Method and apparatus for preventing an unauthorized flight of an aircraft
US7475851B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/58
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fly-by-wire (FBW) system (104) is coupled to cockpit controls (102) of an aircraft for controlling the aircraft, and an automatic flight control system (AFCS) (108) is coupled to the FBW system for maintaining the aircraft in stable flight. An unauthorized-flight detector (110) is coupled to the FBW system and coupled to the AFCS, and is arranged to carry out (306) a transfer of control of the FBW system from the cockpit controls to the AFCS, in response to a predetermined event.
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