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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Method and device for detecting piloting conflicts between the crew and the autopilot of an aircraft
Frédéric Dehais, Toulouse, FR;
Charles Lesire, Toulouse, FR;
Catherine Tessier, Toulouse, FR;
Laure Christophe, Colombiers, FR;
Frédéric Dehais, Toulouse, FR;
Charles Lesire, Toulouse, FR;
Catherine Tessier, Toulouse, FR;
Laure Christophe, Colombiers, FR;
Airbus Operations (SAS), Toulouse Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A method for detecting piloting conflicts between the crew and the autopilot of an aircraft. According to the method, an automatic trajectory is programmed by checking whether the actual values of navigation parameters converge on said corresponding desired values within a predetermined convergence period; in the case where at least one of the actual values does not converge, within the convergence period, on the corresponding desired value, a predictive calculation is carried out, at consecutive future moments, of the value of at least one particular parameter selected amongst the navigation parameters; and in the case where the predicted value of the particular parameter is higher than a corresponding predefined threshold, an alarm is emitted for the crew of the aircraft to notify them about a piloting conflict being able to jeopardize the flight safety of the aircraft. A device for implementing the method. An aircraft including the device.