Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090291418 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed that permits a user to interactively and graphically design a company route to be traveled by a vehicle such as an airplane. Alternatively or additionally, a system and method are disclosed that permits a user to interactively and graphically conduct a virtual travel through, such a virtual fly through, a company route to be traveled by a vehicle such as an airplane. | 11-26-2009 |
20120010765 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PROCEDURE TO AN AIRCRAFT OPERATOR DURING A FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT - A system is disclosed for displaying a procedure to an aircraft operator during a flight of an aircraft. The system includes, but is not limited to, a display unit, a data storage unit that is configured to store the procedure, an input unit, and a processor that is communicatively connected to the display unit, to the data storage unit and to the input unit. The processor is configured to obtain the procedure from the data storage unit, to receive an input from the input unit, and to control the display unit to display the procedure as a vertical profile having a compressed portion and an expanded portion, the expanded portion corresponding to the input. | 01-12-2012 |
20120215505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VEHICLE MOVEMENT PATH SIMULATION OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for rendering a vehicle movement path simulation over a network. The system comprises data sources including weather data, terrain data, navigation data and vehicle performance data. The system also comprises a client computing device configured to send a request for vehicle movement path simulation data, and a server in communication with the one or more data sources and the client computing device. The server comprises a processor configured to receive the request for vehicle movement path simulation data and deliver the vehicle movement path simulation data to the client computing device via the network. A method comprises determining a geographic position from the movement plan and retrieving data associated with the geographic position from the data sources. The method further comprises creating view volume data from the retrieved data and transmitting the view volume data over the network to a client computing device. | 08-23-2012 |
20120221305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SELECTED PORTIONS OF A MOVEMENT PATH SIMULATION OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for obtaining a vehicle movement path simulation over a network. The system comprises data sources including weather data, terrain data, navigation data and vehicle performance data. The system also comprises a client computing device configured to send a request for vehicle movement path simulation data, and a server in communication with the one or more data sources and the client computing device. The server comprises a processor configured to receive the request for vehicle movement path simulation data and deliver the vehicle movement path simulation data to the client computing device via the network. A method comprises determining a geographic position from the movement plan and retrieving data associated with the geographic position from the data sources. The method further comprises creating view volume data from the retrieved data and transmitting the view volume data over the network to the client computing device. | 08-30-2012 |
20120310450 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BRIEFING AIRCRAFT PROCEDURES - Methods and systems are provided for providing procedure information associated with an aircraft procedure onboard an aircraft. An exemplary method involves obtaining a briefing sequence for the aircraft procedure and providing the procedure information via the output device, wherein the procedure information is provided in accordance with the briefing sequence. When the output device is realized as an audio output device, the procedure information is sequentially provided auditorily via the audio output device. In one or more embodiments, the procedure information is sequentially indicated on a display device onboard the aircraft in concert with the auditorily provided procedure information. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310524 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING PROCEDURE INFORMATION ON AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY - Methods and systems are provided for presenting information on a display device associated with an aircraft. An exemplary method involves displaying a navigational map on the display device, obtaining status information for the aircraft, determining an amount of procedure information to be displayed based at least in part on the status information, and displaying the determined amount of aircraft procedure information on the display device overlying the navigational map. The procedure information prescribes operation of the aircraft during execution of an aircraft procedure. | 12-06-2012 |
20140365040 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BRIEFING AIRCRAFT PROCEDURES - Methods and systems are provided for providing procedure information associated with an aircraft procedure onboard an aircraft. An exemplary method involves obtaining a briefing sequence for the aircraft procedure and providing the procedure information via the output device, wherein the procedure information is provided in accordance with the briefing sequence. When the output device is realized as an audio output device, the procedure information is sequentially provided auditorily via the audio output device. In one or more embodiments, the procedure information is sequentially indicated on a display device onboard the aircraft in concert with the auditorily provided procedure information. | 12-11-2014 |
20150276409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF AERODROME SURFACE MOVEMENT MODELS - A method and system are provided to generate aerodrome surface area node-link graphs. The terminal area network generator provided constructs terminal area networks from reliable terminal area node-links that do not require further manual processing. The exemplary embodiment is compatible with the AIRAC cycle. | 10-01-2015 |