Communications: electrical – Aircraft alarm or indicating systems – Nonalarm flight indicator
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-14
2007-08-14
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Aircraft alarm or indicating systems
Nonalarm flight indicator
C340S975000, C340S979000, C340S995270, C701S014000, C701S018000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10882800
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for aircraft flight control instructions are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes displaying at a display medium a map of a region at least proximate to an aircraft and displaying an aircraft indicator at least proximate to the map. The aircraft indicator can identify current location of the aircraft, and its location relative to the map can be updated as the aircraft executes a flight. The method can further include displaying at least proximate to the map an indication of a current mode by which a path of the aircraft is currently being automatically controlled.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3191147 (1965-06-01), Majendie
patent: 4196474 (1980-04-01), Buchanan et al.
patent: 4212064 (1980-07-01), Forsythe
patent: 4247843 (1981-01-01), Miller
patent: 4274096 (1981-06-01), Dennnison
patent: 4325123 (1982-04-01), Graham
patent: 4631678 (1986-12-01), Angermuller et al.
patent: 4792906 (1988-12-01), King
patent: 4860007 (1989-08-01), Konicke
patent: 5050081 (1991-09-01), Abbott et al.
patent: 5070458 (1991-12-01), Gilmore et al.
patent: 5243339 (1993-09-01), Graham et al.
patent: 5329277 (1994-07-01), Dougan et al.
patent: 5337982 (1994-08-01), Sherry
patent: 5416705 (1995-05-01), Barnett
patent: 5420582 (1995-05-01), Kubbat
patent: 5454074 (1995-09-01), Hartel
patent: 5475594 (1995-12-01), Oder et al.
patent: 5499025 (1996-03-01), Middleton et al.
patent: 5519392 (1996-05-01), Oder et al.
patent: 5523949 (1996-06-01), Agate et al.
patent: 5668542 (1997-09-01), Wright
patent: 5715163 (1998-02-01), Bang
patent: 5739769 (1998-04-01), Vladimir
patent: 5844503 (1998-12-01), Riley et al.
patent: 5875998 (1999-03-01), Gleine
patent: 5940013 (1999-08-01), Vladimir et al.
patent: 5978715 (1999-11-01), Briffe
patent: 5995901 (1999-11-01), Owen et al.
patent: 6038498 (2000-03-01), Briffe et al.
patent: 6057786 (2000-05-01), Briffe
patent: 6067502 (2000-05-01), Hayashida et al.
patent: 6072473 (2000-06-01), Muller et al.
patent: 6085129 (2000-07-01), Schardt et al.
patent: 6098014 (2000-08-01), Kranz
patent: 6112141 (2000-08-01), Briffe et al.
patent: 6118385 (2000-09-01), Leard
patent: 6154151 (2000-11-01), McElreath et al.
patent: 6175315 (2001-01-01), Millard et al.
patent: 6188937 (2001-02-01), Sherry
patent: 6246320 (2001-06-01), Monroe
patent: 6262720 (2001-07-01), Jeffrey
patent: 6275172 (2001-08-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 6278913 (2001-08-01), Jiang
patent: 6313759 (2001-11-01), Musland-Sipper
patent: 6314366 (2001-11-01), Farmakis et al.
patent: 6335694 (2002-01-01), Beksa et al.
patent: 6346892 (2002-02-01), DeMers et al.
patent: 6362750 (2002-03-01), Castor
patent: 6381519 (2002-04-01), Snyder
patent: 6381538 (2002-04-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 6389333 (2002-05-01), Hansman
patent: 6443399 (2002-09-01), Yount et al.
patent: 6466235 (2002-10-01), Smith et al.
patent: 6473675 (2002-10-01), Sample
patent: 6512527 (2003-01-01), Barber et al.
patent: 6542796 (2003-04-01), Gibbs et al.
patent: 6556902 (2003-04-01), Ing
patent: 6633810 (2003-10-01), Qureshi et al.
patent: 6636786 (2003-10-01), Partel
patent: 6668215 (2003-12-01), Lafon et al.
patent: 6690299 (2004-02-01), Suiter
patent: 6696980 (2004-02-01), Langner et al.
patent: 6697718 (2004-02-01), Le Draoullec et al.
patent: 6707387 (2004-03-01), Noguchi et al.
patent: 6720891 (2004-04-01), Chen
patent: 6745113 (2004-06-01), Griffin
patent: 6753891 (2004-06-01), Chohan et al.
patent: 6856864 (2005-02-01), Gibbs et al.
patent: 6870490 (2005-03-01), Sherry et al.
patent: 6871124 (2005-03-01), McElreath
patent: 6934608 (2005-08-01), Qureshi
patent: 6980198 (2005-12-01), Gyde et al.
patent: 7030892 (2006-04-01), Gyde et al.
patent: 7142131 (2006-11-01), Sikora
patent: 2002/0004695 (2002-01-01), Glenn et al.
patent: 2002/0016654 (2002-02-01), Ing et al.
patent: 2002/0033837 (2002-03-01), Monro
patent: 2003/0025719 (2003-02-01), Palmer et al.
patent: 2003/0058134 (2003-03-01), Sherry
patent: 2003/0132860 (2003-07-01), Feyereisen
patent: 2003/0225492 (2003-12-01), Cope et al.
patent: 2004/0059474 (2004-03-01), Boorman
patent: 2004/0095466 (2004-05-01), Galasso
patent: 2004/0111192 (2004-06-01), Naimer et al.
patent: 2004/0183697 (2004-09-01), Rogers et al.
patent: 2004/0254691 (2004-12-01), Subelet
patent: 2005/0178903 (2005-08-01), Boorman et al.
patent: 2006/0004496 (2006-01-01), Tucker et al.
patent: 3315386 (1984-10-01), None
patent: 0 286 120 (1988-10-01), None
patent: 0 370 640 (1990-05-01), None
patent: 0 489 521 (1991-11-01), None
patent: 2817831 (2002-06-01), None
patent: 2848306 (2004-06-01), None
patent: 886136 (1962-01-01), None
patent: WO-02/24530 (2002-03-01), None
patent: WO-2004/027732 (2004-04-01), None
U.S. Appl. No. 10/746,883, filed Aug. 18, 2005, Boorman.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/746,912, filed Jun. 30, 2005, Boorman.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/787,644, filed Sep. 1, 2005, Tafs et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,588, Sep. 15, 2005, Griffin, III et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,749, filled Sep. 15, 2005, Sandell et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/814,369, filed Oct. 6, 2005, Chen et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/814,494, filed Oct. 13, 2005, Gunn et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/815,034, filed Oct. 20, 2005, Crane et al.
777 Flight deck (1 page); http://www.meriweather.com/777/777—main.html; [Accessed Jan. 28, 2003].
Hutchins, Edwin, “The Integrated Mode Management Interface,” Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, Sep. 17, 1996.
Lindenfeld, “What is an FMS?”, Flight Management Systems (5 pages); http:://www.ultranet.com/˜marzgold//FAQ-FMS.html; [Accessed Jun. 3, 2002].
Meriweather's Flight Deck Acronyms & Definitions (4 pages); http://www.meriweather.com/fd/def.html; [Accessed Jun. 3, 2002].
Tucker et al., “Enhanced Vertical Situation Display”, filed Jun. 30, 2004, 11 pgs.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/860,760, filed Oct. 5, 2006, Sikora et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/881,024, filed Jan. 5, 2006, Griffin, III et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/882,101, filed Jan. 5, 2006, Griffin, III et al.
Painter et al., “Decision Support For the General Aviation Pilot,” Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Simulation, Orlando, FL, Oct. 12-15, 1997, pp. 88-93.
Boorman Daniel J.
Bresley William M.
Griffin, III John C.
Gunn Peter D.
Mumaw Randall J.
Hofsass Jeffery
Lai Anne V
Perkins Coie LLP
The Boeing Company
LandOfFree
Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Methods and systems for graphically displaying sources for... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3881629