Process and device for aiding aerial navigation
US6163743A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C23/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to processes for aiding aerial navigation. According to the invention, there is proposed a process for aiding aerial navigation, using a flight management system (FMS) which carriers out a dialogue with the pilot by means of several interfaces which include at least one display screen. The flight management system displays on the screen a time-graduated abscissa axis, an altitude-graduated ordinate axis, and, in this system of axes, a plot representing a theoretical path of an aircraft. The flight management system scrolls the time axis and optionally the altitude axis in such a way that the origin of the axes at the instant of display represents, along the abscissa, the time at the instant of display and along the ordinate the altitude of the aircraft at this instant. The pilot thus obtains a better assessment of the time management of the flight.
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