Heading awareness symbology for track centered primary flight displays
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorGang He
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Abstract
A method of providing heading awareness on a flight display is provided. The method comprises displaying a heading awareness symbology to indicate heading relative to track, and varying the prominence of the heading awareness symbology on a display element based on at least one sensed condition.
Claims26
A method of providing heading awareness on a flight display, comprising:
- displaying a heading awareness symbol to indicate heading relative to track;
- and
- varying the prominence of the heading awareness symbology on a display element based on at least one sensed condition.
A computer readable medium having computer readable executable instructions recorded thereon for performing a method of providing heading awareness on a flight display, the method comprising:
- calculating a location and a prominence of a heading awareness symbology for rendering on a display indicating heading relative to track based on travel data in received signals;
- outputting the calculated location and prominence of the heading awareness symbology to the display element for displaying the heading awareness symbology;
- updating the calculated location and prominence of the heading awareness symbology based on later received travel data;
- and
- outputting the updated location and prominence of the heading awareness symbology to the display element for varying the location and the prominence of the heading awareness symbology.
A graphics display system, comprising:
- one or more sensors adapted to obtain travel data;
- a display element for displaying flight symbology;
- and
- at least one processing unit adapted to calculate the prominence of a heading awareness symbology indicating heading relative to track based on the data obtained from the one or more sensors, the at least one processing unit being further adapted to send signals to the display element to display the heading awareness symbology with the calculated prominence, wherein the at least one processing unit updates the calculated prominence as the travel data is updated and sends signals to the display element to vary the prominence of the heading awareness symbology as the calculated prominence is updated.
A graphics display system, comprising:
- means for obtaining travel data;
- means for determining the prominence of a heading awareness symbology indicating heading relative to track based on the obtained travel data;
- means, responsive to the means for determining the prominence of the heading awareness symbology, for displaying the heading awareness symbology with the determined prominence;
- and
- means for varying the prominence of the heading awareness symbology based on at least one sensed condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.