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Method and device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft from a voluminous set of memory-stored documents

US5475594A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1993
Grant dateDec 12, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/35494
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft from a voluminous set of memory-stored documents which uses a processor associated with a terminal comprising a screen and control and data entry keys and with memories containing useful information for operating a flight, the processor being connected to other items of equipment of the aerodyne. The method comprises storing of information in a data base and supplying first exploitation functions of this information, real-time acquisition by the processor of an event relative to the current situation of the aerodyne and analyzing the new situation generated by the occurrence of this event, preselecting the information in the data base best adapted to the new situation, and classifying same by order of relevance, supplying second exploitation functions of the preselected information, selection and exploitation, by the operator, of one of the exploitation functions. The method applies in particular to the civil and commercial aviation.

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