Control system providing perspective flight guidance

Details Control system providing perspective flight guidance Control system providing perspective flight guidance

2006-03-07

2006-03-07

Hernandez, Olga (Department: 2144)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Aeronautical vehicle

C701S007000, C701S008000, C701S009000, C701S010000, C701S014000, C701S200000, C701S202000, C701S210000, C701S211000, C701S001000, C340S945000, C244S075100, C244S07600R

Reexamination Certificate

active

07010398

ABSTRACT:
A flight guidance system providing perspective flight guidance symbology using positioning and terrain information provides increased pilot situational awareness of the pilot's aircraft. The guidance system uses a positioning system and a detailed mapping system to provide a perspective display for use in an aircraft. A precision pathway flight guidance (PFG) symbology set is thereby displayed on a pilot display. The PFG symbology set includes broken line symbols representing an open tunnel and providing flow field data, a half-bracket symbol to indicate that the aircraft is no longer in the open tunnel represented by the broken line symbols and a quickened flight path vector (QFPV) symbol to provide the pilot with predictive flight path information. A flight director system and tunnel generator component provide for updating the displayed PDFG symbology set based upon current aircraft conditions (e.g., aircraft position) and stored flight path information.

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