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Aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic

  • US 7,747,360 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2004
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising:

  • a receiver configured to receive information coming from outside the aircraft,a storage unit configured to store the flight parameters of the aircraft,a calculator configured to calculate the relative speeds and positions of the aircraft and of an aircraft detected in the immediate vicinity, anda display controller configured to control a display unit configured to display a representation of the surrounding traffic through symbols and potential messages based on the instructions received by the display controller,wherein the display controller is connected to an on-board calculator in order to receive the flight phase of the aircraft,the display controller includes a filter defining, for each flight phase and/or crew task, the nature and the level of information to be supplied to the display unit,the filter includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not two distinct bits of information coming from distinct information sources correspond to a same detected aircraft,based on the flight phase, a predetermined symbol stored in a memory associated with the display unit is displayed by the display unit to represent a landing strip, andbased on the flight phases, the symbol used to represent a detected aircraft is associated with an arrow or figure whose length is representative of the approach rate of said aircraft compared to the ownship.

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