Patent ID: 7363156
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft, a method whereby there is displayed, on at least one display screen of said aircraft, a set of information that illustrates a vertical plane and that comprises: a system of axes (SA), of which a Y axis is graduated altitude-wise, and an X axis is graduated distance-wise from the position of the aircraft; a characteristic symbol representing the aircraft, which is positioned on said Y axis, in a position representative of the altitude of said aircraft, and where appropriate, an auxiliary characteristic symbol that represents an aircraft in the vicinity and that is positioned on said system of axes at a position representative of its actual position, said method comprising, during a flight of the aircraft: a) carrying out automatic surveillance of the surroundings of said aircraft, so as to be able to detect all aircraft in the vicinity that are located in a particular detection space situated at least in front of said aircraft; and b) for each of the aircraft in the vicinity detected in step a): c) for each of the aircraft in the vicinity, for which warning information has been generated in step b2), an auxiliary characteristic symbol, which represents said aircraft in the vicinity and is positioned on said system of axes (SA) at a position representative of its actual position, is presented on said display screen and at least one graphical characteristic representing a warning signal is associated with this auxiliary characteristic symbol.