System and method for graphically displaying aircraft traffic information
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsSubash Samuthirapandian, Markus Alan Johnson, Ronald Brian Wayman
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Abstract
Presented herein is a system and method for graphically displaying aircraft traffic information. The system comprises an Operating Company Symbology database and a display system coupled to a processor that is configured to (1) receive traffic information; (2) determine the Operating Company Symbology from the received traffic information; (3) receive a selection of an aircraft or traffic information including at least one of the Flight ID, Operating Company, or Surface Traffic; (4) graphically render aircraft symbology and the associated traffic information on the display.
Claims20
A method for graphically displaying traffic information on an aircraft display, the method comprising:
- receiving traffic information;
- rendering aircraft symbology that is graphically representative of at least one aircraft;
- Selecting traffic information including at least one of the Flight ID, Operating Company, and Surface Traffic;
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- rendering graphical representations of the selected traffic information in association with the aircraft symbology.
A method for graphically displaying traffic information associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving traffic information;
- rendering aircraft symbology that is graphically representative of at least one aircraft within a display radius;
- selecting an aircraft symbol;
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- rendering graphical representations of a Flight ID and Operating Company Symbology associated with the selected aircraft symbology.
A system for graphically displaying traffic information on a display, comprising:
- an avionics display;
- an operating company symbology database;
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- a processor coupled to the avionics display and configured to (1) receive traffic information;
- (2) determine the Operating Company Symbology from the received traffic information;
- (3) graphically render aircraft symbology and the associated Operating Company Symbology on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.