Patent ID: 7937659
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying page by page a roll-down message in a display zone of a display of a cockpit of an aircraft, comprising, for each message: selecting a total length for the message to be displayed; selecting a visible length for the message to be displayed in the display zone; selecting a repeated length for the message, the repeated length being a length displayed in a current page and copied again into a next page; and determining a total number of pages to be displayed in order for the total length of the message to be displayed with the selected repeated lengths, the total number of pages being deterministic and determined according to:  with Lc=Lv−Lr, where Np is the total number of pages, Lm is the total length of the message, Lv is the visible length of the message in the display zone, Lr is the repeated length of the message and Lc is a non-repeated length of the message.