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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Sherwin S. Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Julianne M. Fox, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Neal D. Molloy, Vienna, VA (US);
John Wiedemann, Bothell, WA (US);
Sherwin S. Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Julianne M. Fox, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Neal D. Molloy, Vienna, VA (US);
John Wiedemann, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A flight information display for the flight deck of an aircraft showing a pictorial side view of the flight path or the area directly in front of the aircraft area having a selected distance of at least 0.5 nautical miles, comprising (a) a pictorial representation to scale of the profile of the highest elevations of a swath of terrain along said path or area, (b) an icon positioned on the left or right side of the display representing the aircraft, the altitude of which is to scale with the height of the terrain, and (c) an altitude reference scale; wherein the width of the swath is at least 0.1 nautical miles and no greater than the distance of the minimum accuracy of the means for determining the aircraft's location.