Aircraft charting system with multi-touch interaction gestures for managing a route of an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAndre Lutz, Cindy Dorfmann, Jason W. Clark
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing a route for an aircraft or managing a map of an airport. The map is displayed on a display device. A movement of a number of fingers with respect to a number of aeronautical objects on the map is detected. The route for the aircraft is changed or information generated by an operation based on the number of aeronautical objects on the map is displayed in response to detecting the movement of the number of fingers with respect to the number of aeronautical objects on the map.
Claims20
A method for managing a route for an aircraft, the method comprising:
- displaying, using a map application in a computer system, the route for the aircraft on a map on a display device;
- detecting, using an input device, a sliding gesture from a first aeronautical object on the map to a second aeronautical object on the map, indicating a change to the route;
- generating, using the map application, a new route for the aircraft in response to detecting the sliding gesture;
- and
- displaying the new route on the display device.
A computer system, the computer system comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device;
- a storage device;
- program code stored on the storage device;
- and
- a processor unit configured to run the program code to:
- display a route for an aircraft on a map on the display device;
- detect a sliding gesture with respect to a number of aeronautical objects on the map;
- generate a new route for the aircraft in response to detecting the sliding gesture, and display the new route on the display device.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer recordable storage medium;
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for displaying a route for an aircraft on a map on a display device;
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for detecting a sliding gesture with respect to a number of aeronautical objects on the map;
- and
- program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for generating a new route for the aircraft in response to detecting the sliding gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.