# US 2014/0156115 A1 · Method for displaying an aeronautical flight plan comprising a step of displaying and selecting the tasks to be accomplished before a change of flight phase > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156115 A1 - Document ID: US20140156115A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/091,300 - Filed: 2013-11-26 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Applicants: Thales - Inventors: Bruno AYMERIC; Cecile ANDRE; Yannick LE ROUX - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156115A1 ## CPC - G08G 5/32: for flight plan preparation - G01C 23/005: {Flight directors (indicating arrangements specially adapted for rotary gyroscopes G01C19/32)} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G08G 5/21: located onboard the aircraft - G08G 5/34: for flight plan modification - G08G 5/53: for cruising - G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The general field of the invention is that of methods of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan for an aircraft avionics system. Said system comprises means for computing said flight plan, a system for managing the tasks necessary for the accomplishment of said flight plan, a visualization device displaying a graphical representation of said flight plan and a man-machine interface able to carry out selections, modifications or additions in the information contained in said graphical representation, said selections, modifications and additions being taken into account by the task management system. The graphical representation comprises a timeline on which feature at least the various phases of the flight plan and the corresponding information. The method comprises a step of displaying at least one first interactive graphical icon, representative of the overall state of progress of the tasks to be performed before a change of flight phase. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan for an aircraft avionics system, said system comprising means for computing and generating said flight plan, a system for managing the tasks necessary for the accomplishment of said flight plan, a visualization device displaying a graphical representation of said flight plan and a man-machine interface able to carry out selections, modifications or additions in the information contained in said graphical representation, said selections, modifications and additions being taken into account by the task management system, said graphical representation comprising a timeline on which feature at least the various phases of the flight plan and the information corresponding to said phases, wherein the method comprises a step of displaying at least one first interactive graphical icon, representative of the overall state of progress of the tasks to be performed before a change of flight phase. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 1, wherein the selection by means of the man-machine interface of said first interactive graphical icon gives rise to the opening of a first graphical window comprising the namelist of the tasks to be accomplished, with each task is associated a second interactive graphical icon representative of the state of progress of said task. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 2, wherein the selection by means of the man-machine interface of a second interactive graphical icon gives rise to the opening of a second graphical window comprising the information list representative of the task associated with this second graphical icon, said information being able to be validated, modified or supplemented. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 1, wherein, when the overall state of progress of the tasks to be performed before the change of flight phase is judged inadequate by the avionics system of the aircraft, an alarm is triggered. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 1, wherein, when the flight phase is engaged although the set of tasks to be performed before the change of flight phase has not been performed in full, an indication of overriding is given to the system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 1, wherein, the carrying out of the set of tasks to be performed before the change of flight phase requests a determined time, as soon as the time remaining before the change of phase is close to said determined time, the system implements means to forewarn the crew. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Method of graphical representation, modification and validation of an aeronautical flight plan according to claim 1, wherein the man-machine interface is a touch-sensitive surface arranged on the visualization device.