System and method for textually displaying an original flight plan and a modified flight plan simultaneously
First Claim
1. A navigational system, comprising:
- a display device that includes a graphical display portion and a textual display portion; and
logic for operating the graphical display portion and the textual display portion of said display device, said logic presenting a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously presenting a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion.
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Abstract
A navigational system includes a display device and logic that simultaneously presents a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan on the display device. The textual display includes a textlist of waypoints that are on the original flight plan and the modified flight plan and performance data for common waypoints that are on both the original flight plan and the modified flight plan, as well as for new waypoints that are added to the modified flight plan. The performance data for each common waypoint includes performance data for the waypoint on the original flight plan and for the waypoint on the modified flight plan. The system may further include an interface device that allows an operator to change the modified flight plan. The logic updates the textlist of waypoints on the textual display when the modified flight plan is changed and updates the performance data on the textual display for common waypoints when the modified flight plan is changed. The logic may also designate on the textual display waypoints to be removed, which correspond to waypoints that are on the original flight plan but not on the modified flight plan, and, when the modified flight plan is activated to become a new flight plan, the logic removes from the textual display the waypoints that are designated to be removed.
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1. A navigational system, comprising:
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a display device that includes a graphical display portion and a textual display portion; and
logic for operating the graphical display portion and the textual display portion of said display device, said logic presenting a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously presenting a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A navigational system, comprising;
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display means that includes a graphical display portion and a textual display portion; and
logic means for operating the graphical display portion and the textual display portion of said display device, with said logic means textually displaying an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously presenting a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of displaying a flight plan of a navigational system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display device that includes a graphical display portion and a textual display portion; and
displaying a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously displaying a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. Computer executable code for implementing a method of displaying a flight plan of a navigational system, said code for executing the step comprising:
- displaying a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously displaying a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion.
- View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A navigational system, comprising:
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a CPU;
a flight control system that controls an airplane based on inputs from said CPU;
a display device; and
logic for operating a graphical display portion and a textual display portion of said display device, said logic presenting a textual display of an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously presenting a graphical display of the original fight plan in the graphical display portion, wherein said CPU provides inputs to said flight control system based on navigational data corresponding to the original flight plan that is presented on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A navigational system, comprising:
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a display device; and
logic for operating a graphical display portion and a textual display portion of said display device, said logic presenting a textual display of comparative data for an original flight plan and a modified flight plan in the textual display portion while simultaneously presenting a graphical display of the original flight plan in the graphical display portion. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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Specification