US 11,834,151 B2
System for configuring an aircraft in a single-pilot mode or a two-pilot mode
Eric Walter, Paris (FR); Loïc Fougeres, Paris (FR); Mikaël Diaz, Paris (FR); Philippe Tranie, Paris (FR); Ng Kwee Chye, Singapore (SG); and Tay Siew Liong, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, Boulogne-Billancourt (FR); and ST ENGINEERING AEROSPACE LTD, Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/416,335
Filed by SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, Paris (FR); and ST ENGINEERING AEROSPACE Ltd, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086279
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127710, 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; application No. 1901191 (FR), filed on Feb. 6, 2019; application No. 1901254 (FR), filed on Feb. 8, 2019; and application No. 1901350 (FR), filed on Feb. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063795 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/12 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configuration system arranged to configure an aircraft in a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a single-pilot mode, in which the aircraft can be piloted by a single pilot on board or by a single pilot on board supplemented by a ground pilot, and a two-pilot mode, in which the aircraft must be piloted by two pilots on board, the configuration system comprising:
acquisition means and authentication means arranged respectively to acquire and then authenticate a configuration order that defines the selected mode and controls the configuration system to configure the aircraft in the selected mode;
first activation means arranged to activate equipment dedicated to piloting by a single-pilot on board when the aircraft is configured in single-pilot mode, and to deactivate dedicated equipment when the aircraft is configured in two-pilot mode; and
verification means arranged to, when the aircraft is configured in the single-pilot mode, verify that single-pilot flight conditions are met and inform the sole pilot on board and a ground station of the results of these checks, the single-pilot flight conditions including an operational state of the equipment dedicated to piloting by a single pilot on board.