Device for flight plan display with displacement based on jumps

摘要

A device for displaying a flight plan of an aircraft is disclosed. The device includes a control unit with at least one first display area including a textual list of identifiers of points, a textual list of identifiers of segments, or both that are representative of a portion of the flight plan. A display of the textual lists are centered around a current central display point, the current central display point corresponding to a point of the flight plan or a segment of the flight plan. The device further includes means for displacing by jumps the flight plan portion displayed in the first display area by selecting a new point different from the current central display point, the selected new point becoming a new central display point after selection thereof.

主权项

1. A device for displaying a flight plan of an aircraft, comprising:
a control unit with a first display area including a textual list of identifiers of waypoints that are representative of a portion of the flight plan, a display of the textual list being centered around a current central display point, the current central display point corresponding to a waypoint of the flight plan; means for displacing by jumps the portion of the flight plan displayed in the first display area by selecting a new point different from the current central display point, the selected new point becoming a new central display point after selection thereof, wherein the control unit further includes a second display area comprising a textual list of navigation procedures representative of the flight plan as well as means for changing the current central display point by selecting one of the navigation procedures, and wherein when a current navigation procedure is selected, the new central display point is a next point of the flight plan situated just in front of a current position of the aircraft.