System and method for providing enhanced flight-plan management

摘要

A system and method for positioning a new waypoint in a flight plan displayed on an avionics display in the form of an interactive graphical image comprises generating symbology on the display graphically representative of the new waypoint on the flight plan, and dragging the new waypoint on the display to alter its position.

主权项

1. A method for positioning a new waypoint in a flight plan displayed on an avionics display in the form of an interactive graphical image, the method comprising:
processing user input to select an existing waypoint in the flight plan; generating, adjacent the selected waypoint, symbology on the display graphically representative of the new waypoint on the flight plan; dragging the new waypoint on the display a predetermined distance from the selected waypoint to alter its position and to create a new flight plan; displaying symbology representative of the numerical distance that the new waypoint is being dragged relative to the selected waypoint; generating symbology representative of whether the new waypoint is being dragged to a position prior to or past the selected waypoint; applying the new waypoint to the flight plan; and processing user input to activate the new flight plan.