Methods, devices, and systems for automatic flight logs
AssigneeGarmin Ltd.
InventorMatthew C. Burch
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for automatic flight logs. One method includes receiving one or more location data points associated with a flight, automatically recording the one or more location data points in a flight log, and allowing access through a display user-interface to view and operate on the flight log. Receiving the one or more location data points includes obtaining the location data points from a global positioning system (GPS).
Claims19
A computer readable medium having a set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions comprising instructions for:
- commencing a flight log record upon a first event, wherein commencing a flight log record upon a first event includes automatically commencing the flight log record when an aircraft exceeds a predetermined speed and a predetermined altitude;
- ending a flight log record upon a second event, wherein ending a flight log record includes automatically ending the flight log record when an aircraft decelerates to less than a predetermined speed and descends to less than a predetermined altitude;
- and
- accessing the flight log record via a user interface, such that commencing, ending, and accessing may be performed on a single device running the set of computer readable instructions.
A computer readable medium having a set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions comprising instructions for:
- automatically commencing a flight log record when an aircraft exceeds a predetermined speed and a predetermined altitude;
- automatically ending the flight log record when the aircraft decelerates to less than the predetermined speed and descends to less than the predetermined altitude;
- accessing the flight log record via a user interface;
- editing flight log entries through the user interface;
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- wherein the operations of commencing, ending, accessing, and editing are all performed by a single stand alone set of computer readable instructions.
A computer readable medium having a set of computer readable instructions, the set of computer readable instructions comprising instructions for:
- commencing a flight log record upon a first event;
- ending a flight log record upon a second event;
- accessing the flight log record via a user interface;
- and
- appending one flight log record to another when an aircraft is grounded less than a set period of time between a previous and a next flight log record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.