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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2006
Jean-pierre Baudry, Toulon, FR;
Jean-Pierre Baudry, Toulon, FR;
Eurocopter, Marignane Cedex, FR;
Abstract
Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device includes means of determining a ground speed vector and means of displaying to present, on a screen, a means of indication () of the ground speed corresponding to a first rectilinear section () in the horizontal plane, connected to a symbol () whose angular orientation corresponds to the direction of said ground speed vector and whose length is variable, a means of interception approach indication () corresponding to a second recipient section () in the horizontal plane of variable width and provided for as an extension of first rectilinear section () and a means of indication () of the interception turn corresponding to at least one circle arc () in the horizontal plane, provided to extend second rectilinear section ().