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- Patent Title: Method for determining a state of credibility of measurements of an incidence sensor of an aircraft and corresponding system
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Application No.: US14388775Application Date: 2013-03-26
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Publication No.: US09933451B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Sebastien Dupont De Dinechin
- Applicant: DASSAULT AVIATION
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: DASSAULT AVIATION
- Current Assignee: DASSAULT AVIATION
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC
- Priority: FR1200927 20120328
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/056432 WO 20130326
- International Announcement: WO2013/144157 WO 20131003
- Main IPC: B64F5/60
- IPC: B64F5/60 ; G01P13/02 ; G01P21/02

Abstract:
A method for determining a state of credibility of measurements of an angle-of-attack sensor of an aircraft is provided. This method includes at least one coherence test between angle-of-attack measurements from said angle-of-attack sensor, and the measurements of a flight characteristic of the aircraft, distinct from the angle-of-attack. The coherence test includes determining an angle-of-attack value from said angle-of-attack sensor, determining said flight characteristic of the aircraft, determining a value of at least one indicator of the coherence of the angle-of-attack value with the value of said flight characteristic, and activating a low state of credibility, in which the measurements of said angle-of-attack sensor are deemed unreliable, or an intermediate state of credibility, in which the measurements from said angle-of-attack sensor are deemed coherent with said flight characteristic, based on the value of said coherence indicator.
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