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Methods and systems for displaying a vertical profile for an aircraft procedure with nonuniform scaling

  • US 9,852,493 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2016
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display system comprising:

  • a database containing procedure information for an action comprising a plurality of navigational segments;

    a display device; and

    a processing architecture coupled to the display device and the database to render a vertical profile of the action on the display device, the vertical profile having a uniform vertical scale, wherein;

    the vertical profile comprises;

    a first navigational segment of the plurality of navigational segments rendered on the display device with a first horizontal scale based on a first distance associated with the first navigational segment; and

    a second navigational segment of the plurality of navigational segments rendered on the display device with a second horizontal scale based on a second distance associated with the second navigational segment;

    the first navigational segment and the second navigational segment are displayed with the same horizontal display dimensions; and

    the first horizontal scale and the second horizontal scale are not equal.

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