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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Airbus Operations (Sas), Toulouse, FR;

Inventors:

Florian Constans, Pibrac, FR;

Patrice Rouquette, Pompertuzat, FR;

Matthieu Aribert, Marseilles, FR;

Assignee:

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0047 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft landing on a runway comprising determining current flight conditions of the aircraft, determining, with the help of the current flight conditions, the following distances between projections, in a horizontal plane, of the current position of the aircraft and a position of contact with the ground: a minimum approach distance; a standard approach distance; and a distance to destination according to a predetermined flight path. The method includes placing the three distances in order according to their respective values, and displaying, along a scale of a screen in the aircraft cockpit, a first, a second and a third symbol respectively associated with the minimum approach distance, with the standard approach distance and with the distance to destination, these three symbols being placed in order on the scale according to the order of the distances with which they are associated.


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