IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0563357
(2012-07-31)
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등록번호 |
US-8682507
(2014-03-25)
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우선권정보 |
FR-11 02405 (2011-08-01) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ezerzere, Pierre
- Seren, Cedric
- Hardier, Georges
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
4 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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Disclosed are a method and system for improving real-time determination of flight parameters of an aircraft during flight. A selection module selects and delivers measured values of input parameters to an estimation unit, and the estimation unit uses the input parameters to estimate at least two sel
Disclosed are a method and system for improving real-time determination of flight parameters of an aircraft during flight. A selection module selects and delivers measured values of input parameters to an estimation unit, and the estimation unit uses the input parameters to estimate at least two selected flight parameters. The input parameters are received by the estimation unit on the basis of identified flight mechanics equations associated with the selected flight parameters. The estimation unit includes an extended Kalman filter, which is configured to receive the values of the input parameters and to output joint estimations of the selected flight parameters based on the flight mechanics equations, during the flight of the aircraft.
대표청구항
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1. A method for improving real-time determination of flight parameters of an aircraft during flight, said method comprising the steps of: delivering, by a selection module, measured values of input parameters for estimating at least two selected flight parameters of said aircraft to an estimation un
1. A method for improving real-time determination of flight parameters of an aircraft during flight, said method comprising the steps of: delivering, by a selection module, measured values of input parameters for estimating at least two selected flight parameters of said aircraft to an estimation unit; andestimating the selected flight parameters by the estimation unit,wherein the estimation unit is comprised of an extended Kalman filter that is configured to: identify flight mechanics equations which are associated respectively with the selected flight parameters and for which there exists a dependency relationship between said selected flight parameters;receive the values of the input parameters on the basis of said identified flight mechanics equations associated with said selected parameters; andduring the flight of said aircraft, delivering, as output, joint estimations of said selected flight parameters in which the joint estimations are determined from the flight mechanics equations. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said Kalman filter is further configured to determine the joint estimations according to the following matrices: a covariance matrix R related to measurement noise and associated with a diagonal matrix of the measurement noise; anda covariance matrix Q related to evolution noise and associated with a diagonal matrix of the evolution noise,and the following method steps are further performed: verifying, by a verifying unit, whether the values of said input parameters received by the extended Kalman filter are admissible; andadapting, by an adaptation module, in a case in which a defect of a value of an input parameter is detected by the verifying unit, a current value of at least one of the covariance matrices R and Q, in real time. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein: in a preliminary step, a plurality of presettings of the covariance matrices R and Q related respectively to the measurement and evolution noise is defined, by the extended Kalman filter, with said plurality of presettings thus defined each being associated with a defective value of one of said input parameters; andthe current value of the at least one of said covariance matrices Q and R is adapted by the adaptation module upon detection of a defect of the value of an input parameter, and the at least one of the plurality of presettings corresponding to the detected defective value is assigned to at least one of the covariance matrices R and Q. 4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in the case of detection of a defect of a value of one of said input parameters measured by one or more sensors embedded aboard said aircraft, said defective measured value is substituted by an estimated corresponding value delivered as output of said extended Kalman filter. 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the following step is performed upon detection of a defect of at least one value of the input parameter: determining, by a flight parameter determination module, a current value for the detected defect value, wherein the determination is based on non-defective values of the selected flight parameter and on the estimation of said selected flight parameters by the estimation unit, while excluding the detected defect value. 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said extended Kalman filter is comprised of a control vector defined by the following twelve states: angle of incidence α;speed in a terrestrial frame ν;ground speed ground V;pitch rate q;attitude θ;altitude h;net motive thrust TB;bias bnx projected in the direction corresponding to longitudinal acceleration nx;bias bny projected in the direction corresponding to lateral acceleration ny;wind speed Wx along the x axis of the terrestrial frame;wind speed Wy along the y axis of the terrestrial frame; andwind speed Wz along the z axis of the terrestrial frame. 7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input parameters of the extended Kalman filter comprise inertial parameters, anemometric parameters, parameters specific to said aircraft and intermediate parameters arising from onboard modelings. 8. A system for determining, in real time, flight parameters of an aircraft, in the course of a flight of the latter, which comprises an extended Kalman filter able to receive values of input parameters, wherein said extended Kalman filter is configured on the basis of flight mechanics equations establishing a dependency relationship between at least two preselected flight parameters of said aircraft to be estimated belonging to said input parameters; andsaid extended Kalman filter is formed so as to deliver, during a flight of said aircraft, joint estimations of said selected flight parameters. 9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein: said Kalman filter is defined by the following matrices: the covariance matrix R related to the measurement noise and associated with the diagonal matrix of the measurement noise V; andthe covariance matrix Q related to the evolution noise and associated with the diagonal matrix of the evolution noise W,and said system comprises: means for verifying whether the values of said input parameters of the extended Kalman filter are admissible; andmeans for adapting in real time, in the case of detection, by said verification means, of a defect of a value of an input parameter, the current value of at least one of the covariance matrices R and Q. 10. The system as claimed in claim 9, which furthermore comprises means for replacing the defective value or values by their value estimated by the extended Kalman filter, when they are available. 11. An aircraft, which comprises at least one system such as specified under claim 8.
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