Patent ID: 9411485
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying a geographical situation of an aircraft in flight on a visual display device using a first display mode, the first display mode including a symbol representing the aircraft, and the symbol being displayed in the first display mode as being situated at a first position that is at a bottom of a cartographic representation of terrain flown over by the aircraft in a space occupied by the aircraft at a current time; displaying the geographical situation of the aircraft in flight on the visual display device using a second display mode, the second display mode including the symbol representing the aircraft, and the symbol being displayed in the second display mode as being situated at a second position that is at a center of the cartographic representation of the terrain flown over by the aircraft in the space occupied by the aircraft at the current time; switching between displaying the first display mode and displaying the second display mode, wherein the first and second display modes are not displayed simultaneously, wherein the switching is performed in response to a set of operations being performed, and wherein the set of operations includes: ceasing the displaying of the path between the first position and the second position, the ceasing of the displaying of the path between the first position and the second position being performed after performance of at least one of: