Patent ID: 11874114
Assignee: MDGROUP GERMANY GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of controlling an aircraft comprising:
providing a data set for a geographical area where the aircraft will be operated, said data set including a set of items of elevation information corresponding to geographical positions within said area, wherein the set of items of elevation information corresponding to geographical positions in a first part of the geographical area indicates an actual geographical elevation and the set of items of elevation information corresponding to geographical positions in a second part of the geographical area indicates elevation information that differs from the actual geographical elevation, said second part of the geographical area includes a first special area in which the aircraft may only be operated under a restriction, said item of elevation information differing from the actual geographical elevation encoding an operational specification for the aircraft such that the aircraft complies with said restriction and wherein said restriction specifies a noise-reduced operation of the aircraft or a maximum or minimum flight speed of the aircraft;
wherein a control system for the aircraft:
determines or obtains an intended flight position along a flight path between a present position of the aircraft and a target position of the aircraft;
retrieves from said data set the item of elevation information corresponding to the intended flight position;
evaluates the elevation information to determine if the intended flight position is within the first special area; and
implements the operational specification, when the intended flight position is within the first special area, by actuating a drive component of the aircraft such that a specified limit value for noise emission or flight speed is adhered to.