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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

May. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Tomas Bouda, Brno, CZ;

Zdenek Eichler, Olomouc, CZ;

Pavel Klang, Brno, CZ;

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G09G 5/37 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/37 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G08G 5/0004 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/022 (2013.01); G09G 2380/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing visual assistance to a flight crew on an aircraft during flight. The method comprises generating a graphical user interface (GUI) element that displays a target aircraft symbol that represents a target aircraft and a horizontal range symbol that represents a pre-selected horizontal distance ahead of an ownship aircraft. The method further comprises positioning the target aircraft symbol at a variable position on the GUI element away from the horizontal range symbol, wherein the distance between the target aircraft symbol and the horizontal range symbol is proportional to an actual horizontal distance between the target aircraft position and the pre-selected horizontal distance ahead of the ownship aircraft; and causing the GUI element and the symbols to be displayed on a cockpit display.


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