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Patent No.:

US 8108186 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2007
Applicants:

Christophe Caillaud, Blagnac, FR;

Guy Deker, Cugnaux, FR;

François Hoofd, Toulouse, FR;

Inventors:

Christophe Caillaud, Blagnac, FR;

Guy Deker, Cugnaux, FR;

François Hoofd, Toulouse, FR;

Assignee:

Thales, , FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Flight management systems can behave erratically when the distance measurements on which they are based are subject to value jumps because they liken these value jumps to movements of the aircraft performed at speeds exceeding the performance levels of the aircraft for which they were designed. To avoid this, the proposed flight management system uses a filter to spread the distance value jumps in time, over periods of the order of those needed for the aircraft to come through the distance differences that they represent. This filter replaces a value jump with a ramp making up the difference and corresponding to a movement that remains within the performance scope of the aircraft.


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