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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Geremia Pepicelli, San Maurizio Canavese, IT;
Gaetano Portaro, Turin, IT;
Renzo Bava, Albugnano, IT;
Geremia Pepicelli, San Maurizio Canavese, IT;
Gaetano Portaro, Turin, IT;
Renzo Bava, Albugnano, IT;
Alenia Aeronautics S.p.A., Pomigliano d'Arco, IT;
Abstract
An automatic-piloting system configured for being set on a receiver aircraft and for controlling operations of in-flight refuelling of said receiver aircraft, comprising: first detection means, set on the receiver aircraft and configured for acquiring first geometrical information associated to a first detection area and a second detection area belonging to a tanker aircraft, the first and second detection areas being linked together by a geometrical relation known to the automatic-piloting system; processing means, configured for determining, on the basis of the first geometrical information acquired, first position information associated to a relative position of the receiver aircraft with respect to the tanker aircraft; and an automatic-pilot device coupled to the processing means and configured for varying flight parameters of the receiver aircraft on the basis of the first position information.
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