Patent ID: 6054937
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
In a method of representing flight guidance information of a host aircraft from the vantage point of the host aircraft, wherein a spatial representation of the airspace, comprising at least one horizon and the precalculated flight path of the host aircraft, is produced with the aid of a graphic image generating device and displayed on an image display, the improvement comprising means for transmitting the position of one or more other aircraft to the host aircraft, and wherein symbols representing these other aircraft are superimposed on the representation of the airspace on the display, wherein the other aircraft are each represented by a symbol corresponding to their position in the airspace and by two straight strips, and wherein each of the two strips starts at the symbol for the other aircraft, extends forward in a direction corresponding to the actual course of the other aircraft and is displayed on the display in perspective from the viewpoint of the host aircraft, said two strips extending upward and downward from the symbol of the other aircraft with an acute angle between them.