Method and system for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in landing phase
AssigneesAirbus Operation SAS, Airbus SAS
InventorsJean-Michel Lascombes, Jerome Journade, Remi Morin, Robert Lignee
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Abstract
A method and system for determining local information which is dependent on a local runway state when the aircraft is in movement on the runway in order to update, in real-time, or practically in real-time, data used by a braking assistance system, according to whether the local runway state associated with the determined local information indicates a runway deterioration relative to a reference runway state used initially.
Claims12
A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in landing phase, comprising the steps of:
- generating a braking data item on the basis of a reference runway state, said braking data item being supplied as an input for a braking assistance module adapted to generate a braking instruction to control a braking device of the aircraft,
- determining, by the aircraft, a local information item which is dependent on a local runway state characterizing the runway zone upon which the aircraft is moving on the ground during the landing;
- and when the local information item indicates a local runway state that is more degraded that the reference runway state:
- updating the reference runway state or the braking data item on the basis of the determined local information item, so as to provide an updated braking data as input for the braking assistance module to generate a new braking instruction controlling the braking device of the aircraft.
An assistance system for piloting an aircraft in a landing phase, comprising:
- a module for generating a braking data item on the basis of a reference runway state;
- a braking assistance module receiving said generated braking data item as input, and being adapted to generate a braking instruction to control a braking device of the aircraft;
- a determining module for determining a local information item which is dependent on a local runway state characterizing the runway zone upon which the aircraft is moving on the ground during the landing;
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- an updating module for updating the reference runway state or the braking data item on the basis of the determined local information item, when the local information item indicates a local runway state that is more degraded that the reference runway state, so as to provide an updated braking data item as input for the braking assistance module, to generate a new braking instruction controlling the braking device of the aircraft.
An aircraft comprising at least one assistance system for piloting assistance system in a landing phase, the assistance system comprising:
- a module for generating a braking data item on the basis of a reference runway state;
- a braking assistance module receiving said generated braking data item as input, and being adapted to generate a braking instruction to control a braking device of the aircraft;
- a determining module for determining a local information item which is dependent on a local runway state characterizing the runway zone upon which the aircraft is moving on the ground during the landing;
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- an updating module for updating the reference runway state or the braking data item on the basis of the determined local information item, when the local information item indicates a local runway state that is more degraded that the reference runway state, so as to provide an updated braking data item as input for the braking assistance module, to generate a new braking instruction controlling the braking device of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.