Patent ID: 7764198

Claim:
An aircraft standby display device comprising: a set of information sources; an information processing unit that processes information emanating from said set of information sources; a display that presents, on at least one visualization screen, processed information emanating from said information processing unit and which is formed in such a way as to present on said visualization screen: piloting indicators illustrating at least information concerning speed, altitude, and attitude of the aircraft; a heading scale comprising a first characteristic sign illustrating the heading of at least one next route point of a flight plan of the aircraft, said heading scale being independent of said piloting indicators on said visualization screen; and a quantitative value which illustrates the distance remaining to be traveled by the aircraft to reach said next route point and which is associated with said first characteristic sign; and a determining device that determines a case where the next route point is situated outside the heading scale part which is presented on the visualization screen, wherein said display presents said first characteristic sign in proximity to the end of said heading scale corresponding to the side of this heading scale where said next route point is to be found, when the latter is situated outside said heading scale such as presented on said visualization screen.