Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A USER-SELECTED FEATURE ON AN ACTIVE VERTICAL SITUATION DISPLAY (VSD)
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Application No.: US17138311Application Date: 2020-12-30
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Publication No.: US20220144445A1Publication Date: 2022-05-12
- Inventor: Subash Samuthirapandian , Ivan Wyatt
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Priority: IN202011049226 20201111
- Main IPC: B64D43/00
- IPC: B64D43/00 ; G06F3/0482 ; G08G5/00 ; G01C21/20

Abstract:
Methods and systems for providing location information for a user-selected feature on an active vertical situation display (VSD) in a cockpit of an aircraft. The method includes rendering the VSD having a plurality of terrain and weather features; receiving, from a user interface, the user-selected feature from among the plurality of features on the VSD, the plurality of features including terrain features and weather features; causing a reticle to be displayed as an overlay, centered, on the user-selected feature on the VSD, responsive to receiving the user-selected feature; rendering a horizontal extension from a center of the reticle to an intersection on a vertical axis of the VSD, and a vertical extension from the center of the reticle to an intersection on a horizontal axis of the VSD. An elevation label and a distance label are positioned on the respective extensions.
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