Navigational instrument, method and computer program product for displaying ground traffic information
First Claim
1. A navigational display system characterized by:
- displaying a single graphical traffic panel that depicts at least one of air and ground traffic;
displaying both an air graphical traffic panel and a ground graphical traffic panel; and
switching between displaying the single graphical traffic panel and simultaneously displaying both air and ground graphical traffic panels, in response to a triggering event.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an aircraft navigational system including a graphical user interface that is capable of displaying navigational information in a split-screen format. The split-screen format includes displaying multiple graphical user panels, each depicting different traffic information. For example, one of the panels displays a plurality of air traffic symbols corresponding to airborne obstacles and another of the panels simultaneously displays ground traffic symbols representing ground obstacles. The obstacles can include other aircraft in the air and on runways as the pilot'"'"'s aircraft approaches for a landing. The navigational system also is capable of switching between a single graphical user panel and multiple panels in response to a triggering event, such as a change in the course of the aircraft.
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20 Claims
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1. A navigational display system characterized by:
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displaying a single graphical traffic panel that depicts at least one of air and ground traffic; displaying both an air graphical traffic panel and a ground graphical traffic panel; and switching between displaying the single graphical traffic panel and simultaneously displaying both air and ground graphical traffic panels, in response to a triggering event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A navigational display system comprising:
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a display device; a processor for controlling the display for providing traffic information to a pilot of an aircraft; and wherein the processor causes the display to display a plurality of symbols representative of airborne traffic on a first graphical panel, symbols representative of ground traffic on a second graphical panel, and a symbol representative of the pilot'"'"'s aircraft on at least one of the first and second panels. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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