Abstract:
A display management system is provided for displaying a graphical representation of flight envelope information of an aircraft. Included in the display management system is a control module being coupled to the display management system and programmed to control the graphical representation including at least one flight envelope protection attribute. A signal detection module receives signals from a plurality of sensors of the aircraft, and the received signals include associated parameter values for the at least one flight envelope protection attribute. A protection selection module selects the at least one flight envelope protection attribute based on the received signals and parameter values. A display module displays the at least one flight envelope protection attribute on a display screen in relation to a flight control law state stored in a database using a display model of the aircraft from an elevational view based on the received signals and parameter values.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing periodic aircraft maintenance planning are provided. In some aspects, a method occurs at a maintenance platform server including a processor. The method includes providing one or more maintenance related object (MO), wherein each of the one or more MO represents one or more maintenance related task that includes criteria graphically depicted at an interface. In another aspect, the method further includes manipulating the criteria of the one or more maintenance related task represented by the one or more MO at the interface.
Abstract:
A system for loading and unloading a cargo compartment of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, with a cargo receiving device is provided. The system includes a cargo receiving device including a base structure arrangement having a horizontal lower contact surface, and a locking mechanism configured to engage one or more corresponding holding members provided in a cargo compartment of a vehicle. The system also includes a transport device including a horizontal upper contact surface configured to be disposed in abutting contact to said lower contact surface, a drive unit configured to initiate horizontal movement of the transport device, a lift unit configured to initiate vertical movement of the upper contact surface, and an actuating unit configured to actuate the locking mechanism of the cargo receiving device.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an angle measurement probe on board an aircraft, which comprises a fin, which can move in rotation about an axis, at least one first optical encoder and one second optical encoder, each comprising at least one disk, each disk being fixed at right angles to the central axis and being provided with at least two circular tracks, each track being provided with alternate opaque and transparent zones, means for processing the output signal from each encoder.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for transmitting data, characterized in that it includes a step of transmitting in-flight data between a first aircraft and at least a second aircraft, the data transmitted being data stored in at least one black box on board the first aircraft.
Abstract:
A system and method for providing an aircraft turnaround schedule are disclosed. In one embodiment, a time taken for each aircraft turnaround activity is obtained from touchdown to takeoff of an aircraft from an aircraft on-board system by a ground station system. Further, the aircraft turnaround schedule is computed based on the obtained time taken for each aircraft turnaround activity using a dynamic buffer management approach by the ground station system.
Abstract:
An energy conversion system comprising: a conversion unit for converting thermal energy into electrical energy, said unit comprising at least one thermal exchange surface for exchanging thermal energy with at least one external heat source, and a thermal inertia unit configured to cooperate with the conversion unit to slow down the return of the conversion unit to thermal equilibrium during the exchange of thermal energy.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for determining over focalization of a pilot of an aircraft. The method includes receiving human parameter data from one or more systems that observe conditions associated with the pilot and receiving controls data that indicates an interaction of the pilot with one or more control systems of the aircraft. The method includes, based on the human parameter data and the controls data, generating at least one alert. The method also includes communicating the at least one alert to the pilot to change a focus of the pilot.
Abstract:
An aircraft ground anti-collision system and method is disclosed including multiple sensors including an on-board sensor and an off-board sensor, and an obstacle detection processing unit, which is configured to: process data received from the multiple sensors to detect an object around the aircraft and/or a trailer for towing the aircraft, and fuse sensing ranges of the multiple sensors and unify information about the object detected by the multiple sensors in a same coordinate system, to generate a view-angle fused view indicating the detected object. Hence, vision blind areas of a pilot and a ground operator during ground movement of the aircraft can be advantageously eliminated, and the cooperation and scene awareness of the pilot and the ground operator can be improved, thereby reducing the accident rate and improving the safety of the ground movement.
Abstract:
An urban air mobility system includes aerial vehicles, a detection platform, and a fusion platform. The aerial vehicles include one cooperative aerial vehicle and one data consuming aerial vehicle. The detection platform detects a position of flight objects and transmits first data indicative of the position of the detected flight objects to the fusion platform. The cooperative aerial vehicle detects a relative position of flight objects in its surroundings and transmits second data indicative of the relative position of detected flight objects to the fusion platform. The fusion platform fuses the first data and the second data and generates an air traffic scenario. The data consuming aerial vehicle and the cooperative aerial vehicle receive the air traffic scenario from the fusion platform.