Airbus

About: Airbus is a company organization based out in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Fuselage & Signal. The organization has 10633 authors who have published 13089 publications receiving 88354 citations. The organization is also known as: Airbus Commercial Aircraft.

System and method for guiding a passenger in an aircraft cabin

Abstract: To guide a passenger to the general location of his assigned seat in an aircraft cabin, the cabin is divided into several cabin zones that are individually identified by different colors of illumination, for example a yellow cabin zone, a red cabin zone and a blue cabin zone. Each service class can correspond to one cabin zone or encompass plural cabin zones. Lighting devices arranged in the cabin are activated to provide illuminating light having the appropriate allocated illumination color in each respective cabin zone. The lighting devices are preferably ceiling lights, sidewall lights, and/or window funnel lights, controlled from a flight attendant panel via a lighting controller. A passenger ticket displays the passenger's assigned seat number and letter, and also the color of the cabin zone in which the assigned seat is located.

Model and Tool Integration Platforms for Cyber–Physical System Design

Abstract: Design methods and tools evolved to support the principle of "separation of concerns" in order to manage engineering complexity. Accordingly, most engineering tool suites are vertically integrated but have limited support for integration across disciplinary boundaries. Cyber–physical systems (CPSs) challenge these established boundaries between disciplines, and thus, the status quo on the tools market. The question is how to create the foundations and technologies for semantically precise model and tool integration that enable reuse of existing commercial and open source tools in domain-specific design flows. In this paper, we describe the lessons learned in the design and implementation of an experimental design automation tool suite, OpenMETA, for complex CPS in the vehicle domain. The conceptual foundation for the integration approach is platform-based design: OpenMETA is architected by introducing two key platforms: the model integration platform and the tool integration platform. The model integration platform includes methods and tools for the precise representation of semantic interfaces among modeling domains. The key new components of the model integration platform are model integration languages and the mathematical framework and tool for the compositional specification of their semantics. The tool integration platform is designed for executing highly automated design-space exploration. Key components of the platform are tools for constructing design spaces and model composers for analytics workflows. The paper concludes with describing experience and lessons learned by using OpenMETA in drivetrain design and by adapting OpenMETA to substantially different CPS application domains.

Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing

Abstract: Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing. The device (1) comprises a guidance system (8) for aiding guidance of the aircraft, in the event of the actuation of a control means (11A, 11B, 11n), both during an initial phase in accordance with a first guidance mode and during a terminal phase in accordance with a second guidance mode, the transition between these first and second guidance modes being achieved automatically by the guidance system (8).