Display of Aircraft Altitude
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Abstract
A method for displaying an attitude of an aircraft includes receiving a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle of the aircraft, generating a display image indicating the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle, and displaying the display image on a display device. The display image includes a spherical shell with a track angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a latitude line of the spherical shell and with a pitch angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a longitude line of the spherical shell. Furthermore, the display image includes a graphical aircraft attitude indicator inside the spherical shell rotated with respect to the spherical shell such that the graphical aircraft attitude indicator indicates the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle of the aircraft with respect to the spherical shell.
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25 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method for displaying an attitude of an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle of the aircraft; generating a display image indicating the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle; and displaying the display image on a display device; wherein the display image comprises; a spherical shell with a track angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a latitude line of the spherical shell and with a pitch angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a longitude line of the spherical shell, and a graphical aircraft attitude indicator inside the spherical shell rotated with respect to the spherical shell such that the graphical aircraft attitude indicator indicates the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle of the aircraft with respect to the spherical shell. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 22, 23)
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19. The method of 15, further comprising the acts of:
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choosing a virtual camera perspective for generating the display image; and generating the display image with respect to the chosen virtual camera perspective. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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24. A computer-readable comprises a series of instructions, which when executed on at least one processor cause the at least one processor to carry out the steps of:
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receiving a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle of the aircraft; generating a display image indicating the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle; and displaying the display image on a display device, wherein the display image includes; a spherical shell with a track angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a latitude line of the spherical shell and with a pitch angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a longitude line of the spherical shell, and a graphical aircraft attitude indicator inside the spherical shell rotated with respect to the spherical shell such that the graphical aircraft attitude indicator indicates the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle of the aircraft with respect to the spherical shell.
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25. A display system for displaying an attitude of an aircraft, the display system comprising a controller and a display device, wherein the controller is configured to:
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receive a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle of the aircraft; generate a display image indicating the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle; and display the display image on the display device, wherein the display image comprises; a spherical shell with a track angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a latitude line of the spherical shell and with a pitch angle scale projected onto the spherical shell along a longitude line of the spherical shell, and a graphical aircraft attitude indicator inside the spherical shell rotated with respect to the spherical shell such that the graphical aircraft attitude indicator indicates the roll angle, the pitch angle and the yaw angle of the aircraft with respect to the spherical shell.
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