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- Patent Title: Methods and devices of an aircraft taxi navigation system
- Patent Title (中): 飞机出租车导航系统的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11820950Application Date: 2007-06-21
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Publication No.: US07974773B1Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Michael J. Krenz , Pamela K. Hahn , Bryan C. Schultz
- Applicant: Michael J. Krenz , Pamela K. Hahn , Bryan C. Schultz
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agent Matthew J. Evans; Daniel M. Barbieri
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06G7/70 ; G06G7/76 ; G08B21/00 ; B64F1/20 ; G08G5/00 ; G01C21/00 ; G01C23/00

Abstract:
A system for providing taxi navigation information to a pilot of an aircraft is comprised of a navigation system; a taxi navigation module consisting of, in part, a processor and database; and an indicating system consisting of, in part, a tactical display unit system (e.g., a primary flight director (“PFD”), and head-up display (“HUD”) of an aircraft. A navigation system may provide aircraft position data of the aircraft while it is on the ground. A processor receives the aircraft position data, retrieves taxi navigation symbology based upon the aircraft position data from a taxi navigation database, and provides this data to the indicating system. The indicating system generates the display of taxi navigation information on a display unit which, in turn, provides the pilot with an egocentric view of airport signage using colored aviation signage symbology.
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