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System for displaying information related to a flight of an aircraft and associated method

  • US 10,339,820 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2016
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for displaying information related to a flight of an aircraft, the system comprising:

  • a display;

    a dynamic synthesis image generator configured to dynamically generate synthesis images on the display, each synthesis image comprising a synthetic depiction of the environment situated in the vicinity of a trajectory of the aircraft and a curve representative of a trajectory of the aircraft, each synthesis image being centered on a central point of interest in the synthetic depiction, the curve being superimposed on the synthetic depiction, the dynamic synthesis image generator being configured to generate a first synthesis image centered on a first central point of interest, the first central point of interest being a point located at the center of the first synthesis image, and to command displaying of, on the display, the first synthesis image; and

    a man-machine interface,the dynamic synthesis image generator being configured to detect a modification action to modify a position of the central point of interest in the synthetic depiction by an operator via the man-machine interface, the modification action to modify the position of the central point of interest in the synthetic depiction comprising a movement of a control member by the operator between a first member position and a second member position, the control member being;

    a stylus or a finger of the operator movable along a surface from the first member position to the second member position, orconfigured to displace a cursor on the synthesis image when the control member is moved from the first member position to the second member position,the dynamic synthesis image generator being further configured to;

    determine, as a function of the modification action, a position of a second central point of interest, situated along the curve representative of the trajectory of the aircraft, the second central point of interest being distinct from the first central point of interest and being situated along the curve whatever the modification action is, without it being necessary for the operator to move the control member in a direction corresponding, at each moment, to the direction of the trajectory,generate, in response to the modification action, a second synthesis image centered on the second central point of interest, andcommand the display, in response to the modification action, on the display, of the second synthesis image, the second central point of interest situated along the curve representative of the trajectory of the aircraft being a point located at the center of the second synthesis image.

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