Patent ID: 6486799
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
In a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft, said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, and the operational parameters include the drag curve for the aircraft and the airspeed of the aircraft.