Method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft on the ground and system for its implementation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9401094-B2
Application number	US-201514790574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2014
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft on the ground comprises the steps of obtaining a panoramic view of at least one area adjacent to the aircraft, isolating an image corresponding to a part of the panoramic view and which is selected according to an orientation desired by the pilot, and displaying the image on a display device visible by the pilot. A system for the implementation of the method is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft on the ground, comprising:
obtaining a panoramic view of at least one area adjacent to the aircraft,
indicating an orientation of a mobile display device using a pointer having an orientation sensor connected to the mobile display device,
indicating the orientation of the mobile display device to an image processing device,
using the image processing device, isolating an image which corresponds to a part of the panoramic view as a function of the orientation indicated by the pointer, and
displaying the isolated image on the mobile display device based on the orientation indicated by the pointer,
wherein an orientation of the image displayed on the display device is independent of the orientation of the display device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting an obstacle from the panoramic view, and emitting a signal if a distance separating the aircraft and the detected obstacle based on a predetermined value.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising reconstituting the panoramic view from a plurality of views captured by at least one camera.

4. A system for assisting the piloting of an aircraft on the ground, the aircraft comprising a fuselage, wings and landing gear, the system comprising:
at least one image acquisition device, attached to the aircraft, and configured to generate a panoramic or reconstituted panoramic view of at least one area adjacent to the aircraft,
a mobile display device,
a pointer constructed and arranged for indicating an orientation of the mobile display device and including an orientation sensor connected to the mobile display device, and configured to indicate the orientation of the mobile display device to an image processing device, and
wherein the image processing device, from the panoramic or reconsititued panoramic view, is configured to isolate an image as a function of the orientation indicated by the orientation sensor, and the isolated image is displayed on the display device based on the orientation indicated by the orientation sensor.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the mobile display device includes at least one of: an immersive helmet and immersive glasses.

6. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the mobile display device includes a tablet.

7. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the image acquisition device is disposed under the fuselage of the aircraft in an area where the wings join the fuselage.

8. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the image acquisition device is adjustable in at least one of: orientation and focus.

9. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the image acquisition device is static and disposed inside a transparent cowl protruding with respect to the fuselage of the aircraft.

10. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the image acquisition device is mobile between a first retracted position inside the fuselage and a second deployed position outside of the fuselage.

11. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising at least one of: a collision sensor and a line detection sensor.

Assignees

• Airbus (Sas)
• Airbus Sas

Inventors

• Cros Christophe
• Loubiere Vincent
• Godin Alexandre

Classifications

• H04N23/90

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• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title