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TCAS view display format with horizontal trend

Patent 5179377 Issued on January 12, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 31, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 636322 filed on 12/31/1990

US Classes:

340/961, Potential collision with other aircraft342/29, AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (CAS)701/301Collision avoidance

Examiners

Primary: Ng, Jin F.
Assistant: Swarthout, Brent A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0405430 EP. 01/13/1991
  • 0411309 EP. 02/13/1991
  • 1076574 GB. 07/13/1967
  • 2151425 GB. 07/13/1985

International Class

G08G 005/04

Abstract

A TCAS view image format with horizontal trend for a traffic situation awareness display in a craft, having the craft represented by a center symbol, having traffic represented by position symbols that indicate by shape the horizontal heading of a craft, having the shape of the represented vehicle and varying size to represent level of traffic threat or closeness in altitude differential, having symbols that indicate altitude and trend of altitude, and having symbols that in shape and color redundantly indicate the level of traffic threat.

Other References

  • Eleccion: "The Promise of Air Safety", Jul. 1975 IEEE Spectrum
  • Bemis et al.: "Operator Performance as a Function of Type of Display: Conventional versus Perspective", 1988 Human Factors, vol. 30(2), pp. 163-169
  • Ellis et al.: "Perspective Traffic Display Format and Airline Pilot Traffic Avoidance", 1987 Human Factors, vol. 29(4), pp. 371-382
  • Gilbert: "Future Developments in Instrumentation for All-Weather Air-Traffic Control", Apr. 1945 Aviation Instruments, vol. 4, No. 4
  • Zeluff: "Electronic Aviation", Jun. 1944 Scientific American
  • Klass: "United Airlines T/CAS Tests Demonstrate Increased Safety", Nov. 21, 1988 Aviation Week & Space Technolog
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