Patent ID: 9691287
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08G

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at least one proposed flight path; displaying the at least one proposed flight path, graphical flight path elements, and a limit indicator to a user, the graphical flight path elements associated with the at least one proposed flight path, the graphical flight path elements including a lateral flight path selector and a vertical flight path selector, the limit indicator indicating a region that contains points of unacceptable flight paths; receiving user input data from a user interface system, the user input data including user gesture data, the user gesture data being associated with one or more detected user gestures to move at least one of the lateral flight path selector or the vertical flight path selector to a point within the region indicated by the limit indicator; sending, to an off-board source, a request to authorize a flight path through the region indicated by the limit indicator; receiving, from the off-board source, authorization for the flight path through the region indicated by the limit indicator; manipulating the graphical flight path elements associated with the at least one proposed flight path based at least upon the received user gesture data; performing at least one flight path modification operation on the at least one proposed flight path based at least upon factors and the received user gesture data, the factors including a plurality of constraints including a cost effect to a flight plan of another aircraft and at least one of a rate of cabin pressure differential change, a degree of vertical inclination, or a degree of lateral roll; and outputting updated graphical data to the user interface system, the updated graphical data being in response to manipulating the graphical flight path elements and the at least one flight path modification operation, the updated graphical data including updated graphical flight path element data and updated graphical flight path data.