AUTOMATIC FROM-WAYPOINT UPDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A system and method for providing automatic from-waypoint updating includes determining when a flight plan has been received that includes rendering a lateral map image that includes an aircraft icon and a flight leg to be captured. A variable position user input device supplies a signal representat...

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Main Authors MEEKER, John, WYATT, Ivan Sandy, GANNON, Aaron James
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.08.2021
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
SURVEYING
TESTING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:A system and method for providing automatic from-waypoint updating includes determining when a flight plan has been received that includes rendering a lateral map image that includes an aircraft icon and a flight leg to be captured. A variable position user input device supplies a signal representative of its position. A processor processes the signal from the variable position user input device and commands a display device to render a trajectory line graphic that (a) extends from the aircraft icon in a direction that corresponds to the position of the variable user input device and (b) intersects the at least one flight leg to be captured. The flight plan is automatically updated to designate the waypoint at the start of the at least one flight leg as a from-waypoint.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20190178555