US 8,428,872 B2Granted

System and method for entry of taxi route on control display unit

AssigneeThe Boeing Company

InventorsSamuel T. Clark, Robert P. Smith, Roglenda R. Bowe, Andrew D. Neff

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Abstract

A system and method is provided for receiving and displaying a taxiway navigation route on a control display unit having at least one entry field and a plurality of display lines. A plurality of taxi route segments are received from an entry field. The plurality of taxi route segments include at least a first taxi route segment and a second taxi route segment. The taxi route segments are assigned to separate display lines in the order in which the taxi route segments were received to form a taxiway navigation route. The taxi route segments are displayed on the control display unit in the order in which the taxi route segments were received. The display line in which the first taxi route segment is to be assigned can be selected. In addition, navigation data corresponding to the taxi route segments can be identified, retrieved, and assigned to the respective taxi route segment.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method of receiving and displaying a taxiway navigation route on a control display unit comprising a scratchpad and a plurality of display lines, the method comprising:

entering a plurality of taxi route segments into a scratchpad so that the plurality of taxi route segments are all simultaneously displayed in the scratchpad, wherein the plurality of taxi route segments comprises at least a first taxi route segment and a second taxi route segment;
then selecting a single display line select key to select a first display line associated with the single display line select key;
after selecting the single display line select key, automatically assigning the taxi route segments to separate display lines in the order in which the taxi route segments were received to form a taxiway navigation route, wherein the first taxi route segment is automatically assigned to the first display line, and the second taxi route segment is automatically assigned to a second display line;
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after assigning the taxi route segments to separate display lines, automatically displaying the taxi route segments on the control display unit in the order in which the taxi route segments were received, wherein the first taxi route segment is automatically displayed on the first display line, and the second taxi route segment is automatically displayed on the second display line.

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A system for receiving and displaying a taxiway navigation route on a control display unit, the system comprising:

a control display unit adapted to display data and receive user inputs comprising a scratchpad and a plurality of display lines, wherein the user can input into the scratchpad a plurality of taxi route segments comprising at least a first taxi route segment and a second taxi route segment so that the plurality of taxi route segments are all simultaneously displayed in the scratchpad;
a display line select key for selecting the first display line after the plurality of display lines are inputted into the scratchpad;
a processor in communication with the control display unit, wherein the processor is adapted to assign the plurality of taxi route segments to separate display lines in the order in which the taxi route segments were inputted to form a taxiway navigation route, wherein, when the display line select key is selected, the first taxi route segment is automatically assigned to the first display line, and the second taxi route segment is automatically assigned to the second display line;
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the processor is adapted to display the taxi route segments on the control display unit in the plurality of display lines in the order in which the taxi route segments were inputted, wherein, when the display line select key is selected, the first taxi route segment is automatically displayed in the first display line, and the second taxi route segment is automatically displayed in the second display line.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.