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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Ebert, Catawissa, MO (US);
James V Leonard, St. Charles, MO (US);
Gregory S Van Dyke, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
McDonnell Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701-1 ; 701-3 ; 340945 ; 324537 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method providing an electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store for controlling data transmissions therebetween. The aircraft has a visual display of video signals received from the associated store. The electrical interface includes circuitry for generating a menu of the commands available to an operator of the aircraft and for generating a cursor associated with the menu. The electrical interface overlays the menu and cursor on the display to provide a user friendly electrical interface.