Method and device for assistance with the piloting of an aircraft, especially a transport airplane
US6505102B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C23/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The method provides for an information presentation (IF1) to be presented on a visual-display screen (5), the information representing at least one vertical plane along a theoretical flight trajectory of the aircraft, and which includes an axis system (8, 9), in which a y-axis (8) is graduated in altitude, and an x-axis (9) is graduated in distance from the position of the aircraft, a particular symbol (7) representing the aircraft, which is arranged on the y-axis (8) at a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft, and a first plot (T1) representing a theoretical flight trajectory of said aircraft in the vertical plane. Said information presentation (IF1) further includes at least one second plot (T2) corresponding to a safety altitude, and a third plot (T3) corresponding to a contour of the terrain (10) in the vertical plane.
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