Navigation method and device for an aircraft, and associated system, aircraft, computer program and data storage medium
AssigneeSafran Electronics & Defense
InventorsPhilippe ELIE, Raphaël JARRAUD, Gregory QUICKE, Diane MORCHAIN
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Abstract
A navigation method and device for an aircraft, and associated system, aircraft, computer program and information medium. The proposed method is wherein a navigation module determines navigation data of said aircraft and in that it includes: during a landing phase of said aircraft, a step of determining said first navigation data based on data from an inertial measurement unit and from images captured by said aircraft; and during a taxiing phase, a step of determining said first navigation data based on data from the inertial measurement unit and from an odometer.
Claims13
A navigation method for an aircraft, wherein a first navigation module determines first navigation data of said aircraft, said method comprising:
- during a landing phase of said aircraft, a step of determining said first navigation data based on data from an inertial measurement unit and from images captured by said aircraft;
- and
- during a taxiing phase following the landing of said aircraft, a step of determining said first navigation data based on data from the inertial measurement unit and from at least one odometer,
- said first navigation data determined during the taxiing phase being function of said first navigation data determined during the landing phase.
A navigation device for an aircraft, said device comprising a first navigation module configured to determine first navigation data of said aircraft based on data from an inertial measurement unit, from at least one odometer and from images captured by said aircraft, the first navigation module being configured to:
- during a landing phase of said aircraft, determine said first navigation data based on data from the inertial measurement unit and from the captured images;
- and
- during a taxiing phase following the landing of said aircraft, determine said first navigation data based on data from the inertial measurement unit and from said at least one odometer,
- said first navigation data determined during the taxiing phase being function of said first navigation data determined during the landing phase.
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