Patent ID: 8635009

Claim:
Method for creation of a taxiing route over an airport area described in a database comprising a network of various airport elements and their interconnections, the method comprising at least the following operations: Operation 1: Input by a user by means of an alphanumeric input device of an instruction representative of a succession of airport elements called passing points, representing the taxiing route to be created, each passing point name being composed of alphanumeric characters, the succession of these names not comprising separators allowing the succession of these names to be identified one by one; Operation 2: Decomposition of the instruction by a lexical analysis device into at least one succession of credible names of passing points, a credible name effectively corresponding to a name of an element of the airport area; Operation 3: In the case where there exist at least two successions of credible names of passing points, verification for each succession that a corresponding route is compatible with one or more connectivities existing between the various airport elements of the succession; Operation 4: In the case where, following Operations 2 or 3, there exists one and only one credible route, in other words a route both corresponding to the credible names of passing points and compatible with the connectivities existing between the various airport elements, display of said route on a display device.