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Aircraft charting system with multi-touch interaction gestures for managing a route of an aircraft

US8552889B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Andre Lutz · Strasbourg, FR
Cindy Dorfmann · Darmstadt, DE
Jason W. Clark · Evergreen, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 18, 2010
Grant date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing a route for an aircraft or managing a map of an airport. The map is displayed on a display device. A movement of a number of fingers with respect to a number of aeronautical objects on the map is detected. The route for the aircraft is changed or information generated by an operation based on the number of aeronautical objects on the map is displayed in response to detecting the movement of the number of fingers with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map.

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