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Airport display device

US6927782B2 · kind B2 · utility

27Cited by
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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 8, 2002
Grant dateAug 9, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G5/54
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The display device (1) comprises display means (2) comprising a screen (3), a data base (4) provided with data on the airport, an actuating system (5) for selecting a degree of zoom, a central unit (6) that controls the display means (2) such that it shows the airport on the screen (3) according to a scale value representative of a selected degree of zoom, and a means (10) making it possible to parameterize scale values. The display means (2) shows the airport solely in plan view on the screen (3), and the central unit (6) controls it such that it shows on the screen (3) details, according to one of a plurality of different levels of detail, each of the said levels of detail being dependent on the selected degree of zoom.

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