System and method to provide progressive taxi instructions and alerts on cockpit display

A method in a flight deck system in an aircraft for providing progressive taxiing guidance to a destination at an aerodrome per taxi clearance information, the method comprising:

• generating a graphical insert to overlay a small portion of an active navigation display provided on a display device in a cockpit of the aircraft, the graphical insert configured to provide a progressive depiction of upcoming travel surfaces on a cleared taxi route using stick characters and alphanumeric characters, the graphical insert comprising a non-linear map with non-linear scaling of an area in front of the aircraft, the non-linear map including a first map section that applies a first scaling factor, a second map section that applies a second scaling factor that is smaller than the first scaling factor, a current travel surface alphanumeric indicator, and a current travel surface stick character that is representative of a current travel surface on which the aircraft travels;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a crossing travel surface sign representing a crossing travel surface that intersects the current travel surface;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a first-turn travel surface stick character representing a first-turn travel surface that intersects the current travel surface, wherein the first-turn travel surface is the next travel surface after the current travel surface on the cleared taxi route;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a second-turn travel surface stick character representing a second-turn travel surface that intersects the first-turn travel surface, wherein the second-turn travel surface is the next travel surface after the first-turn travel surface on the cleared taxi route;
• updating the position of the crossing travel surface sign, the first-turn travel surface stick character, and/or the second-turn travel surface stick character as the aircraft travels on travel surfaces;
• and
• causing the graphical insert to be displayed as an overlay over the small portion of the active navigation display provided on the display device while the aircraft travels on travel surfaces.

Non-transitory computer readable media encoded with programming instructions configurable to cause a processor in a flight deck system in an aircraft to perform a method for providing progressive taxiing guidance to a destination at an aerodrome per taxi clearance information, the method comprising:

• generating a graphical insert to overlay a small portion of an active navigation display provided on a display device in a cockpit of the aircraft, the graphical insert configured to provide a progressive depiction of upcoming travel surfaces on a cleared taxi route using stick characters and alphanumeric characters, the graphical insert comprising a non-linear map with non-linear scaling of an area in front of the aircraft, the non-linear map including a first map section that applies a first scaling factor, a second map section that applies a second scaling factor that is smaller than the first scaling factor, a current travel surface alphanumeric indicator, and a current travel surface stick character that is representative of a current travel surface on which the aircraft travels;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a crossing travel surface sign representing a crossing travel surface that intersects the current travel surface;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a first-turn travel surface stick character representing a first-turn travel surface that intersects the current travel surface, wherein the first-turn travel surface is the next travel surface after the current travel surface on the cleared taxi route;
• positioning, on the graphical insert based on an applicable scaling factor, a second-turn travel surface stick character representing a second-turn travel surface that intersects the first-turn travel surface, wherein the second-turn travel surface is the next travel surface after the first-turn travel surface on the cleared taxi route;
• updating the position of the crossing travel surface sign, the first-turn travel surface stick character, and/or the second-turn travel surface stick character as the aircraft travels on travel surfaces;
• and
• causing the graphical insert to be displayed as an overlay over the small portion of the active navigation display provided on the display device while the aircraft travels on travel surfaces.