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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2021
Airbus (S.a.s.), Blagnac, FR;
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
Jean Muller, Toulouse, FR;
Charles Renault Leberquer, Blagnac, FR;
Mathieu Brunot, Toulouse, FR;
Maxime Keller, Blagnac, FR;
Airbus (S.A.S.), Blagnac, FR;
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A method and system allowing fully autonomous automatic take-off using only images captured by cameras on the aircraft and avionics data. The system includes an image capture device on the aircraft to take a stream of images of the runway, image processing modules to estimate, on the basis of the streams of images, a preliminary current position of the aircraft on the runway and to assign a preliminary confidence index to the estimate. A data consolidation module can determine a relevant current position of the aircraft on the runway by consolidating data originating from the image processing modules with inertial data to correct the estimate of the preliminary current position and determine a relevant confidence index using a current speed of the wheels of the aircraft to refine the preliminary confidence index. A flight control computer can control and guide aircraft take-off.