Patent ID: 9457890
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B64C

Claim Text:
1. A control device for controlling an aircraft steering apparatus operating a traveling direction of an aircraft when the aircraft travels on ground, the aircraft steering apparatus comprising: an operation unit having rudder pedals, a main pilot steering handle, and a co-pilot steering handle which are provided in a cockpit of the aircraft; and an actuator driven in accordance with an operation amount output from the operation unit for driving and steering at least a steered wheel; wherein the control device includes a switching control unit exclusively switching, based on instruction input from at least one of a main pilot and a co-pilot, which of operation amounts corresponding to operation of the rudder pedals, the main pilot steering handle, and the co-pilot steering handle is used for driving the actuator; a preference instruction switch is provided near each of the main pilot steering handle and the co-pilot steering handle for giving an instruction to preferentially select the operation amount corresponding to operation of the steering handle assigned thereto over the operation amounts corresponding to operation of other parts of the operation unit for driving the actuator; the control device determines whether the actuator is currently driven in accordance with the operation amount corresponding to operation of the rudder pedals; when, as a result of the determination, the actuator is being driven in accordance with the operation amount corresponding to operation of the rudder pedals,