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Landing aid device, especially for anti-ground-collision alert vetoing

US6317663A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateSep 24, 1999
Grant dateNov 13, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0676
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A landing aid device comprises processing means, which receive aircraft path data, and data regarding the position of at least one runway towards which the aircraft is steering. These processing means comprise calculation means which supply a state signal, comprising at least one condition which is dependent on the path data and on the runway data, this function being chosen so as to express the fact that the path of the aircraft converges towards the runway.

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