IP Library Granted Patent US 9,824,598
Granted Patent B2
US 9,824,598 · App. 15/405,507 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Flight hindrance display apparatus, flight hindrance display method, and computer-readable medium

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Patent No.
US 9,824,598
App. No.
15/405,507
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flight hindrance display apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire surrounding information of an aircraft. The surrounding information is related to a hindrance factor which is a possible flight hindrance to the aircraft. The circuitry is configured to determine a spatial range of the flight hindrance factor on a basis of the acquired surrounding information. The circuitry is configured to determine a flight hindrance cross-section that intersects a plane including a vector of a flight direction of the aircraft and is included in the determined spatial range of the flight hindrance factor. The circuitry is configured to cause a display unit to stereoscopically display an own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

Claims (43)

1. A flight hindrance display apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire surrounding information of an aircraft, the surrounding information being related to a hindrance factor which is a possible flight hindrance to the aircraft,

determine a spatial range of the flight hindrance factor on a basis of the acquired surrounding information,

determine a flight hindrance cross-section that intersects a plane including a vector of a flight direction of the aircraft and is included in the determined spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and

cause a display unit to stereoscopically display an own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

2. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the surrounding information acquired includes future prediction information,

the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor is determined at respective times from a current time to a predetermined future time,

the flight hindrance cross-section is determined at the respective times from the current time to the predetermined future time, and

the display unit is caused to display the own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section at a predetermined time out of the respective times from the current time to the predetermined future time.

3. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor is divided into a plurality of regions depending on a risk that affects flight of the aircraft, and

the display unit is caused to display the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor while expressing the plurality of regions in display states different from one another.

4. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor is divided into a plurality of regions depending on a risk that affects flight of the aircraft, and

the display unit is caused to display the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor while expressing the plurality of regions in display states different from one another.

5. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is caused to display the plane including the vector of the flight direction of the aircraft in a grid state divided with a plurality of grid lines in a traveling direction of the aircraft and a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the aircraft.

6. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display unit is caused to display the plane including the vector of the flight direction of the aircraft in a grid state divided with a plurality of grid lines in a traveling direction of the aircraft and a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the aircraft.

7. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display unit is caused to display the plane including the vector of the flight direction of the aircraft in a grid state divided with a plurality of grid lines in a traveling direction of the aircraft and a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the aircraft.

8. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit is caused to display the plane including the vector of the flight direction of the aircraft in a grid state divided with a plurality of grid lines in a traveling direction of the aircraft and a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction of the aircraft.

9. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display unit is caused to display, as the three-dimensional image, a display content including the own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

10. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the display unit is caused to display, as the three-dimensional image, a display content including the own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

11. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the display unit is caused to display, as the three-dimensional image, a display content including the own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

12. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the display unit is caused to display, as the three-dimensional image, a display content including the own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

13. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the flight hindrance factor is one or more of any other aircraft, bad weather, and a no-fly zone.

14. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the flight hindrance factor is one or more of any other aircraft, bad weather, and a no-fly zone.

15. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the flight hindrance factor is one or more of any other aircraft, bad weather, and a no-fly zone.

16. The flight hindrance display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the flight hindrance factor is one or more of any other aircraft, bad weather, and a no-fly zone.

17. A flight hindrance display method comprising:

acquiring surrounding information of an aircraft, the surrounding information being related to a flight hindrance factor which is a possible flight hindrance to the aircraft;

determining a spatial range of the flight hindrance factor on a basis of the acquired surrounding information;

determining a flight hindrance cross-section that intersects a plane including a vector of a flight direction of the aircraft and is included in the determined spatial range of the flight hindrance factor; and

causing a display unit to stereoscopically display an own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

18. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having a flight hindrance factor program, the program causing, when executed by a flight hindrance display apparatus, the flight hindrance display apparatus to function as:

an information acquiring unit that acquires surrounding information of an aircraft, the surrounding information being related to a flight hindrance factor which is a possible flight hindrance to the aircraft;

a range determining unit that determines a spatial range of the flight hindrance factor on a basis of the surrounding information acquired by the information acquiring unit;

a cross-section determining unit that determines a flight hindrance cross-section that intersects a plane including a vector of a flight direction of the aircraft and is included in the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor determined by the range determining unit; and

a display controller that causes a display unit to stereoscopically display an own position of the aircraft, the spatial range of the flight hindrance factor, and the flight hindrance cross-section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2017
From: ONOMURA, YOICHI; TAKAHASHI, SHINEI; ITABASHI, YU
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040972/0934 →