Flight path inspection display
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorJacob G. Teague
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Abstract
A system for rendering flight path specific weather information receives mid-to-long range weather information and one or more flight paths. The weather information corresponding to each of the flight paths is segregated and divided into portions that may be rendered separately on a secondary display, reorganized to be enlarged to occupy the secondary display. Indicators of the aircraft location and destination are maintained on the secondary display with respect to the divided, reorganized flight paths. Each divided, reorganized flight path segment includes an artifice at a peripheral portion indicating where the flight path segments should be rejoined. Multiple flight paths may be processed and rendered to provide a detailed view of each path for pilot consideration.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving radar data;
- receiving a primary flight path;
- mapping the radar data to the primary flight path;
- dividing the primary flight path and corresponding radar data into at least two segments;
- and
- rendering the at least two segments onto a secondary display,
- wherein the at least two segments are disposed non-linearly and enlarged.
A system comprising:
- a display;
- and
- at least one processor in data communication with the display and a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one processor to:
- receive radar data;
- receive a primary flight path;
- map the radar data to the primary flight path;
- divide the primary flight path and corresponding radar data into at least two segments;
- apply an alignment artifice to each of the at least two segments indicating how corresponding segments at related;
- and
- render the at least two segments onto a secondary display,
- wherein the at least two segments are disposed non-linearly and enlarged.
A computer apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor in data communication with a display and a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one processor to:
- receiving radar data;
- receiving a primary flight path;
- mapping the radar data to the primary flight path;
- dividing the primary flight path and corresponding radar data into at least two segments;
- applying an alignment artifice to each of the at least two segments indicating how corresponding segments at related;
- rendering the at least two segments onto a secondary display;
- and
- rendering an aircraft location and aircraft destination in each of the at least two segments,
- wherein the at least two segments are disposed non-linearly and enlarged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.