Airbus France

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Thierry Malaval

Fabien Fetzmann

Pierre Coldefy

Stéphane Collins

A device includes a current position unit for determining a current position of a aircraft, a mapping database, a navigation system, a current heading unit for determining the current heading of the aircraft, and a display system for displaying on a viewing screen, at least a partial map of the airport and, thereon, an aircraft symbol which is positioned at the current position and which is oriented in accordance with the current heading.

Device for assisting ground navigation of an aircraft on an airport

The invention concerns a device () comprising means () for emitting periodically position data, means () for emitting inertial data, means () for determining the position of the mobile object upon each position data emission based thereon, and means () for determining the position of the mobile object between two successive emissions of position data, the time interval between two successive emissions being divided into time ranges of equal duration separated by intermediate times, the latter means () determining for each current intermediate time the position of the mobile object, based on its position at the preceding intermediate time and based on its movement during the time range delimited by the current and preceding intermediate times, movement which is calculated by means of the inertial date.

Method and device for determining the ground position of a mobile object, in particular an aircraft on an airport

The invention relates to a system with a device for determining the current position of the aircraft, a display device displaying, on a viewing screen an airport map, wherewith is associated a symbol illustrating the current position of the aircraft, an interface device enabling the display of the display device to be operated by an operator, a storage device storing a plurality of airport maps, a device for determining a reference point for each airport, whereof the map is stored in the storage device, and a selecting device which selects an airport map stored in the storage device so as to transmit same to the display device so that it can be displayed, and which comprises a device enabling an airport map to be automatically selected, based on the current position of the aircraft and as airport reference point.

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