Patent ID: 8412392
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G01C,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting operating information for an aircraft, the method comprising: displaying a vertical profile on a display device associated with the aircraft, wherein the vertical profile graphically depicts at least a portion of a flight plan for the aircraft, the portion of the flight plan comprising a plurality of reference points; displaying a navigational map on the display device, wherein the navigational map is configured to graphically display a current location of the aircraft; displaying a graphical user interface element on the display device, wherein the graphical user interface element comprises a list of user-selectable operating parameters, and wherein the graphical user interface element is configured to receive user selections of the user-selectable operating parameters; identifying, with a processing architecture, a user-selected first operating parameter from the list of user-selectable operating parameters, in response to user manipulation of the graphical user interface element; obtaining current status information for the aircraft; calculating, for each reference point of the plurality of reference points, a predicted value of the user-selected first operating parameter for the aircraft at the respective reference point based at least in part on the current status information for the aircraft, resulting in predicted values for the user-selected first operating parameter, wherein the calculating is performed with the processing architecture; displaying each of the predicted values for the user-selected first operating parameter near each of the respective reference points in the vertical profile; and dynamically updating the vertical profile display based upon continuously obtaining the current status information for the aircraft and calculating the predicted values for the user-selected first operating parameter.