METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLAN ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SCREEN
First Claim
1. Method for the management of a flight plan of an aircraft in flight by an avionic system comprising at least one visualization device and a touch-sensitive interface dedicated to this visualization device and implemented by means of touch-sensitive contacts, said visualization device displaying a cartographic representation of the terrain flown over by the aircraft, aeronautical data containing aeronautical waypoints and a flight plan composed of a set of segments connecting together some of said aeronautical waypoints,wherein the management method contains at least two operations, a first “
- editing”
operation activated by touch-sensitive designating of any point of a segment or of a waypoint of the flight plan and a second “
modification of the flight plan”
operation activated by a touch-sensitive movement starting on any point or on a first waypoint of the flight plan and ending in the vicinity of a second aeronautical waypoint, the end of the touch-sensitive movement triggering a movement of the first aeronautical waypoint towards a second waypoint or an addition of the second waypoint or the removal of the first waypoint, and in that, when the modification of the flight plan is a movement or an addition of an aeronautical waypoint to the flight plan, the visualization device displays the airways passing through the “
modified”
aeronautical waypoint.
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Abstract
The general area of the invention is that of methods for managing flight plans by an avionic system comprising a visualization device and a touch-sensitive interface. The visualization device displays a cartographic representation of the terrain flown over, aeronautical data and a flight plan composed of a set of segments connecting together certain aeronautical waypoints. The management method contains several steps, a first editing step activated by touch-sensitive designating of any point of the flight plan, a second modification of the flight plan step activated by a touch-sensitive movement, the end of the touch-sensitive movement triggering a movement or an addition or the removal of a waypoint. The method also makes it possible to easily manage the airways in order to incorporate them into a flight plan during modification.
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1. Method for the management of a flight plan of an aircraft in flight by an avionic system comprising at least one visualization device and a touch-sensitive interface dedicated to this visualization device and implemented by means of touch-sensitive contacts, said visualization device displaying a cartographic representation of the terrain flown over by the aircraft, aeronautical data containing aeronautical waypoints and a flight plan composed of a set of segments connecting together some of said aeronautical waypoints,
wherein the management method contains at least two operations, a first “ - editing”
operation activated by touch-sensitive designating of any point of a segment or of a waypoint of the flight plan and a second “
modification of the flight plan”
operation activated by a touch-sensitive movement starting on any point or on a first waypoint of the flight plan and ending in the vicinity of a second aeronautical waypoint, the end of the touch-sensitive movement triggering a movement of the first aeronautical waypoint towards a second waypoint or an addition of the second waypoint or the removal of the first waypoint, and in that, when the modification of the flight plan is a movement or an addition of an aeronautical waypoint to the flight plan, the visualization device displays the airways passing through the “
modified”
aeronautical waypoint. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- editing”
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