Airport taxiway navigation system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsReagan Doose, Richard W. Ellerbrock, Glade L. Hulet, John M. Jaugilas, Matthew T. Majka
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Abstract
A method and system for providing taxiway navigational information to a crewmember of an airplane taxiing at an airport. An airport taxiway navigation system (“ATNS”) that executes on an onboard computer system that displays a map of the taxiways of an airport, receives the name of each taxiway of the taxi route specified by the taxi clearance, and highlights the taxiways on a displayed map to provide a visual indication of the cleared taxi route for the crewmembers.
Claims77
A method in an onboard computer for providing information to a crewmember of an aircraft for use in taxiing at an airport, the method comprising:
- displaying a map of the airport, the map showing taxiways of the airport;
- receiving a taxi route specifying taxiways that the aircraft is to use to taxi at the airport, as specified by a taxi clearance provided by ground control;
- and
- highlighting on the displayed map the taxiways of the received taxi route.
An onboard computer for providing information for navigating a vehicle at an airport, comprising:
- a component that displays a map of the airport that shows the ways of the airport;
- a component that receives a specification of the ways over which the vehicle is to travel at the airport;
- and
- a component that highlights the ways on the displayed map.
A method in a computer system for displaying a map of an airport, the method comprising:
- selecting a runway of the airport;
- and
- displaying the map of the airport so that the selected runway is aligned substantially vertically and centered substantially horizontally on the displayed map.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to provide information to a crewmember of an aircraft, by a method comprising:
- receiving a taxi route specifying taxiways on which the aircraft is to taxi at an airport;
- and
- highlighting the taxiways of the received taxi route on a map of the airport.
A computer that provides information to a crewmember of an aircraft, comprising:
- means for receiving a taxi route specifying taxiways on which the aircraft is to taxi at an airport;
- and
- means for highlighting the taxiways of the received taxi route on a map of the airport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.