Method for displaying vehicle arrival management information
First Claim
1. A method for displaying aircraft arrival management information for a particular airport from data supplied from an air traffic management system, including both airport status information and aircraft flight data, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing means for processing and displaying the data supplied from an air traffic management system;
establishing a multiplicity of arrival time slots for the airport responsive to the airport status information;
assigning a plurality of flights identified by the aircraft flight data to appropriate ones of said multiplicity of arrival time slots;
forming a two dimensional graphic representation of said multiplicity of arrival time slots, said two dimensional graphic representation having an estimated arrival time coordinate and an assigned slot time coordinate and a multiplicity of first symbolspositioned thereon to respectively represent said multiplicity of arrival time slots;
extracting an estimated time of arrival envelope from the aircraft flight data for at least one of said plurality of assigned flights; and
,displaying said estimated time of arrival envelope on said two dimensional graphic representation for said at least one assigned flight.
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Abstract
A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale (214) defining a Y axis and an actual time scale (216) defining an X axis. A multiplicity of symbols (226) representing arrival slots extends from the origin of the display. When used in an aircraft arrival management application, symbols (228) represent aircraft in flight, and symbols (230) represent aircraft still on the ground and whose flight plan is proposed. Those symbols (228, 230) are located on the display at the appropriate estimated arrival time, assigned slot time coordinates corresponding with a respective arrival time slot represented by a respective arrival slot symbol (226). To further aid in controlling the arrival traffic, each of the in-flight aircraft symbols (228) for aircraft associated with the user includes an ETA envelope (244) associated with the in-flight aircraft symbol (228), the symbol (228) being located at coordinates which represent the estimated ETA and slot assignment of the aircraft. Aircraft which have been assigned to an arrival slot, but which have not yet taken off, are indicated by a symbol (230) which is located at coordinates representing the estimated ETA and slot assignment for that flight.
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1. A method for displaying aircraft arrival management information for a particular airport from data supplied from an air traffic management system, including both airport status information and aircraft flight data, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing means for processing and displaying the data supplied from an air traffic management system; establishing a multiplicity of arrival time slots for the airport responsive to the airport status information; assigning a plurality of flights identified by the aircraft flight data to appropriate ones of said multiplicity of arrival time slots; forming a two dimensional graphic representation of said multiplicity of arrival time slots, said two dimensional graphic representation having an estimated arrival time coordinate and an assigned slot time coordinate and a multiplicity of first symbols positioned thereon to respectively represent said multiplicity of arrival time slots; extracting an estimated time of arrival envelope from the aircraft flight data for at least one of said plurality of assigned flights; and
,displaying said estimated time of arrival envelope on said two dimensional graphic representation for said at least one assigned flight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information for a particular terminal having a multiplicity of arrival time slots to which at least a portion thereof are assigned to particular vehicles, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a display device and a processor in communication with a vehicle traffic management system; forming a two dimensional graphic representation of the multiplicity of arrival time slots, said two dimensional graphic representation having an estimated arrival time coordinate and an assigned slot time coordinate and a multiplicity of first symbols positioned thereon to respectively represent the multiplicity of arrival time slots; identifying which of the multiplicity of arrival time slots have a vehicle assigned thereto and displaying identification indicia therefor adjacent to a respective first symbol; obtaining vehicle data including a latest estimated time-of-day of arrival, an expected estimated time-of-day of arrival, and an earliest estimated time-of-day of arrival for at least a portion of the assigned vehicles from the vehicle traffic management system; and
,displaying a representation of an estimated time-of-day of arrival envelope for said portion of the assigned vehicles, said estimated time of arrival envelope representation including an indication of the latest estimated time-of-day of arrival, the expected estimated time-of-day of arrival, and the earliest estimated time-of-day of arrival. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of temporally displaying arrival management information for a particular terminal having a multiplicity of arrival time slots to which at least a portion thereof are assigned to particular vehicles, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a display device and a processor in communication with a transportation database; forming a two dimensional graphic representation of the multiplicity of arrival time slots, said two dimensional graphic representation having an estimated arrival time coordinate and an assigned slot time coordinate and a multiplicity of first symbols positioned thereon to respectively represent the multiplicity of arrival time slots; identifying which of the multiplicity of arrival time slots have vehicles assigned thereto and displaying identification indicia therefor adjacent respective ones of said multiplicity of first symbols; obtaining vehicle data including a latest estimated time-of-day of arrival, an expected estimated time-of-day of arrival, and an earliest estimated time-of-day of arrival for at least a portion of the assigned vehicles from the transportation database; and
,displaying a representation of an estimated time-of-day of arrival envelope for said portion of the assigned vehicles, said estimated time of arrival envelope representation including an indication of the latest estimated time-of-day of arrival, the expected estimated time-of-day of arrival, and the earliest estimated time-of-day of arrival. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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