Patent ID: 7962279

Claim:
A method for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on a first taxiway, the method comprising the steps of: supplying, to a processor disposed in the first aircraft, data related to real-time positioning the first aircraft on the first taxiway; transmitting, from the second aircraft to the first aircraft, data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft; supplying, to the processor, the data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft; processing, in the processor, the data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft, to predict whether the second aircraft will enter the first taxiway, and supplying display commands to a display disposed in the first aircraft that cause the display to render the first taxiway as a plurality of segments and, if the processor predicts that the second aircraft will enter the first taxiway, that cause the display to change an appearance of the segment of the first taxiway on which the first aircraft is located.