Patent · US Active

Method for selecting aircraft access point into a lateral free evolution area

US8032266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

28Claims

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Assignee

THALES · FR

Inventors

Elias Bitar · Tournefeuille, FR
Nicolas Marty · Vernouillet, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2005
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G5/80
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This method facilitates the joining, by an aircraft, of a secure zone, without constraint of deployment in the horizontal plane, in particular when the latter is threatened by a risk of collision with the ground or by a risk of penetration into a forbidden zone which cannot be resolved by a purely vertical avoidance maneuver. It consists in selecting a point for joining a zone of free lateral deployment by means of a criterion of minimum cost of the initial maneuver of turning at the start of the trajectory for joining the possible points of access to the zones of free lateral deployment.

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