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US 8,527,190 B2Granted
Method and system for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft on an airport domain
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJean-Claude Mere, Lucille Revertegat
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Abstract
A method and system for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft on an airport domain enables automatic planning and execution of taxiing. The system includes a trajectory generating device for generating a taxiing trajectory of the aircraft on the airport domain, with the aid of a navigation data base, and piloting aiding devices that use the trajectory for aiding the taxiing of the aircraft. For example, the piloting aiding devices may include an automatic piloting/taxiing device and a display device.
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A system for aiding the piloting of an aircraft taxiing on an airport domain, the system comprising:
- a trajectory generating device for generating a trajectory for taxiing the aircraft in the airport domain, from an airport database, the trajectory generating device further comprising:
- a navigation device for receiving a path, the path comprising a succession of identifiers for surface elements of the airport domain to be followed by the aircraft, each surface element representing a distinct and bounded portion of the airport domain;
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- a communication device for providing the trajectory to a piloting aiding device;
- a database extraction device for automatically extracting surface elements and a plurality of polylines from the airport database, said airport database containing each of the surface elements relating to the path to be followed by the aircraft;
- a connectivity detecting device for providing connectivity information relating to the extracted surface elements and the extracted plurality of polylines, the connectivity information including which of the extracted polylines connect to or traverse said extracted surface elements;
- a starting and arrival point detecting device for automatically identifying the starting and arrival points of the path;
- a continuous way determining device for automatically determining a continuous way linking the starting and arrival points, the continuous way represented by at least some of the extracted polylines connected to or traversing the extracted surface elements;
- a conversion device for automatically converting the polylines into a succession of curves forming the trajectory to be followed by the aircraft;
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- the piloting aiding devices, wherein the piloting aiding devices include an automatic piloting/taxiing system that automatically actuates the aircraft to follow the trajectory received from the trajectory generating device.
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A method for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft on an airport domain, comprising the steps of:
- generating a trajectory for the taxiing of the aircraft on the airport domain from an airport database;
- wherein generating the trajectory further comprises:
- a) receiving a path with a navigation device, the path comprising a succession of identifiers for surface elements of the airport domain that the aircraft is to follow, each of the surface elements of the airport domain representing a distinct and bounded portion of the airport domain;
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- b) automatically extracting the surface elements associated with the path from the airport database;
- c) extracting a plurality of polylines from the airport database;
- d) determining connectivity information, the connectivity information including which of the extracted polylines connect to or traverse the extracted surface elements;
- e) automatically identifying starting and arrival points of the aircraft, the aircraft traversing a continuous way between the starting and arrival points;
- f) automatically determining the continuous way linking the starting and arrival points, the continuous way represented by at least some of the extracted polylines connected to or traversing the extracted surface elements;
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- g) automatically converting the polylines representative of the continuous way into a succession of curves forming the trajectory to be followed by the aircraft;
- providing the trajectory to a piloting aiding device, the piloting aiding device including an automatic piloting/taxiing device;
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- automatically actuating the aircraft with the automatic piloting/taxiing device to follow the trajectory received from the trajectory generating device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.