Inventors:
Peter Lyons - Albuquerque NM, US
Jeffrey D. Bethel - Albuquerque NM, US
Constantinos Kyriakos - Albuquerque NM, US
Sean Rieb - Albuquerque NM, US
Brian Turner - Albuquerque NM, US
David Berlin - Albuquerque NM, US
William Brodegard - Albuquerque NM, US
Tony Malerich - Albuquerque NM, US
Penny Heinz - Albuquerque NM, US
International Classification:
G01C 23/00, G06T 1/00, G08B 23/00
US Classification:
340970, 340971, 340977, 345428
Abstract:
The present general inventive concept relates to methods and systems to select and display information on an avionics display screen. The systems and methods allow for the selection and display of information using knobs to highlight and select the desired information for display, eliminating the need for a cursor function. The systems and methods also provide for multiple pages and/or multiple windows or “tiles” within these pages and/or windows simultaneously on a single screen of a display, with each window, page, and/or tile being fully controlled independently when selected. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to provide multiple cues on an electronic display system altitude tape to a pilot in advance and impending approach to a predefined altitude. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to employ variable resolution topographical data based on display range for an avionics navigation display.