Abstract: An assist device for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position information of an aircraft on the ground includes means for determining in the airport (AE) a zone (ZP) of insensitivity to multipath GPS signals, the zone (ZP) having a rectangular shape, which is determined relative to the threshold (O) of the runway, and which has a length (L1) equal to the length of the runway and a width (L2) depending on a maximum illumination distance (D). The device further includes means for verifying, while the aircraft is moving in the airport (AE), whether the position relative to position information of the aircraft is inside said runway zone (ZP). A method for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position information of an aircraft on the ground is also disclosed herein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 18, 2012
Publication date:
May 15, 2014
Applicant:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
Inventors:
Jean-Damien Perrie, Philippe Gmerek, Adrien Chen
Abstract: An assist device for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position information of an aircraft on the ground includes a processing unit for determining in the airport (AE) a zone (ZP) of insensitivity to multipath GPS signals, the zone (ZP) having a rectangular shape, which is determined relative to the threshold (O) of the runway, and which has a length (L1) equal to the length of the runway and a width (L2) depending on a maximum illumination distance (D). The device further includes a unit for verifying, while the aircraft is moving in the airport (AE), whether the position relative to position information of the aircraft is inside said runway zone (ZP). A method for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position information of an aircraft on the ground is also disclosed herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 4, 2014
Assignee:
Airbus Operations S.A.S.
Inventors:
Jean-Damien Perrie, Philippe Gmerek, Adrien Chen