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Flight planning and communication

  • US 10,540,902 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2017
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for flight planning utilizing an interactive map on a touch screen device in an aircraft cockpit comprising:

  • displaying on the touch screen device a real-time external view captured by a camera;

    overlaying the interactive map over the real-time external view on the touch screen device, wherein the touch screen device laterally spans the aircraft cockpit and the interactive map may be moved on the touch screen device such that both a pilot and a copilot are able to interface with the interactive map for flight planning while maintaining a heads-up view via the real-time external view;

    receiving a set of flight rules via touch input on the interactive map from the pilot or copilot;

    receiving an indication of an origin airport and a destination airport via touch input on the interactive map from the pilot or copilot;

    displaying a flight path on the interactive map based on each of the set of flight rules and the origin and destination airports;

    receiving an indication for a desired altitude and a desired airspeed;

    calculating a remaining duration and a remaining distance to arrive at the destination based on the flight path, the desired altitude, and the desired airspeed;

    automatically displaying the remaining duration and the remaining distance via the mapping interface;

    displaying a virtual flight plan on the one or more maps, the virtual flight plan comprising;

    displaying a position of the aircraft on the one or more maps;

    moving the position of the aircraft along the flight path;

    simultaneously updating the remaining duration and the remaining distance in coordination with the position of the aircraft; and

    displaying a dynamic weather representation of forecasted weather that overlays the one or more maps and updating the dynamic weather representation as part of the virtual flight plan, such that the position of the aircraft moving along the flight path is illustrated dynamically encountering the forecasted weather representation.

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