Integrated flight management and textual air traffic control display system and method
First Claim
1. An aircraft flight management display system for displaying air traffic control clearance messages transmitted to an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a processor adapted to receive (i) data representative of a current aircraft flight plan and (ii) one or more textual clearance message signals representative of the air traffic control clearance messages and operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more flight plan display commands and one or more clearance message display commands; and
a display coupled to receive the flight plan display commands and the clearance message display commands and operable, in response thereto, to substantially simultaneously display (i) one or more images representative of the current aircraft flight plan and (ii) the textual air traffic clearance messages.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for transmitting, receiving, initiating, and displaying textual air traffic control clearance messages simultaneously with a graphic representation of an aircraft flight plan. Data representative of a current aircraft flight plan, and one or more textual clearance message signals representative of air traffic control clearance message, are each processed. One or more images representative of the current aircraft flight plan, and one or more images representative of the textual air traffic clearance messages, are each substantially simultaneously displayed in the same display area of a flight management system display.
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1. An aircraft flight management display system for displaying air traffic control clearance messages transmitted to an aircraft, the system comprising:
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a processor adapted to receive (i) data representative of a current aircraft flight plan and (ii) one or more textual clearance message signals representative of the air traffic control clearance messages and operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more flight plan display commands and one or more clearance message display commands; and
a display coupled to receive the flight plan display commands and the clearance message display commands and operable, in response thereto, to substantially simultaneously display (i) one or more images representative of the current aircraft flight plan and (ii) the textual air traffic clearance messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of displaying an air traffic control clearance message transmitted to an aircraft in a display are of a flight deck display, the method comprising the steps of:
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processing data representative of a current aircraft flight plan;
processing one or more textual clearance message signals representative of the air traffic control clearance message; and
substantially simultaneously displaying, in the display area, (i) one or more images representative of the current aircraft flight plan and (ii) the textual air traffic clearance messages. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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