SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC INFORMATION
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1. System for selective transfer of traffic information onto an airport traffic map displayed on the flight deck of an aircraft comprising:
- means for registering the current position of the aircraft,at least one airport cartographical database listing, by section, the thoroughfares of an airport and storing, for each section, specific geographic position and connectivity data,means for generating an airport traffic map compatible with the current position of the aircraft, based on geographic position data extracted from the cartographic database,means for identifying the thoroughfare section occupied by the aircraft,means for selecting, for the purpose of the traffic display, thoroughfare sections from the displayed traffic map, separated from a thoroughfare section used by the path of the aircraft by intermediate thoroughfare sections numbering less than an arbitrary limit,means for registering the location of traffic in the vicinity of the current position of the aircraft,means for identifying thoroughfare sections used by the traffic, andmeans for displaying the traffic of the selected thoroughfare sections.
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Abstract
This system for displaying, on the flight deck of an aircraft travelling on the surface of an airport, an airport map mentioning the surface traffic, for the purpose of a taxiing aid and protection of the ground movements of the aircraft, shows on the airport map only the traffic occupying the airport thoroughfares close to the aircraft, this closeness being defined by the existence of a joining path comprising a number of thoroughfare sections that is less than an arbitrary limit of the order of 1 or 2.
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1. System for selective transfer of traffic information onto an airport traffic map displayed on the flight deck of an aircraft comprising:
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means for registering the current position of the aircraft, at least one airport cartographical database listing, by section, the thoroughfares of an airport and storing, for each section, specific geographic position and connectivity data, means for generating an airport traffic map compatible with the current position of the aircraft, based on geographic position data extracted from the cartographic database, means for identifying the thoroughfare section occupied by the aircraft, means for selecting, for the purpose of the traffic display, thoroughfare sections from the displayed traffic map, separated from a thoroughfare section used by the path of the aircraft by intermediate thoroughfare sections numbering less than an arbitrary limit, means for registering the location of traffic in the vicinity of the current position of the aircraft, means for identifying thoroughfare sections used by the traffic, and means for displaying the traffic of the selected thoroughfare sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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