Patent ID: 8370057
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B64C,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying present and predicted future locations, velocities and accelerations of each of at least first and second aerial vehicles (AVs), the method comprising providing a computer that is programmed: to receive or otherwise provide estimates of present locations rj(t to provide estimates of at least one of present velocity vectors vj(t to provide an estimate of locations rj(t), velocity vectors vj(t) and acceleration vectors aj(t) for at least two spaced apart times t that are greater than t to provide an estimate of a time, t=t(min)≧t to provide a unit length normal vector n of a display plane for the J AVs, where the vector n is determined with reference to at least one of the following vectors: i, j, k, −i sin φ+j cos φ, (v to visually represent, on a display screen, a display plane Π defined by the normal vector n and passing through at least one display plane anchor point AP that is determined with reference to one or more locations AP=r to visually represent, on the display screen, the locations r