公开(公告)号：US08185301B1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US11781262

申请日：2007-07-22

申请人： Jeffrey M. Simon

发明人： Jeffrey M. Simon

IPC分类号： G05D1/02 ,  G06F17/10 ,  G06G7/78

CPC分类号： G01C23/005 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  G08G5/045

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, aviation navigational systems and methods for cockpit display of traffic information that generate intuitive three-dimensional graphical representations of air traffic (and/or other potential conflicts) in the vicinity of an aircraft in flight, as well as during take-off and landing. These systems and methods provide improved awareness of potential conflicts, offering in the cockpit an immediate understanding of the significance of potential conflicts, e.g., vis-à-vis their nature, direction, and time to visual contact. Thus, according to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an aviation navigational system that generates a 3D representation of the airspace in the vicinity of an aircraft and, relative to that representation, a representation of air traffic in that airspace. In related aspects of the invention, the 3D representation of the airspace is relative to the aircraft position in that airspace, the representation of the air traffic in that airspace is relative to a viewer on that aircraft.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一些方面提供了用于驾驶舱显示交通信息的航空导航系统和方法，其产生在飞行中的飞机附近的空中交通（和/或其他潜在冲突）的直观的三维图形表示，以及 起飞和着陆期间。 这些系统和方法提高了对潜在冲突的认识，提供驾驶舱，以便立即了解潜在冲突的重要性，例如对其性质，方向和视觉接触的时间。 因此，根据本发明的一个方面，提供了一种航空导航系统，其在飞机附近产生空域的3D表示，并且相对于该表示形成在该空域中的空中交通的表示。 在本发明的相关方面，空域的3D表示相对于该空域中的飞机位置，该空域中的空中交通的表示相对于该飞机上的观察者。

公开(公告)号：US07869943B1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US11963763

申请日：2007-12-21

申请人： Jeffrey M. Simon

发明人： Jeffrey M. Simon

IPC分类号： G01C21/00

CPC分类号： G01C23/005

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, flight management systems and methods that generate three-dimensional (3D) graphical representations of airspace in a vicinity of an aircraft (e.g., in flight or during take-off). Such systems can include a display and a processor that drives the display to generate a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) depiction of flight path. In a first mode, the processor drives the display to generate a flexible highway-in-the-sky (HITS) fight path having an endpoint that is fixed to a destination and having an origin that moves relative to a current location of the aerial vehicle (e.g., a path that “stays” with the vehicle). In a second mode, the processor drives the display to generate a depiction of a fixed HITS flight path that is fixed as to origin and destination and that does not move relative to the craft.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一些方面提供了飞行管理系统和方法，其生成在飞行器附近（例如在飞行中或在起飞期间）的空域的三维（3D）图形表示。 这样的系统可以包括显示器和驱动显示器以产生飞行路径的二维（2D）或三维（3D）描绘的处理器。 在第一模式中，处理器驱动显示器以产生灵活的空中公路（HITS）飞行路径，其具有固定到目的地并且具有相对于飞行器的当前位置移动的原点的端点 （例如，与车辆“停留”的路径）。 在第二模式中，处理器驱动显示器以产生固定的HITS飞行路径的描绘，固定的起点和目的地并且相对于飞行器不移动。

公开(公告)号：US08032267B1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-04

申请号：US11781258

申请日：2007-07-22

申请人： Jeffrey M. Simon

发明人： Jeffrey M. Simon

IPC分类号： G05D1/00

CPC分类号： G01C23/005 ,  G05D1/105

摘要： The invention provides, in one aspect, aviation navigational and/or flight management systems and methods that accommodate emergencies requiring provide real-time, built-in guidance to a nearest reachable airport. Related aspects of the invention provide such systems as respond to an operator alert, e.g., pressing of a button, by provide a graphical representation of the flight path to a nearest reachable airport. Further related aspects of the invention provide such systems as take geography into account in (i) identifying a nearest reachable airport, and (ii) determining a path to that airport. Still further related aspects of the invention provide such system as take characteristics of the host aircraft, weather and other externalities into account (i) identifying a nearest reachable airport, and (ii) determining a path to that airport. Other aspects of the invention provide systems as described above that, additionally, accommodate real-time radar vectoring operations and/or course deviation information from a predetermined flight plan between an origin location and a desired final destination.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一个方面提供了适应紧急情况的航空导航和/或飞行管理系统和方法，其需要向最近的可达机场提供实时的内置指导。 本发明的相关方面通过提供到最近的可到达机场的飞行路线的图形表示来提供诸如响应于操作员警报的系统，例如按下按钮。 本发明的进一步的相关方面提供了这样的系统，例如在（i）识别最近的可达机场中考虑地理学，以及（ii）确定到该机场的路径。 本发明的进一步的相关方面提供了这样的系统，以考虑主机的特征，天气和其他外部性，以考虑（i）识别最近的可达机场，以及（ii）确定到该机场的路径。 本发明的其它方面提供了如上所述的系统，其另外还包括来自原始位置和期望的最终目的地之间的预定飞行计划的实时雷达矢量化操作和/或航向偏差信息。