Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information

US8504223B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Daniel J. Boorman · Woodinville, US
• William M. Bresley · Seattle, US
• John Griffin · Phoenix, US
• Peter D. Gunn · Bellevue, US
• Randall J. Mumaw · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01D7/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information are disclosed. In one embodiment, information corresponding to a vertical motion of the aircraft can be displayed between information corresponding to a lateral motion of the aircraft and information corresponding to an airspeed of the aircraft. The information displayed can include a current mode for controlling the motion of the aircraft, a current target to which the aircraft is being directed and, at least proximate to both the current mode and the current target, a subsequent target to which the aircraft will be directed after attaining the current target.