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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Maxime Wachenheim, Toulouse, FR;
Pierre Daste, Toulouse, FR;
Christophe Bouchet, Toulouse, FR;
Alexandre Lanoix, Fontenilles, FR;
Romain Merat, Toulouse, FR;
Maxime Wachenheim, Toulouse, FR;
Pierre Daste, Toulouse, FR;
Christophe Bouchet, Toulouse, FR;
Alexandre Lanoix, Fontenilles, FR;
Romain Merat, Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations (SAS), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
The vertical profile management device includes a flight management system unit that selects a plurality of successive standard cruise sections, each comprising a level phase and a transition phase. The cruise sections are defined by a plurality of features, including waypoints corresponding to a section starting point and a section ending point, a transition type, a transition mode, a transition speed, a level altitude, and a level speed. The flight management system unit also joins together the successive cruise sections in order to form a vertical profile of a flight plan. The cruise sections are configured to be added, removed, or re-sequenced in the flight plan because each section ending point is configured to be the section starting point of a next cruise section in the series.