Patent ID: 9126695
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B64D,G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying meteorological phenomena encountered by an aircraft flying along a flight plan, on at least one screen of a display device comprising at least one time line, the time line representing a time scale relating to the duration of the flight of the aircraft along the flight plan and comprising a symbol indicating the current instant, the method comprising automatically: a) receiving meteorological phenomena determined by a plurality of meteorological information sources, each of the meteorological phenomena being defined by a defining volume and a period of validity; b) identifying, from among these meteorological phenomena received, the set of meteorological phenomena for which, on each occasion, a reference volume dependent on the corresponding defining volume is envisaged to be traversed by a leg of the flight plan during the corresponding period of validity, and in defining, for each of the meteorological phenomena thus identified, an associated intersection span representing the common time interval between the period of validity of the meteorological phenomenon considered and the duration associated with the leg of the flight plan traversing the reference volume of the meteorological phenomenon considered; and c) presenting, on the screen of the display device, at least one meteorological indicator, the meteorological indicator comprising at least the time line and, on this time line, at least one set of first symbols illustrating the meteorological phenomena identified in step b) and each positioned on the time line at the level of the associated intersection span.