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US 8,797,190 B2Granted
Method for displaying a user entered flight path
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDashiell Matthews Kolbe, Philip Dewing Sugimoto, Peter Jacob Conrardy
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Abstract
A method for selecting and displaying a flight path for an aircraft on a display of a flight deck of the aircraft that allows a user to input a selected flight path on a map displayed on the display. A final flight path will be displayed on the display of the flight deck that is based on the input of the selected flight path.
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A method for selecting and displaying a flight path for an aircraft on a touch screen display of a flight deck of the aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving a trace input indicative of a physically traced route on the touch screen display of a selected flight path on a map displayed on the touch screen display;
- generating a final flight path from the trace input and performance attributes of the aircraft wherein the final flight path can be flown by the aircraft;
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- displaying the final flight path on the touch screen display of the flight deck.
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