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Method of indicating the lateral manoeuvre margins on either side of the flight plan path of an aircraft

US8046119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2005
Grant dateOct 25, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C23/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The parts of the flight plan of an aircraft corresponding to lateral trajectories at low altitude can comprise passages with limited lateral freedom of deployment because of risks of collision with the ground, or because of obstacles on the ground. The method makes it possible to signal them for the attention of the crew, so that said crew should redouble their attention. To do this it uses the display, on an onboard navigation screen, of a vertical profile of margin of maneuver relating to the navigation band widened to the right and to the left by lateral margins of maneuver, superimposed on the vertical navigation profile relating only to the navigation band.

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