Aircraft system for signaling the presence of an obstacle, an aircraft equipped with this system, and method for the detection of an obstacle
US9583011B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/80
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system of an aircraft for signaling the presence of an obstacle during visual flight, which system includes at least one onboard unit to be installed in an aircraft to be equipped, which onboard unit includes an onboard database that stores at least one obstacle to be avoided during flight. The onboard unit includes an interface to be installed in the aircraft and whose function is to authorize the addition and the deletion of obstacles in the onboard database, with the interface being in communication with the onboard database.
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