Device for guiding an aircraft, in particular a missile
AssigneeAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
InventorFrederic Naccache
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Abstract
A device for guiding an aircraft includes an image sensor mounted on the aircraft, a data transmission unit for transmitting the images provided by the image sensor, a guide station for receiving the images which includes a touch-sensitive screen for displaying the images sensed by the image sensor. The touch-sensitive screen permits touch selection of a guide point representing a specific location displayed on the screen to which the aircraft is guided. A calculating unit calculates the instructions to guide the aircraft to the area represented by the guide point. The touch sensitive screen can include a light pen for selection of the guide point.
Claims8
A device for guiding an aircraft, comprising:
- an image sensor for continually generating images of an environment ahead of said aircraft;
- data transmission means for transmitting the continually generated images of the environment generated by said image sensor;
- guide station means including means for receiving the continually generated images of the environment transmitted by said data transmission means, said guide station means including a touch-sensitive display screen for providing a displayed image of the continually generated images of the environment and for enabling touch selection of a particular point of said displayed image as a guide point for guiding said aircraft to a specific location of the environment corresponding to the particular point of the displayed image on said display screen which has been selected by said touch selection;
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- calculating means which is connected to said guide station means, said calculating means for calculating guidance instructions for guiding the aircraft to the specific location of the environment corresponding to the selected guide point of said guide station means, wherein
- said guidance instructions are transmitted to at least one guide unit mounted on said aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.