Patent ID: 7103455
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A man/machine interface for piloted aerodyne provided with a digital transmission terminal routing on board trajectory modification orders originating from an air traffic control authority, and returning the aerodyne pilot's acceptance or refusal to the air traffic control authority, with an automatic pilot and/or flight director having operating modes for tracking directives for attitude, heading, ground speed, vertical speed and altitude, the said man/machine interface making it possible to choose an operating mode of the automatic pilot and/or flight director from among the possible modes and to tailor the mode chosen, the man/machine interface comprising: an access port which is linked to the digital transmission terminal and on which the trajectory modification orders emanating from the air traffic control authority is received from the digital transmission terminal; display means displaying the trajectory modification orders received by way of the digital transmission terminal, in a manner distinct from the directives currently being executed by the automatic pilot and/or flight director; and enabling means imposing on the automatic pilot and/or flight director the operating mode and the directives corresponding to a trajectory modification order originating from an air traffic control authority and having formed the subject of an acceptance on the part of the pilot.