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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Airbus Operations (Sas), Toulouse, FR;
Yohann Roux, Cugnaux, FR;
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A method and device for automatically monitoring a self-contained approach of an aircraft. The device () includes a computation unit () for calculating, in real time, a first limit depending on a decision height entered by a pilot and a second limit depending on the current height of the aircraft and for selecting, as an alert limit, the maximum value between the first limit and the second limit, a computation unit () for calculating, in real time, a protection limit depending on performance of the aircraft, a comparison unit () for comparing the protection limit with the alert limit, and an alert unit () for emitting an alert signal if the protection limit is greater than the alert limit.