Automatic take-off and landing control device
AssigneeAirbus Defence and Space GmbH
InventorsChristiano Bianchi, Winfried Lohmiller
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Abstract
An automatic take-off and landing control device for an aircraft is provided. The control device comprises at least two of at least one local tracking device adapted for receiving at least one local signal from at least one local ground station and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the local signals, at least one GNSS tracking device adapted for receiving a GNSS signal and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the GNSS signal; and at least one camera device adapted for observing an environment of the aircraft and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the camera signal.
Claims14
An automatic take-off and landing control device for an aircraft, the control device comprising:
- at least one of a radar-based tracking device or a pseudo-lite system based tracking device, the radar-based tracking device and the pseudo-lite system based tracking device being adapted for receiving at least one local signal from at least one local ground station and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the at least one local signal, and at least one of:
- at least one GNSS tracking device adapted for receiving a GNSS signal and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the GNSS signal,
- at least one camera device adapted for observing an environment of the aircraft and for determining a position of the aircraft based on the camera signal;
- at least one monitoring device adapted for continuously supervising a performance and a health status of the at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device based on analyzing signals received from the radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, one of the at least one GNSS tracking device, and the at least one camera device;
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- wherein the camera device is adapted for determining the position of the aircraft if the local tracking device and the GNSS tracking device are unavailable.
A method for taking-off or landing an aircraft comprising at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, at least one of:
- at least one GNSS tracking device, at least one camera device;
- wherein the camera device is adapted for determining the position of the aircraft if the local tracking device and the GNSS tracking device are unavailable;
- and further comprising at least one monitoring device, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one signal from at least two of the at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, the at least one GNSS tracking device, and the at least one camera device;
- analyzing the signals received from at least two of the at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, the at least one GNSS tracking device, and the at least one camera device;
- comparing at least two positions of the aircraft determined based on signals from at least two of the at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, the at least one GNSS tracking device, and the at least one camera device;
- determining a lateral displacement of the aircraft with respect to a longitudinal extension of a runway based on signals from at least one of the at least one radar-based or pseudo-lite system based tracking device, the at least one GNSS tracking device and the at least one camera device;
- determining a threshold lateral displacement value of the aircraft with respect to the longitudinal extension of the runway;
- comparing the lateral displacement of the aircraft with the threshold lateral displacement value;
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- taking-off or landing the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.