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Enhanced graphical flight planning for a flight management system

  • US 9,115,995 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/2006
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for performing an expedited graphical flight plan edit for an aircraft, comprising:

  • a) a graphical flight management system (FMS) including graphical flight planning capabilities for an aircraft;

    b) a multi-function display (MFD) directly connected to said FMS; and

    ,c) a cursor control device (CCD) operatively connected to said MFD;

    wherein said CCD is configured to solely interact directly with said MFD as the user interface to the FMS for performing shortcut graphical flight plan edits, obviating the use of a control display unit (CDU), wherein said CCD is used to provide said shortcut graphical flight plan edits selected from the group consisting of;

    Expedited Direct To, Expedited Vertical Direct To, Vectors to Final, and Sequence Vectors, wherein Expedited Direct To is a shortcut task which allows for an expedited direct to the current active waypoint which bypasses a modified flight plan state and corresponding execute/cancel operations, Expedited Vertical Direct-To is a shortcut which allows for a vertical direct to the active altitude constraint in the flight plan, Vectors to Final is a shortcut to select the vectors transition for the existing approach procedure in flight plan, and Sequence Vectors is a shortcut which sequences the vectors transition.

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