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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Nicolas Marty, Saint Sauveur, FR;
Julia Percier, Cugnaux, FR;
Aurélie Sallier, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thales, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for extracting terrain altitudes notably for a display of a sectional view of a terrain overflown by an aircraft. The device for extracting terrain altitudes along a trajectory of an aircraft in flight includes an interface taking into account selected flight parameters of the aircraft; a terrain altitudes extraction requests manager; a geographical zones manager; a terrain data manager; a terrain profile provider. The disclosed embodiment is configured to be used within the framework of an anticollision device for preventing collision between an aircraft and the terrain.