Patent ID: 6870490

Claim:
A method for providing information to a pilot of a vehicle via a display, the method comprising the steps of: a) indicating a current position of said vehicle on said display; b) receiving a target position for said vehicle; c) determining a first capture initiation position, said first capture initiation position differing from said current position and corresponding to a point for said vehicle to initiate capture in order to obtain said target position from said current position; d) receiving a maximum permissible overshoot; e) determining a last capture initiation position such that said target position to be captured will be overshot by no more than said maximum permissible overshoot, wherein the region between said first capture initiation position and said last capture initiation position forms a capture region; and f) displaying (i) said first capture initiation position on said display in conjunction with said current position of said vehicle and (ii) said capture region relative to said current vehicle position.