Airport surface information presentation methods for the pilot including taxi information

摘要

Present novel and non-trivial methods for presenting taxi information to a pilot are disclosed. Each method may generate an image data set from taxi information data and navigation reference and object data. A first image data set may be representative of an image in which one or more first location highlighter(s) highlighting the location(s) of one or more raised surface feature(s) appears within an egocentric or exocentric three-dimensional representation of a scene located outside the aircraft. A second image data set may be representative of an image in which one or more unconventional surface feature(s) highlighting the location(s) of one or more raised surface feature(s) appears within an egocentric or exocentric three-dimensional representation of a scene located outside the aircraft. A third image data set may be representative of an image in which one or more unconventional surface feature(s) appears within an airport surface map.

主权项

1. A method for presenting surface information to a pilot of an aircraft, such system comprising:
receiving taxi information data representative of at least the current position of an aircraft; retrieving navigation reference and object data representative of at least one surface feature corresponding to the taxi information data; generating an image data set as a function of the taxi information data and the navigation reference and object data, where
the image data set is representative of an image in which at least one first location highlighter highlighting the location of at least one first raised surface feature is depicted within a three-dimensional representation of a scene located outside the aircraft, where
each first raised surface feature appears above the location of one first surface feature; and providing the image data set to a display system, whereby
at least one location highlighter appears superimposed against the perspective scene outside the aircraft.