Thales

Patrick Cazaux

Hervé Leconte

Yannick Thiry

Rémi Geoffroy

Patrick Garrec

Norbert Frestel

Geoffrey Nicollet

Jérémie Beyer

Benoit Bouhours

Sarah Dupont

Charlotte Dietrich

Laurent Rivaillon

Herve Leconte

Alexandre Espin De La Vega

Jean-Pierre Faye

Dominique Leurgorry

Methods and systems for managing the orientation of the display of an aeronautical chart, notably towards Magnetic North or True North are provided. Rotational and/or translational tactile movements may manage the display of the chart. In one advantageous embodiment, the display screen is a haptic feedback screen (for example piezoelectric or MEMS microactuators), the North symbol rendered in relief is able to be manipulated with a single finger and the display device is stabilized by at least partially compensating for the turbulence experienced by the cockpit. Some software aspects are described.

System and method for managing the display of an aeronautical chart

A method for managing the display of a vertical flight profile of an aircraft includes: determining a deviation between a predefined lateral trajectory and the current position of the aircraft projected in the plane of the trajectory; as a function of at least the determined deviation, selecting a display mode of the vertical flight profile from among a first mode and a second mode. When the first mode has been selected, calculating the distance between the orthogonal projection of the current position of the aircraft on the trajectory and the orthogonal projection of the next waypoint on the trajectory, and displaying, in the vertical flight profile, the next waypoint at a distance from the aircraft along a reference axis equal to the distance. When the second mode has been selected, calculating the distance instead from the current position of the aircraft in the plane of the trajectory.

Method and electronic device of management of the display of an aircraft flying profile, associated computer program and electronic system

A method for managing the display of an aircraft flight profile may be carried out by an electronic management device intended to be connected to a set of at least one terrain data base. Each terrain data base may have a respective resolution. The method may include selecting at least one resolution, as well as the terrain data base associated with each selected resolution. The method may further include generating data for displaying the flight profile and using each terrain data base selected. The method may also include where each resolution is selected according to a width of a corridor associated with a respective portion of the flight profile.

Method and electronic device for managing the display of an aircraft flight profile with selection of suitable resolution(s) of field data base(s), related computer program and electronic display system

This method of managing the display of an aeronautical map from cartographical data is implemented by an electronic management device and comprises the following steps:

Method and electronic device for managing the display of an aeronautical map, related computer program and display system

This method for managing the display of a flight profile of an aircraft is implemented by an electronic management device. It comprises computing a reference altitude for the display of a vertical flight profile; determining a range of altitudes for the display of said vertical profile, the range of altitudes being determined as a function of the computed reference altitude, the reference altitude being computed as a function of a current altitude, an altitude interval to be displayed and at least one property relative to an estimated evolution of the altitude of the aircraft from said current altitude.

Method and electronic device for managing the display of an aircraft flight profile, related computer program and electronic display system

A system for representing cartographic indications for an aircraft, said system comprising at least a cartographic database, a graphical computer, a display device and means of selecting a scale of the displayed cartographic data by a pilot or user. Each item of cartographic data comprises at least a first symbolic representation associated with a first scale depending on said item of cartographic data. When the selection means select a scale that is larger than or equal to the first scale, the first representation is displayed on the display device and when the selection means select a scale that is strictly smaller than the first scale, the first representation is no longer displayed on the display device. Each item of cartographic data can comprise at least a second symbolic representation associated with a second scale smaller than the first scale, said second scale depending on said item of cartographic data and obeying similar display rules.

System for representing cartographic indications at multiple scales

A device for aiding the deck-landing of an aircraft, the aircraft being controlled remotely from a mobile station, such as a ship, includes means for receiving data from the aircraft, notably attitudes of the aircraft, the aircraft hovering ready to land on deck, the deck-landing decision having to be taken under certain conditions that must all be met, the device including a computer making it possible to deliver temporal indicators indicating that all the conditions are met. The device includes a temporal gauge including a temporal graduation indicating mobile graphical zones representing the periods during which all the conditions are met for authorizing a deck-landing.

Decision aid device for assisting the landing of an aircraft on the deck of a ship

The device for checking speed intended for an aircraft ready to land on deck on a moving vehicle, the aircraft having a current vertical speed, called the first speed, and a threshold value of vertical downward speed relating to the vertical speed of the moving vehicle, called the 'low threshold', the ship having an absolute vertical speed, called the second speed, comprises a display and means for receiving data originating from the aircraft, notably its vertical absolute speed. The device includes a calculator making it possible to generate on the display a graduated speed gauge including a fixed cursor indicating the first vertical speed and a second moving cursor indicating the speed of the ship, a third moving cursor indicating the low threshold, the graduation being centered around the value of the first vertical speed.

Relative speed gauge intended for the monitoring of a pilotless aircraft

The device facilitates the verification of conformity between an anticipated digital image, or reference image, and a digital image actually obtained. The device implements a method that makes it possible to quickly and effectively distinguish the differences between a reference image and an obtained image. The device comprises receiving an input of two images, reference and obtained, and producing as output a single image, resulting from the merging of the two input images in which the portions common to both images are represented in shades of grey, the differences between the first and the second image being represented in green or red depending on whether they belong to the first or the second image.

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Patrick Cazaux