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Event-based flight management system, device, and method

  • US 9,620,021 B1
  • Filed: 04/20/2015
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An event-based flight management system, such system comprising:

  • a flight management system (“

    FMS”

    ); and

    an event generator including at least one processor coupled to a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code and configured to;

    receive flight management data representative of at least one future vertical mode action or future lateral mode action from the FMS, whereeach future vertical mode action and each future lateral mode action is comprised of one FMS event;

    generate event data representative of at least one flight management strip, where each flight management strip isinformative of a plurality of FMS events, andcomprised of a first row and a plurality of second rows, wherethe first row is reserved for the display of at least one commencement time for the plurality of FMS events, andeach second row is vertically disposed from the first row and reserved for the display of visual information indicative of one of the plurality of FMS events; and

    provide the event data to a presentation system; and

    a presentation system configured to;

    receive the event data, wherebyeach flight management strip represented in the event data is presentable to at least one viewer on at least one visual display unit.

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