Abstract: A device for aiding the location of a failure within a complex system may include a database that stores diagnostic aid rules; a detector that detects a failure, if any, of the complex system and provides, upon a failure, information relating to the origin of this failure; and a central unit that determines, for any failure detected, on the basis of the diagnostic aid rules and the failure origination information, the element or elements of the complex system that may have caused the failure. Additionally, the central unit determines the corresponding probability that each element caused the failure for presentation to a user.

Abstract: The device (1) comprises a means (2) comprising at least one means of sensory recognition (3, 4), for pre-flight automatic characterization of the pilot who is located at a control station in the cockpit by establishing a reference profile, a means (5) comprising at least one means of sensory recognition (6, 7), for real-time automatic characterization, throughout the flight, of the person located at the control station, by establishing an actual profile, a means (8) for comparing in real time the actual profile with the reference profile, and for transmitting a dissimilarity signal, when they are different, and a means (9) for sending an alert signal to an air traffic control station (10), when a dissimilarity signal is transmitted.

Abstract: Device for aiding the locating of failure of a complex system.

Abstract: The device (1) comprises a means (2) comprising at least one means of sensory recognition (3, 4), for pre-flight automatic characterization of the pilot who is located at a control station in the cockpit by establishing a reference profile, a means (5) comprising at least one means of sensory recognition (6, 7), for real-time automatic characterization, throughout the flight, of the person located at the control station, by establishing an actual profile, a means (8) for comparing in real time the actual profile with the reference profile, and for transmitting a dissimilarity signal, when they are different, and a means (9) for sending an alert signal to an air traffic control station (10), when a dissimilarity signal is transmitted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of locating faults in a complex system for an aircraft which monitors operation of the system to detect a malfunction, transmits a malfunction signal when a malfunction is detected, continuously records information about the system in a first memory, clears the recorded information after a given storage period, stores at least some of the information stored in the first memory in a second memory together with information about changes to the values of at least some of the parameters during a particular period after transmission of the malfunction signal, and determines the location of each fault giving rise to a malfunction signal from the information stored in the second memory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a process for aiding the maintenance of a complex system, especially an aircraft. According to the invention, said device comprises units for determining and recording, iteratively, during the operation of the complex system, monitoring data representative of the actual operation of at least one element of the complex system, a unit for determining, on the basis of the recorded monitoring data and with the aid of degradation models, at least one damage level of said element, and a unit for determining, on the basis of this damage level, at least maintenance deadlines for said element, and a unit for signaling these maintenance deadlines to an operator of said complex system.