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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Hervé Goutelard, Juan les Pins, FR;
François Coulmeau, Seilh, FR;
Stéphane Paris, Tournefeuille, FR;
Hervé Goutelard, Juan les Pins, FR;
François Coulmeau, Seilh, FR;
Stéphane Paris, Tournefeuille, FR;
Thales, , FR;
Abstract
A method for assisting an aircraft to rejoin a flight plan is disclosed. The flight plan is composed of a number N of flight segments (LEG, i⊂[1, N]) with a flight segment LEGbeing defined by a departure end (WPT) and by an arrival end (WPT). A navigation mode is termed 'managed mode' wherein, the aircraft has momentarily left the managed mode and has deviated from the flight plan after passing through a waypoint (WPT, p⊂[1, N]), the aircraft occupying a position (PPOS) and seeking to rejoin the flight plan so as to follow it in managed mode. The method comprises a step of evaluating the separation distance (D, i⊂[p+1, N]) between the position (PPOS) of the aircraft and each of the waypoints (WPT, i⊂[p+1, N]). The local minima of the distance between the position (PPOS) of the aircraft and the waypoints (WPT, i⊂[p+1, N]) of the flight plan is determined.