Patent ID: 6236913
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G01C,G06F,G08G

Abstract:
Process for aiding aerial navigation using a flight management system coupled to first and second consoles each configured to allow selection of predetermined zones of respective first and second screens so as to execute operations corresponding to the various zones, comprising:simultaneously displaying on each screen a first series of main zones which follow one another from a top to a bottom of the screen, each main zone corresponding to a step of a navigation procedure and a second series of main zones corresponding to the same procedural steps associated with the first series of main zones, one of the first and second series of main zones being displayed on a right side of each screen and the other series of main zones being displayed on a left side of each screen,in the event that a user selects a main zone corresponding to a specified procedural step, displaying on each screen elements of information necessary for executing the specified procedural step; andin the event that a validation of the specified procedural step corresponding to the selected main zone is input into one of said consoles, once again displaying the first and second series of main zones on each screen, the main zones for which a procedural step has been validated appearing, at least in part, in a different color from the main zones for which a procedural step has not been validated,wherein, when a procedural validation is performed from a left one of said consoles, the main zone appearing in a different color is displayed within the series of main zones on the left side of each screen, and when a procedural validation is performed from a right one of said consoles, the main zone appearing in a different color is displayed within the series of main zones on the right side of each screen.