Method and apparatus for displaying flight-management information
First Claim
1. A method for displaying flight management information including predicted flight path and a predicted position and a predicted attitude for an aircraft, wherein data of said predicted flight path has been previously computed from aircraft speed, altitude, heading and acceleration, comprising steps of;
- providing a three-dimensional display of air space;
employing an image reproduction device to present in the display at least one horizon and the predicted flight path of the aircraft;
calculating predicted position and predicted attitude of the aircraft from aircraft speed, altitude, heading and acceleration;
including in the display or the predicted flight path the predicted position and the predicted attitude of the aircraft at various points in time in a series of predicted positions along the predicted flight path;
identifying each of a plurality of predicted positions of the aircraft by a symbol to produce a series of the symbols, each of the symbols having a common predetermined configuration in the form of a three-dimensioned object extending along the predicted flight path, the size of each symbol decreasing with increasing distance from the aircraft along the flight path;
orienting each of the symbols to have an orientation corresponding to a predicted attitude of the aircraft at each of the predicted positions of the aircraft; and
wherein each of said symbols is configured as a solid object having a top surface and a side surface visible on the display, the symbols being viewed from a position above the flight path.
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Abstract
In a method and an apparatus for displaying flight management information for an aircraft, a three-dimensional display of the flight space with at least one horizon and the predicted flight path of the aircraft is effected by means of an image reproduction device. The predicted flight path is preferably displayed as a series of symbols which assume, within the flight space displayed, the predicted position and the predicted altitude of the aircraft with respect to the flight space at different points in time.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for displaying flight management information including predicted flight path and a predicted position and a predicted attitude for an aircraft, wherein data of said predicted flight path has been previously computed from aircraft speed, altitude, heading and acceleration, comprising steps of;
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providing a three-dimensional display of air space; employing an image reproduction device to present in the display at least one horizon and the predicted flight path of the aircraft; calculating predicted position and predicted attitude of the aircraft from aircraft speed, altitude, heading and acceleration; including in the display or the predicted flight path the predicted position and the predicted attitude of the aircraft at various points in time in a series of predicted positions along the predicted flight path; identifying each of a plurality of predicted positions of the aircraft by a symbol to produce a series of the symbols, each of the symbols having a common predetermined configuration in the form of a three-dimensioned object extending along the predicted flight path, the size of each symbol decreasing with increasing distance from the aircraft along the flight path; orienting each of the symbols to have an orientation corresponding to a predicted attitude of the aircraft at each of the predicted positions of the aircraft; and wherein each of said symbols is configured as a solid object having a top surface and a side surface visible on the display, the symbols being viewed from a position above the flight path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42)
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35. An apparatus for displaying aircraft flight space and flight guidance information including predicted flight path for an aircraft, comprising
a graphic computer and an image reproduction device operatively coupled to the computer to form a three-dimensional display of the flight space with at least one horizon and a predicted flight path of the aircraft wherein; -
the computer includes means responsive to aircraft speed, altitude, heading and acceleration for presenting predicted flight path, predicted position and predicted attitude of the aircraft in the display at various points in time in a series of positions along the predicted flight path; the image reproduction device provides symbols on said display the computer identifies a plurality of predicted positions of the aircraft by a series of the symbols, each of the symbols having a common predetermined configuration in the form of a three-dimensional object extending along the predicted flight path; the computer provides varying sizes for the symbols such that the sizes of the symbols decrease with increasing distance from the aircraft along the flight path; the symbols have orientations corresponding to a predicted attitude of the aircraft at each of the predicted positions of the aircraft; and wherein each of said symbols is configured as a solid object having a top surface and a side surface visible on the display, the symbols being viewed from a position above the flight path. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 43)
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