System and display element for displaying waypoint markers with integrated altitude constraint information

• Main Authors: HE, GANG, SUDDRETH, JOHN G, FEYEREISEN, THEA L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.03.2015
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

A flight deck display system for an aircraft includes a processor architecture configured to receive aircraft instrument data, waypoint restriction information, and position data for the aircraft and, based upon the received data, generate image rendering display commands. The system also includes a...