Patent ID: 7860641
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system of selectively transferring traffic information onto an airport traffic map displayed on the flight deck of an aircraft, said system comprising: means for registering a current position of the aircraft, at least one airport cartographical database listing, by section, thoroughfares of an airport and storing, for each section, specific geographic position and connectivity data, means for generating an airport traffic map compatible with the current position of the aircraft, based on the geographic position data extracted from the cartographic database, means for identifying the thoroughfare section occupied by the aircraft, means for selecting, for the purpose of the traffic display, thoroughfare sections from the displayed airport traffic map, said thoroughfare sections being separated from a thoroughfare section used by a path of the aircraft by intermediate thoroughfare sections, wherein the number of said thoroughfare sections is less than an arbitrary limit, means for registering a location of the traffic in the vicinity of the current position of the aircraft, means for identifying thoroughfare sections used by the traffic, and means for displaying the traffic of the selected thoroughfare sections.