Perspective-view visual runway awareness and advisory display
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1. A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisory display, the method comprising:
- obtaining current craft position and trajectory;
determining if a runway is being targeted; and
displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the runway based on the runway being targeted, current craft position, and current craft trajectory,wherein displaying runway alerts and guides includes;
fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway;
displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway; and
displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at positions relative to current craft position, wherein the display positions of the distance remaining markers change according to movement of the craft in order to maintain the positions relative to the current craft position;
wherein displaying runway guides and alerts further includes outlining the targeted runway with an outline box; and
wherein outlining the targeted runway with an outline box includes varying the border thickness of the outline box based on the position of the craft in relation to the targeted runway.
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Abstract
A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisor display is provided. The method comprises obtaining current craft position and trajectory, determing if a runway is being targeted, and displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the runway based on the runway being targeted, current craft position and current craft trajectory.
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1. A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisory display, the method comprising:
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obtaining current craft position and trajectory; determining if a runway is being targeted; and displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the runway based on the runway being targeted, current craft position, and current craft trajectory, wherein displaying runway alerts and guides includes; fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway; displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway; and displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at positions relative to current craft position, wherein the display positions of the distance remaining markers change according to movement of the craft in order to maintain the positions relative to the current craft position; wherein displaying runway guides and alerts further includes outlining the targeted runway with an outline box; and
wherein outlining the targeted runway with an outline box includes varying the border thickness of the outline box based on the position of the craft in relation to the targeted runway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A graphic display system, comprising:
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means for obtaining data, wherein data includes airport data and craft position and trajectory data; means for determining if a runway is being targeted; and means for displaying runway guides and alerts based on the data obtained and a runway being targeted, wherein displaying means includes means for fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway; means for displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway; means for displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at positions relative to current craft position, wherein the display positions of the distance remaining markers change according to movement of the craft in order to maintain the positions relative to the current craft position; and wherein the displaying means further includes means for outlining the targeted runway with an outline box; and
wherein the outlining means includes means for varying the border thickness of the outline box based on the position of the craft in relation to the targeted runway.
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9. A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisory display, the method comprising:
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obtaining current craft position and trajectory; determining if a runway is being targeted; and displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the runway based on the runway being targeted, current craft position, and current craft trajectory, wherein displaying runway alerts and guides includes; fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway; displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway; and displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at positions relative to current craft position, wherein the display positions of the distance remaining markers change according to movement of the craft in order to maintain the positions relative to the current craft position; wherein displaying runway guides and alerts further includes outlining the targeted runway with an outline box; and
wherein outlining the targeted runway with an outline box includes at least one of;
varying the border thickness of the outline box based on the position of the craft in relation to the targeted runway. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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