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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Thales, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Benoit Dacre-Wright, Lauzerville, FR;
Guy Deker, Cugnaux, FR;
Thales, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR;
Abstract
A method is provided for guaranteeing a temporal spacing between an aircraft and at least one reference moving object, said spacing needing to be guaranteed no later than at a point in the flight plan called the point of interception, with the aircraft following a current flight plan. The feasibility of guaranteeing the spacing at a date Tcour by regulating the speed of the aircraft while maintaining the current flight plan is verified in a first step. In a second step it is verified whether the date Tcour is contained within a feasibility range. In a third step the current flight plan is modified when the feasibility is not verified, a lateral trajectory between the current position Xcour of the aircraft and the point of interception being implemented in this case such that the spacing can be attained by regulating the speed.