Patent ID: 11945571
Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
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.