraft on the ground, so as to be able to detect a releasing of the control member in a neutral position. A computation unit is configured to compute a virtual axis for guiding the aircraft on the ground, upon the detection of the releasing of the control member in the neutral position. A guiding unit is configured to automatically guide the aircraft along said virtual axis.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for automatically guiding an aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft comprising at least one control member configured to be manually actuated, suitable for controlling the aircraft laterally on the ground and suitable for being brought into a neutral position, said method comprising the following steps, implemented automatically:
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a) monitoring the actuation of said control member for detecting a releasing of the control member in the neutral position; b) automatically guiding the aircraft on the ground along an axis upon the detection of the releasing of the control member; and c) upon the detection of the releasing of the control member; c1) automatically defining a virtual axis onboard the aircraft; and c2) automatically guiding the aircraft on the ground along said defined virtual axis, and modifying said virtual axis by using at least one of two modification units;
a first modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by a parallel displacement and a second modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by the pivoting of said virtual axis about a point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A device for automatically guiding an aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft being provided with a control member configured to be manually actuated, configured for controlling the aircraft laterally on the ground and suitable for being brought into a neutral position, said device comprising:
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a monitoring unit configured to automatically monitor the actuation of said control member and to detect a releasing of the control member in the neutral position; a guiding unit configured to automatically guide the aircraft along an axis, a computation unit configured to compute a virtual axis for guiding the aircraft on the ground, upon the detection of the releasing of the control member in said neutral position; and an axis designator configured to modify said virtual axis by using at least one of two modification units;
a first modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by a parallel displacement; and
a second modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by the pivoting of said virtual axis about a point, the guiding unit being configured to automatically guide the aircraft along said virtual axis based on said modified virtual axis. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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8. An aircraft comprising:
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a device for automatically guiding the aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft being provided with a control member configured to be manually actuated, configured for controlling the aircraft laterally on the ground and configured for being brought into a neutral position; a monitoring unit configured to automatically monitor the actuation of said control member and to detect a releasing of the control member in the neutral position; a guiding unit configured to automatically guide the aircraft along an axis; a computation unit configured to compute a virtual axis for guiding the aircraft on the ground, upon the detection of the releasing of the control member in said neutral position; and an axis designator configured to modify said virtual axis by using at least one of two modification units;
a first modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by a parallel displacement; and
a second modification unit configured to modify said virtual axis by the pivoting of said virtual axis about a point, the guiding unit being configured to automatically guide the aircraft along said virtual axis based on said modified virtual axis. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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