Apparatus and method for controlling the vertical profile of an aircraft
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G05D-001/10
G06G-007/70
B64C-013/18
출원번호
US-0774776
(1991-10-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Sherry Lance (Phoenix AZ)
출원인 / 주소
Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis MN 02)
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초록▼
In an aircraft, there is included a Flight Management System (FMS), Autopilot and Autothrottle for controlling the aircraft. The apparatus has a plurality of outputs for definition of the real-time targets, controlled by the Autopilot and Autothrottle, to guide the vertical position of the aircraft
In an aircraft, there is included a Flight Management System (FMS), Autopilot and Autothrottle for controlling the aircraft. The apparatus has a plurality of outputs for definition of the real-time targets, controlled by the Autopilot and Autothrottle, to guide the vertical position of the aircraft to a desired vertical position along the desired vertical flightplan (or profile) according to a set of operational procedures. The FMS includes an apparatus that comprises an element which provides information denoting actual vertical position of the aircraft, and an element which generates information specifying the desired vertical position of the aircraft along the predetermined desired flightplan. Further, the apparatus determines the actual vertical position and desired vertical position to generate the real-time targets and modes for the Autopilot and Autothrottle, to achieve the predetermined desired flightplan from takeoff climb-out, through terminal-area and enroute area climb, cruise, descent and initial approach. This processor apparatus includes a unique decision construct control law to automate the selection of the appropriate operational procedure and the subsequent determination of the targets and modes.
대표청구항▼
In an aircraft having a Flight Management System, the Flight Management System including a plurality of inputs for controlling the lateral position of the aircraft to a desired lateral position along a desired flightplan, the Flight Management System further including an apparatus for controlling th
In an aircraft having a Flight Management System, the Flight Management System including a plurality of inputs for controlling the lateral position of the aircraft to a desired lateral position along a desired flightplan, the Flight Management System further including an apparatus for controlling the aircraft along a vertical profile of the desired flightplan, said apparatus comprising: a) means for providing information denoting actual vertical position of said aircraft; b) means for generating information specifying a desired vertical position of said aircraft along the vertical profile of the predetermined desired flightplan; c) logic means, operatively connected to said means for providing and to said means for generating, for processing said actual vertical position and said desired vertical position in accordance with predefined decision construct control laws to determine a value for each of a predetermined number of real-time target signals, wherein the decision construct control laws includes a plurality of sets of scenarios, and wherein each set of scenario includes a predetermined number of procedures associated with said scenarios, the predetermined number of procedures including: a) takeoff scenario, b) climb scenario, c) climb intermediate scenario, d) cruise scenario, e) profile decent scenario, f) descent intermediate level scenario, g) late descent scenario, h) early descent scenario, and i) airmass descent scenario; and d) control means, operatively connected to said logic means to receive said predetermined number of real-time target signals, for controlling at least one control element of said aircraft, the control elements causing the aircraft to move in the vertical plane, such that the apparatus coordinates the control of said control elements, thereby controlling the vertical profile of the flight-plan.
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