Methods and systems for displaying annotations on an aircraft display
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1. A method for presenting content on a display device onboard an aircraft, the method comprising:
- displaying, on the display device, information corresponding to a first procedure, the first procedure being associated with an airport and prescribing operation of the aircraft in a vicinity of the airport;
obtaining a current altitude of the aircraft; and
automatically displaying an annotation associated with the first procedure on the display device when the current altitude of the aircraft satisfies an altitude criterion associated with the annotation, wherein the annotation comprises user-defined information pertaining to the first procedure.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for presenting content on a display device onboard an aircraft. A method comprises displaying, on the display device, information corresponding to a first procedure and displaying an annotation associated with the first procedure on the display device. The first procedure is associated with an airport and prescribes operation of the aircraft in a vicinity of the airport, and the annotation comprises user-defined information pertaining to the first procedure.
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1. A method for presenting content on a display device onboard an aircraft, the method comprising:
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displaying, on the display device, information corresponding to a first procedure, the first procedure being associated with an airport and prescribing operation of the aircraft in a vicinity of the airport; obtaining a current altitude of the aircraft; and automatically displaying an annotation associated with the first procedure on the display device when the current altitude of the aircraft satisfies an altitude criterion associated with the annotation, wherein the annotation comprises user-defined information pertaining to the first procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for presenting content on a display device onboard an aircraft, the method comprising:
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displaying, on the display device, a vertical profile for an approach procedure associated with an airport, the approach procedure prescribing operation of the aircraft in a vicinity of the airport; and displaying an annotation associated with the approach procedure on the vertical profile, wherein the annotation comprises user-defined information pertaining to the approach procedure.
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11. A method for presenting information on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:
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displaying content pertaining to operation of the aircraft on the display device, the content including one or more displayed objects; identifying an annotation associated with a first displayed object of the one or more displayed objects, the annotation comprising annotation information received from a user; obtaining status information for the aircraft; determining whether one or more display criteria associated with the annotation are satisfied based on the status information for the aircraft; automatically displaying the annotation information on the display device in response to determining the one or more display criteria are satisfied by the status information; and automatically removing the annotation information when the status information for the aircraft does not satisfy the one or more display criteria.
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12. A method for presenting information on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:
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displaying content pertaining to operation of the aircraft on the display device, the content including one or more displayed objects; receiving annotation information from a user, the annotation information corresponding to an annotation associated with a first displayed object of the one or more displayed objects; receiving a display criterion corresponding to the annotation; associating the annotation information, the display criterion, and the first displayed object; identifying the annotation associated with the first displayed object; obtaining status information for the aircraft; determining whether the display criterion associated with the annotation is satisfied based on the status information for the aircraft; automatically displaying the annotation information on the display device when the status information for the aircraft satisfies the display criterion; and automatically removing the annotation information when the status information for the aircraft does not satisfy the display criterion. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a display device onboard an aircraft; a data storage element configured to maintain annotation information for an annotation, the annotation information comprising user-defined information pertaining to an approach procedure prescribing operation of the aircraft in a vicinity of an airport; and a processing system coupled to the display device and the data storage element, wherein the processing system is configured to; display a vertical profile for the approach procedure associated with the airport on the display device; and display the annotation information for the annotation associated with the approach procedure on the vertical profile.
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16. A system comprising:
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a display device onboard an aircraft, the display device having content pertaining to operation of the aircraft displayed thereon, wherein the content comprises one or more displayed objects; a data storage element configured to maintain annotation information for one or more annotations, the annotation information for each respective annotation being associated with one or more display criteria; and a processing system coupled to the display device and the data storage element, wherein the processing system is configured to; identify a first annotation of the one or more annotations, the first annotation being associated with a first displayed object of the one or more displayed objects; obtain status information for the aircraft; automatically display annotation information corresponding to the first annotation on the display device when the status information satisfies a display criterion for the first annotation; and automatically remove the annotation information corresponding to the first annotation when the status information does not satisfy the display criterion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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