Patent ID: 7495601
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. A traffic collision and avoidance method for a host aircraft, the method comprising: receiving traffic collision and avoidance information from one or more targets; filtering the one or more targets based on a threshold value; and displaying one or more objects that are associated with one or more target aircraft that remain after filtering on a vertical situation display, wherein displaying includes displaying the objects in one of two or more sizes based on threat level information included in the traffic collision and avoidance information and presenting in a vertical profile view; and wherein the threshold value includes a position threshold value and a threat threshold value, wherein displaying includes indicating lateral direction relative to the host aircraft using a graphical object having an equator line, the equator line includes two halves, when a first one of the two halves is displayed in a first manner, the associated target aircraft is laterally left of the host aircraft, when the second one of the two halves is displayed in the first manner, the associated target aircraft is laterally right of the host aircraft, when one of the halves is displayed in the first manner, the other halve is displayed in a different manner.