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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Pauly, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G01S 1/02 ; G06F 9/50 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/900 ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G01S 1/02 ; G06F 9/50 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/900 ; G06F / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for inserting a waypoint into a preexisting flight plan which includes selecting a waypoint on a graphical display of a portion of the flight plan and automatically generating a proposed changed flight plan based upon inserting the waypoint into the nearest leg of the flight plan.