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US 8,078,344 B2Granted
System and method for displaying the protected airspace associated with a circle-to-land maneuver
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Dwyer, Aaron J. Gannon
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Abstract
A display system and method for an aircraft displays, in real-time, the protected airspace associated with a CTL maneuver. The system processes aircraft approach category data and determines the protected airspace based at least in part on the processed aircraft approach category. An image representative of the determined protected airspace is displayed on the aircraft flight deck display system.
Claims13
A flight deck display system for an aircraft, comprising:
- a processor configured to receive data representative of an aircraft approach category at an airport and configured, in response thereto, to supply one or more protected airspace image rendering display commands;
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- a display device coupled to receive the protected airspace image rendering display commands and configured, in response thereto, to render an image representative of overall area of a protected airspace associated with the aircraft approach category for the airport,
- wherein the display device displays the overall area of the protected airspace as a geometric shape formed of a single, contiguous boundary line that includes arc segments and straight lines that are tangent to predetermined points on each arc segment, each arc segment having a fixed radius that depends on the aircraft approach category at the airport.
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