Interface for visual cueing and control for tactical flightpath management
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1. A display control device, comprising:
- a processor structured for receiving samples of one or more signals reporting one or more different flight parameter data; and
one or more algorithms resident on the processor for generating as a function of the flight parameter information one or more display control signals for causing a display device to display one of a spatial flow symbology presentation, a conformal symbology presentation, and a plurality of instrument information presentations each having a dynamic transformation in appearance as a function of the flight parameter data.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program product for an integrated display presentation for tactical flight path management that simplifies instrument flight by replicating many of the cues basic to visual flight using spatial flow, integrating navigation information conformal symbology, and improving instrumentation using an enhanced “T” instrument display.
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82 Claims
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1. A display control device, comprising:
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a processor structured for receiving samples of one or more signals reporting one or more different flight parameter data; and
one or more algorithms resident on the processor for generating as a function of the flight parameter information one or more display control signals for causing a display device to display one of a spatial flow symbology presentation, a conformal symbology presentation, and a plurality of instrument information presentations each having a dynamic transformation in appearance as a function of the flight parameter data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display control device, comprising:
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a processor coupled for receiving at a known sampling rate one or more different instrument data signals each reporting information about one or more different flight parameters; and
one or more algorithms resident on the processor and executable by the processor, the algorithms being structured to generate a plurality of display control signals as a function of the flight parameter information, the display control signals being structured to cause a display device to display one or more of;
graphical depictions symbolic of one or more of a plurality of spatial motion and energy cues of a type available in flying Visual Flight Rules, navigation information as graphical depictions symbolic of one or more of a plurality of ground-based phenomena conformally as a function of the navigation information, and a plurality of graphical depictions symbolic of the different instrument data, one or more of the plurality of graphical depictions being dynamically emphasized as a function of one of the different flight parameters. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A display control device, comprising:
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means for receiving samples of one or more signals reporting flight parameter information; and
means for generating on a display device one of a spatial flow symbology display presentation, a conformal symbology display presentation, and a plurality of instrument information display presentations each having a transformation in appearance as a function of the flight parameter information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A display control device, comprising:
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a means for receiving at intervals samples of one or more instrument signals reporting updated information about one or more different flight parameters; and
a means for generating on a display device as a function of the updated flight parameter information one or more of;
graphical depictions replicating one or more of a plurality of spatial motion and energy cues of a type available in conventional visual flying, navigation information as graphical depictions symbolic of one or more of a plurality of ground-based phenomena in positions that conform to a view from a position and altitude consistent with the navigation information, and a plurality of different instrument information presentations that are dynamically emphasized as a function of one of the different flight parameter information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An integrated display presentation for tactical flight path management, the integrated display presentation comprising:
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a source of a plurality of instrument data signals each reporting flight parameter data;
a memory having a plurality of machine instructions stored therein, the machine instructions being executable by a processor for causing a display device to display one or more of a spatial flow symbology presentation, a conformal symbology presentation, and an instrument information presentation that exhibits a dynamic transformation in appearance as a function of the flight parameter data;
a processor coupled to receive the instrument data signals and coupled to the memory for retrieving the machine instructions, the processor being structured to operate the machine instructions for generating one or more of the spatial flow symbology presentation, the conformal symbology presentation, and the instrument information presentation, wherein;
the spatial flow symbology presentation is generated as a function of speed data, the conformal symbology presentation is generated as a function of position, altitude and heading data, and the dynamic transformation of the instrument information presentation is generated as a function of a mode or phase of flight data; and
a cockpit display being coupled to receive and display the spatial flow symbology, conformal symbology, and instrument information presentations. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer program residing on a computer usable storage medium, the computer program comprising:
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computer-readable program code means for receiving at intervals one or more signals representative of updated flight parameter information; and
computer-readable program code means for generating and outputting a plurality of display control signals informing one of a spatial flow symbology presentation, a conformal symbology presentation, and a plurality of instrument information presentations each having a metamorphosis in appearance as a function of the updated flight parameter information. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-usable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for configuring a computer processor, the computer program product comprising;
computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to receive at intervals samples of one or more instrument signals reporting updated flight parameter information;
computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to generate at intervals and as a function of the updated flight parameter information a plurality of display control signals for causing a display device to display one of;
a spatial flow symbology presentation as a graphical presentation replicating one or more of a plurality of spatial motion and energy cues of a type available in conventional visual flying, a conformal symbology presentation of navigation information as visual depictions symbolic of one or more of an aerial and a ground-based phenomenon as to conform to a view from a position and altitude consistent with the navigation information, and a plurality of different enhanced “
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presentations of instrument information, one or more of the presentations of instrument information being dynamically emphasized as a function of the updated flight parameter information; and
computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to output the plurality of display control signals. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for displaying flight parameter information, the method comprising:
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receiving samples of one or more data signals reporting flight parameter information; and
in response to the flight parameter information, presenting on a display device one or more of a spatial flow symbology display, a conformal symbology display, and a plurality of instrument information displays, the appearance of each instrument information display transforming as a function of the flight parameter information. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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