Method and device for automatically monitoring a flight path of an aircraft during an operation with required navigation performance
US9368035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/34
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A monitoring device including a memory containing a reference path, the memory being separate from a flight management system. The reference path corresponding to a path that is defined during a navigation data validation on ground for the flight management system. A monitoring unit is configured to monitor a current flight path that is determined by the flight management system, by monitoring if this current flight path is in conformity with the reference flight path that is recorded in the memory.
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