Patent ID: 6919808

Claim:
A device for monitoring at least one pilot in a cockpit of an aircraft, which device comprises: a first means comprising at least one means of sensory recognition, for pre-flight automatic characterization of said pilot who is located at a control station in said cockpit, by establishing a reference profile of said pilot; a second means comprising at least one means of sensory recognition which exhibits a coverage of 360° at said control station and which comprises a temporal filter, for real-time automatic characterization, throughout the flight, of a person located at said control station, by establishing an actual profile of said person; a means of information processing for comparing in real time, throughout the flight, said actual profile with said reference profile, and for transmitting a dissimilarity signal, when said actual profile is different from said reference profile only if said actual profile corresponds to a person; a means of alert for sending an alert signal to an air traffic control station, when said means of information processing transmits a dissimilarity signal; and a means for sending a signal of proper operation to said air traffic control station.