APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTION FROM AIRCRAFT

摘要

A dispersal assistance apparatus provides assistance information to a pilot dropping dispersal matter so that the dispersal is efficiently accomplished when dispersing dispersal matter from an aircraft over a target location on the ground. The dispersal assistance apparatus is equipped with, at least: an input unit adapted to input each type of information about the aircraft including aircraft speed, aircraft altitude, and wind speed; a calculator adapted to perform calculations related to the arrival position over the ground surface when the dispersal matter is dropped from the aircraft and the density distribution of the dispersal matter on the ground surface, on the basis of the information inputted to the input unit; and a display controller adapted to display, on a display unit, assistance information concerning the arrival position and density distribution calculated by the calculator.