Method and apparatus for editing electronic flight plans
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPatrick Wipplinger, Thomas Grasse
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a flight plan for an aircraft. A set of projected flight plan parameters are displayed associated with a waypoint presented on a display of an aircraft data processing system. User input is received to form a set of actual flight plan parameters. A set of variances between the set of projected flight plan parameters and the set of actual flight plan parameters is displayed on a map in association with the waypoint.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for managing a flight plan for an aircraft, the computer implemented method comprising:
- displaying a set of projected flight plan parameters associated with a waypoint presented on a display of an aircraft data processing system;
- receiving user input to form a set of actual flight plan parameters;
- and
- displaying a set of variances between the set of projected flight plan parameters and the set of actual flight plan parameters on a map in association with the waypoint.
A data processing system comprising:
- a bus;
- a communications unit connected to the bus;
- a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device includes computer usable program code;
- and
- a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the computer usable program code to display a set of projected flight plan parameters associated with a waypoint presented on a display of an aircraft data processing system;
- receive user input to form a set of actual flight plan parameters;
- and display a set of variances between the set of projected flight plan parameters and the set of actual flight plan parameters on a map in association with the waypoint.
A computer program product for managing a flight plan for an aircraft, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable medium;
- program code, stored on the computer readable medium, for displaying a set of projected flight plan parameters associated with a waypoint presented on a display of an aircraft data processing system;
- program code, stored on the computer readable medium, for receiving user input to form a set of actual flight plan parameters;
- and
- program code, stored on the computer readable medium, for displaying a set of variances between the set of projected flight plan parameters and the set of actual flight plan parameters on a map in association with the waypoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.