Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vertical situation awareness for rotorcraft
- Patent Title (中): 旋翼航空器的垂直状况意识
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Application No.: US13015215Application Date: 2011-01-27
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Publication No.: US08798814B1Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: William Foulke Spencer, V , Dan M. Wells
- Applicant: William Foulke Spencer, V , Dan M. Wells
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64C15/00
- IPC: B64C15/00 ; B64C27/04

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for managing a flight of a rotorcraft. Parameters for the flight of the rotorcraft are identified. A number of regions, above a terrain, to be avoided by the rotorcraft during the flight of the rotorcraft over the terrain are identified using the parameters for the flight of the rotorcraft. Information about the number of regions is displayed on a display device during the flight of the rotorcraft.
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