Communications: electrical – Aircraft alarm or indicating systems – Flight alarm
Patent
1998-06-16
2000-11-28
Swarthout, Brent A.
Communications: electrical
Aircraft alarm or indicating systems
Flight alarm
340961, 340976, 701 14, 701 18, G08B 2300
Patent
active
061541516
ABSTRACT:
An integrated vertical situation display (IVSD) for an aircraft, and method of displaying vertical situation information, are disclosed herein. The IVSD includes an electronic display for displaying the vertical situation of the aircraft, input interfaces for receiving vertical profile information signals, and a processing circuit for reading the information signals and generating display signals applied to the display therefrom. The display has a vertical profile view area to display the vertical situation in front of, above, and below the aircraft. The information sources may include a flight management system, traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) and a ground proximity warning system. Vertical situations are displayed by visual indicia representing, for example, aircraft position, path angle, flight path, waypoints, TCAS targets, altitude preselect, decision height, runway, ground contour, and vertical speed. The integrated display minimizes the cognitive workload of the operator in assessing the total vertical situation.
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McElreath Kenneth W.
Pingsterhaus Scott A.
Eppele Kyle
Jensen Nathan O.
O'Shaughnessy James P.
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Swarthout Brent A.
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