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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
Inventor:
Martin Delporte, Fonsorbes, FR;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/175 (2006.01); G01P 21/02 (2006.01); G01P 5/14 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/175 (2013.01); G01P 5/14 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01); G01P 21/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for estimating the airspeed of an aircraft includes a first estimation unit configured to estimate the airspeed of the aircraft according to a first estimation method, a second estimation unit configured to estimate the airspeed of the aircraft according to a second estimation method, a weighting unit configured to weight the two airspeeds estimated by the first and second estimation methods and a computation unit configured to sum the weighted airspeeds so as to obtain an estimated airspeed of the aircraft.