Patent ID: 8886373

Claim:
A system for assisting in decking of an aircraft on a mobile platform, said mobile platform comprising a decking surface, said aircraft comprising a signal transmitter, and said decking surface of the mobile platform reflecting electromagnetic waves of signals transmitted by the signal transmitter of the aircraft, the system comprising: means for determining flight commands to be executed by the aircraft, said means being configured to determine flight commands that dampen an impact of the aircraft on said mobile platform during the decking of the aircraft, said commands being a function of a position of the aircraft determined by locating means and extrapolation of movements of the mobile platform determined by prediction means, the locating means comprising at least two passive sensors spaced apart and fixed in proximity to the decking surface, the at least two passive sensors being configured to receive signals transmitted by the signal transmitter of the aircraft, each of the at least two passive sensors being a panel fixed in a plane orthogonal to the decking surface, each panel comprising antenna receivers distributed in the two dimensions of the plane of each panel, each panel being inclined about an axis orthogonal to the decking surface, and lighting beams of said panels intersecting at an azimuth angle above the decking surface.