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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Airbus Operations (Sas), Toulouse, FR;
Inventor:
Pierre Scacchi, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0083 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprises a monitoring unit configured to automatically monitor the actuation of a manual control member suitable for controlling an aircraft on the ground, so as to be able to detect a releasing of the control member in a neutral position. A computation unit is configured to compute a virtual axis for guiding the aircraft on the ground, upon the detection of the releasing of the control member in the neutral position. A guiding unit is configured to automatically guide the aircraft along said virtual axis.