Flight management systems and methods for use with an aerial vehicle
US7869943B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C23/005
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention provides, in some aspects, flight management systems and methods that generate three-dimensional (3D) graphical representations of airspace in a vicinity of an aircraft (e.g., in flight or during take-off). Such systems can include a display and a processor that drives the display to generate a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) depiction of flight path. In a first mode, the processor drives the display to generate a flexible highway-in-the-sky (HITS) fight path having an endpoint that is fixed to a destination and having an origin that moves relative to a current location of the aerial vehicle (e.g., a path that “stays” with the vehicle). In a second mode, the processor drives the display to generate a depiction of a fixed HITS flight path that is fixed as to origin and destination and that does not move relative to the craft.
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