Method for the temporal display of the mission of an aircraft

摘要

The general field of the invention is that of methods for displaying the steps of a mission or of a flight plan of an aircraft on a screen of a display device. The different steps of the method are displayed in a first graphical window comprising a time scale or “timeline”, the different steps being displayed opposite the schedule corresponding to their accomplishment. This window can be associated with a cartographic view of the flight plan. It can comprise a “magnifier” function.

主权项

1. A method for displaying stages of a mission of an aircraft on a screen of a display device, the method comprising:
displaying a first graphical window comprising a time scale, the stages being displayed in the time scale, the stages being displayed opposite a schedule of time indications in the time scale, the schedule of time indications corresponding to accomplishment of the stages, wherein a length of the time scale is longer than a length of the first graphical window such that the first graphical window displays only a part of the time scale, the displayed part of the time scale being imposed by a user of the display device, wherein the first graphical window comprises a first symbol representing the aircraft, the first symbol being situated, in a standard operating mode, at a current time on the time scale, wherein, when a current time is situated outside of the first graphical window, the first symbol representing the aircraft is displayed at a top of the displayed part of the time scale or at a bottom of the displayed part of the time scale, a predetermined action by the user on the first symbol automatically centering the time scale on the current time.