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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Device for determining a maximum lateral separation of a follower craft with respect to a lead craft
Applicants:
Falk Winkler, Cintegabelle, FR;
Guillaume Fouet, Toulouse, FR;
Didier Menras, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus France, Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for determining a maximum lateral separation of a follower craft with respect to a lead craft. The device includes a first unit for deducing automatically from minimum turning radii of a lead craft and from a maximum turning radius of a follower craft, the maximum possible lateral separation of the follower craft with respect to the lead craft, on each side of the trajectory of the latter.