Patent ID: 6927782
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An airport display device, comprising: at least one display unit that comprises at is least one display screen; at least one data base that contains data relating to an airport; an actuating system that selects a degree of zoom for the airport to be displayed, from among a plurality of different degrees of zoom; a central unit which is connected to said display unit, to said data base and to said actuating system and which controls said display unit such that it exhibits on said display screen at least a part of the airport, and that it does so according to one of a plurality of scale values representative of the degree of zoom selected by an intermediary of said actuating system; and at least one parameterization unit that is operable by an operator to parameterize at least certain ones of aid scale values, in that said display unit exhibits said part of the airport solely in plan view on said display screen, and in that said central unit controls said display unit such that it exhibits details of the airport on the display screen, according to one of a plurality of different levels of detail, each of said levels of detail being dependent at least on the selected degree of zoom, wherein: said actuating system comprises at least one third actuating unit that controls the display unit in such a way that it automatically centers the part of the airport that it is showing on said display screen on a characteristic sign illustrating the position of a moving object provided with said device.