Patent ID: 6970104

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a multidimensional representation of a conceptual space that defines a range of unique maneuvers for an aircraft in flight, the conceptual space including a first dimension represented by a first coordinate range of different heading values for the aircraft and a second dimension represented by a second coordinate range of different altitude values for the aircraft, each different combination of one of the heading values and one of the altitude values representing a different one of the unique maneuvers of the aircraft and corresponding to a unique region of the conceptual space; determining a subset of the maneuvers predicted to place the aircraft in conflict with one or more objects; and displaying the conceptual space with a visual distinction made between one or more conflict regions and a conflict avoidance region, the one or more conflict regions being representative of the subset of the maneuvers predicted to place the aircraft in conflict with the one or more objects and the conflict avoidance region being representative of at least one other of the maneuvers predicted to avoid conflict with the object.