Patent ID: 7747360
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: B64D,G01C,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. An aircraft cockpit display device for information concerning surrounding traffic comprising: a receiver configured to receive information coming from outside the aircraft, a storage unit configured to store the flight parameters of the aircraft, a calculator configured to calculate the relative speeds and positions of the aircraft and of an aircraft detected in the immediate vicinity, and a display controller configured to control a display unit configured to display a representation of the surrounding traffic through symbols and potential messages based on the instructions received by the display controller, wherein the display controller is connected to an on-board calculator in order to receive the flight phase of the aircraft, the display controller includes a filter defining, for each flight phase and/or crew task, the nature and the level of information to be supplied to the display unit, the filter includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not two distinct bits of information coming from distinct information sources correspond to a same detected aircraft, based on the flight phase, a predetermined symbol stored in a memory associated with the display unit is displayed by the display unit to represent a landing strip, and based on the flight phases, the symbol used to represent a detected aircraft is associated with an arrow or figure whose length is representative of the approach rate of said aircraft compared to the ownship.