Thales

Denis Bonnet

Bruno Aymeric

François Michel

Sylvain Lissajoux

Laurent Laluque

Chris Deseure

Jean-Paul Berger

Marc Lefort

Yannick Leroux

Joel Viala

Methods and systems for assisting the piloting of an aircraft are provided. The system includes at least one avionics type system and at least one non-avionics type system. The method includes steps involving receiving avionics type data associated with a flying context of the aircraft; forwarding the avionics type data to a non-avionics type system or computer; determining, in the non-avionics computer, one or more adjustment recommendations for equipment based on the received flying context and/or on predetermined data; displaying one or more recommendations. Various developments are described, in particular the conditions for requesting and/or computing recommendations (e.g. ongoing adjustment of the avionics, similar previous configuration, etc.), the selection and the categorization of recommendations, the handling of adjustment data for the avionics, etc. Software aspects are described.

Management of an aircraft

The general field of the invention is that of helicopter cockpit display systems. The system according to the invention comprises at least a first mobile display screen. Depending on the mission and in order to optimize the vision of the external landscape, the mobile screen or screens are moved so that they are either in the field of vision of the pilot, or out of his field of vision. The symbologies displayed are adapted according to the mission and to the position of the screen.

Modular display system for helicopters

The method of displaying the preceding value of a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object by means of a display device defining a display window, a computer making it possible to interpret the actions of a graphic pointer, the pointer comprising means of selecting the first graphic object, the pointer being able to be overlaid on the first graphic object on the display device, comprises:

Methods of managing a parameter displayed in an interactive graphic object

The general field of the invention is that of devices for controlling a computer-based pointer of a computer-based assembly comprising two different computer-based systems, a first secure system comprising at least one first viewing screen and a man-machine interface called CCD controlling the position of the pointer, and a second non-secure system comprising at least one second viewing screen controlled by the same CCD. The control device according to the invention comprises a means called the 'CCD manager' belonging to the first system, ensuring the control of the CCD transmission links and comprising the following functions activated when a displacement instruction is transmitted by the user to the CCD, the pointer occupying a first position in the reference plane, determination of the new position of the pointer, determination of the pointer membership area as a function of this new position, authorization of transfer of the displacement instructions coming from the CCD to the secure system or to the open system corresponding to the previously determined membership area.

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Bordeaux, France

Denis Bonnet