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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Jason W. Clark, Evergreen, CO (US);
Thorsten Wiesemann, Hofheim am Tanus, DE;
Cindy Dorfmann, Darmstadt, DE;
Jason W. Clark, Evergreen, CO (US);
Thorsten Wiesemann, Hofheim am Tanus, DE;
Cindy Dorfmann, Darmstadt, DE;
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a minimum safe altitude indication on an aircraft display is described. The method includes utilizing current aircraft heading and position data to generate a location and orientation for an own-ship depiction with respect to an aircraft display, utilizing the current position data, along with terrain data, to generate minimum safe altitude data for an area surrounding the aircraft, and displaying on the aircraft display, about the location for own-ship depiction, the minimum safe altitudes surrounding the aircraft.