# US 2013/0154319 A1 · System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft by haptic means > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154319 A1 - Document ID: US20130154319A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/710,365 - Filed: 2012-12-10 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Assignees: Thales - Inventors: Christian Nouvel; Guillaume Lapeyronnie; Jean-Paul Berger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154319A1 ## CPC - B64C 13/18: using automatic pilot - B64C 13/00: Control systems or transmitting systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes, or spoilers - B64C 13/10: comprising warning devices - B64C 19/00: Aircraft control not otherwise provided for - B64D 11/0689: {specially adapted for pilots} - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT ## Abstract The invention relates to a system for assisting the pilot of an aircraft, which comprises aboard the aircraft: a computer, a set of sensors able to provide data to the computer and, a seat for the pilot equipped with haptic actuators controlled by the computer. The computer comprises means for controlling each actuator or groups of actuators independently of one another, as a function of the data provided by the sensors. The seat comprising a back and a cushion, the actuators of the back and of the cushion comprise single-axis mini-rams distributed in the back and the cushion of the seat, whose displacement axes are respectively perpendicular to the back and to the cushion of the seat. ## Claims ### Claim 1 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft, intended to be installed aboard the aircraft and which comprises: a computer (50), a set (120) of sensors able to provide data to the computer and, a seat (80) for the pilot equipped with haptic actuators (81) controlled by the computer, characterized in that: the computer comprises means for controlling each actuator (81) or groups of actuators independently of one another, as a function of the data provided by the sensors, and in that the seat comprising a back and a cushion, the actuators of the back and of the cushion comprise single-axis mini-rams distributed in the back and the cushion of the seat, whose displacement axes are respectively perpendicular to the back and to the cushion of the seat. ### Claim 2 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the seat is furthermore provided with a safety harness (82) also equipped with distributed actuators. ### Claim 3 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the actuators of the harness are vibrators. ### Claim 4 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the seat comprising lateral returns, actuators with single-axis mini-rams are also distributed in these returns. ### Claim 5 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mini-rams being able to move according to a displacement length lying within a predetermined range, at a speed below a predetermined maximum speed and at a frequency below a predetermined maximum frequency, the control means for the actuators or for the groups of actuators comprise means for controlling the length and/or the speed and/or the frequency of displacement. ### Claim 6 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a device (95) for damping the seat. ### Claim 7 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a second seat (80′) intended for a copilot equipped with actuators like the seat of the pilot. ### Claim 8 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the aircraft comprising at least one control stick (70), the system comprises, integrated into each stick (70), a control box (71) linked to the computer and which comprises means for dispatching to the computer control commands for the actuators of the other seat. ### Claim 9 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sensors are piloting sensors that is to say sensors of attitude (121), of position (124), of altitude (125), of height (123) and of acceleration (122). ### Claim 10 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sensors are sensors for detecting threats (126). ### Claim 11 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aircraft being equipped with traction means for pulling an external load by means of a cable, the sensors comprise sensors of data regarding angle of the cable relative to the vertical (128), length of the cable (127) and tension of the cable (129). ### Claim 12 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises linked to the computer, a general control panel (20) comprising means for selecting a piloting and/or monitoring and/or training mission, and in that the actuators are controlled by the computer as a function of the mission (or missions) selected. ### Claim 13 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises linked to the computer (50), at least one screen (30, 30′) for displaying graphical information regarding monitoring of the environment of the aircraft (31-36) and/or graphical information regarding piloting and/or training (70, 70′, 37, 38, 38′, 39, 39′). ### Claim 14 System for assisting the pilot of an aircraft according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aircraft is an airplane or an helicopter