Aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic
First Claim
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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Abstract
An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic includes devices to receive information coming from outside the aircraft, to know the flight parameters of the aircraft, to calculate projected trajectories of the aircraft and of a detected aircraft in the immediate vicinity, and to display a representation of the surrounding traffic through symbols and potential messages based on instructions received. A display command device is connected to an on-board calculator to know the flight phase of the aircraft. The display command device has a filtering device to define for each flight phase and/or crew task the nature and the level of information to be displayed.
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47 Claims
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1. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising:
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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, and a 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, and based 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive information coming from outside the aircraft, a flight parameter unit configured to determine the flight parameters of the aircraft, a calculation unit configured to calculate the relative speeds and positions of the aircraft and of an aircraft detected in the immediate vicinity, a display controller configured to control a display to display a representation of the surrounding traffic through symbols and potential messages based on the instructions received by the display controller, a recognition unit configured to recognize a source of information received from the outside, and wherein the display is configured to display a different aircraft representation symbol depending on the source of information used to detect said aircraft, said symbol being stored in a memory associated with the display, the display controller is connected to an on-board calculator in order to receive the flight phase of the aircraft, the display controller has a filter defining, for each flight phase and/or crew task, the nature and the level of information to be supplied to the display, the display is configured to display a single symbol representative of an aircraft corresponding to the superimposition of two symbols when the information used to detect an aircraft comes from two different and consistent sources, said aircraft symbol corresponding to the integration of the symbols corresponding to the sources concerned, and based 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. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive information coming from outside the aircraft, a flight parameter unit configured to determine the flight parameters of the aircraft, a calculation unit configured to calculate the relative speeds and positions of the aircraft and of an aircraft detected in the immediate vicinity, a display controller configured to control a display 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 has a filter defining, for each flight phase and/or crew task, the nature and the level of information to be supplied to the display, and based 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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23. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising:
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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, and a display controller and 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, and the flight phases are provided by the on-board calculator and include at least;
flight preparation, takeoff, ascent, cruising speed, descent, approach, overshoot, and end of flight, 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. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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