System and method for electronic moving map and aeronautical context display

US8645056B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Patrick Wipplinger · Mörfelden, DE
• Jens Schiefele · Wiesbaden, DE
• Thorsten Wiesemann · Hessen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L41/22
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method for controlling a display of geographical data on a primary display device to assist in navigating a mobile platform such as an aircraft, ship, train, land-based motor vehicle, etc. The system includes a graphical user interface module (GUI) for receiving a plurality of user inputs, and an image control module. The GUI generates a primary display of the complete route being traveled on the primary display device. If the entire route does not fit on the display device, then the image control module generates data that the GUI uses to generate a context display on the primary display device. The context display presents the entire route as a smaller image on the primary display device, simultaneously with the primary display. The user inputs for the GUI enable the user to zoom, pan and perform other image control operations on either the primary display or the context display.