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A system is provided which permits a display of ground conditions to the pilot through the use of a forward looking sensor set and uses signals generated from the aircraft to simulate ground aid signals which are used for automatic landing of the aircraft. General flight path angle and course aim po

A system is provided which permits a display of ground conditions to the pilot through the use of a forward looking sensor set and uses signals generated from the aircraft to simulate ground aid signals which are used for automatic landing of the aircraft. General flight path angle and course aim point corrections are made from the cockpit of the aircraft and are adjustable as the flight progresses. Most of the systems today that have fixed path capability to ground intercepts are based on ground installed equipment. This system can establish the inertial flight path track internally to the aircraft and provides an automatic landing system which allows the pilot to concentrate on the visibility of the forward scene to confirm the safe progress of the landing.

대표청구항 ▼

An aircraft automatic landing system capable of utilizing ground based ILS input signals input to said landing system adapted for use without ground based ILS signals, comprising: a. a computer, b. a display device coupled to said computer, c. a vector cursor generated by said computer for displayin

An aircraft automatic landing system capable of utilizing ground based ILS input signals input to said landing system adapted for use without ground based ILS signals, comprising: a. a computer, b. a display device coupled to said computer, c. a vector cursor generated by said computer for displaying aircraft vector information on said display device, d. an on-board forward looking sensor set coupled to said computer for detecting environmental information forward of said aircraft having an output for transmitting the information received from the sensor set to the computer for display on the display device, f. at least one reference cursor, selectively movable with respect to said display, displayed on said display, g. a cursor control for selecting the position of said reference cursor on the display, h. a computing unit for computing the difference in position between the vector cursor and the reference cursor and generating difference information, i. a converter for converting the difference information into a signal suitable for input to the automatic landing system, and j. an interface for applying said signal to the input of the automatic landing system.