US 11,945,571 B2
Piloting device designed to be integrated into a preexisting aircraft
Alexandre Guyamier, Paris (FR); Julien Farjon, Paris (FR); and Nicolas Cadalen, Paris (FR)
Assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/416,346
Filed by SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086270
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127703, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1873405 (FR), filed on Dec. 19, 2018; application No. 1901190 (FR), filed on Feb. 6, 2019; and application No. 1901191 (FR), filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073188 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 13/18 (2006.01); B64C 13/22 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/18 (2013.01) [B64C 13/22 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/106 (2019.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A piloting device arranged to be integrated in a pre-existing aircraft that comprises original systems comprising both a flight control system and an autopilot system, the piloting device being mechanically separate from and autonomous relative to the original systems and comprising:
a positioning unit arranged to produce positioning data for the pre-existing aircraft; and
a control unit arranged to perform a geofencing function from the positioning data produced by the positioning unit and to produce an alternative piloting setpoint for the pre-existing aircraft, the alternative piloting setpoint being adapted to supplement both a manual piloting setpoint produced by a pilot of the pre-existing aircraft via the flight control system and also an autopilot setpoint produced by the autopilot system.