US Patent 7382284 Aircraft surface operations guidance on head up display

Patent 7382284 was granted and assigned to Rockwell Collins on June, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Rockwell Collins

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7382284

Date of Patent

June 3, 2008

Patent Application Number

10953227

Date Filed

September 29, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Toan N Pham

Patent abstract

The present invention is a method and system of aircraft surface operations guidance on a head up display. An aircraft surface operations guidance method includes the following steps. At time t1, a taxi guidance cue and a trend vector are displayed on a head up display of an aircraft. The taxi guidance cue represents a desired position of an aircraft control point of the aircraft at time t2. The trend vector represents a predicted path of the aircraft control point from time t1 to time t2 based on a state of the aircraft at time t1. The trend vector includes a tip representing a predicted position of the aircraft control point at time t2. The tip is maintained within the taxi guidance cue so that the aircraft control point may reach the desired position at time t2.