METHOD FOR VISUALLY INDICATING ADVISORY FROM TRAFFIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM ON FLIGHT DISPLAY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of visually indicating an advisory from a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) on a flight display of an aircraft.SOLUTION: The method includes steps of: receiving a TCAS advisory; determining the severity of the received TCAS advisory; displaying geometric bodies 134, 136 on the flight display in response to the TCAS advisory; and altering shapes of displayed geometric bodies 134, 136 in response to the determined severity where the shapes of the displayed geometric bodies 134, 136 may be altered by altering at least one of angles and arcs of the geometric bodies 134, 136.