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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Marc Revol, Upic, FR;
Pierre Bouniol, Saint Hilaire du Rosier, FR;
Christophe Picco, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/91 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 13/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/91 (2013.01); G01S 5/021 (2013.01); G01S 13/781 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for locating an aircraft (A), the said aircraft (A) being equipped with at least one device for sending and receiving ADS-B signals, a set of ADS-B communication beacons being deployed on the ground, the position of each of the said ADS-B beacons being known, the said locating method comprising: