Systems and methods for enhanced awareness of obstacle proximity during taxi operations

摘要

Systems and methods for predicting and displaying targets based on height in relation to the wing, wingtip or other elements of the aircraft, such as engine nacelles. The location of ground obstacles is based on radar returns (from sensors deployed on the ownship), aircraft surveillance data, and/or an airport moving map database.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to be positioned on an aircraft and generate sensed obstacle information; a processor configured to:
receive the sensed obstacle information from the one or more sensors,determine a location of one or more obstacles relative to a first zone or a second zone within a predefined field of view based on at least one of the sensed obstacle information, previously received surveillance data or previously stored ground obstacle data, andgenerate an image comprising:
an ownship icon;at least one first icon associated with a first obstacle, if the first obstacle is located within the first zone;at least one second icon associated with a second obstacle, if the second obstacle is located within the second zone; anda sensed coverage area adjacent a part of the ownship icon associated with a wing of the aircraft, wherein the sensed coverage area comprises the first and second zones and an indicator that visually separates the zones; and a display device configured to present the generated image, wherein the first and second icons are visually different.