Systems and methods for providing an ADS-B in display and control system
View Patent ↗Various navigation and other instrumentation systems may benefit from appropriate methods for display of traffic. For example, certain avionics systems may benefit from systems and methods for providing an ADS-B In display and control system. A system can include a traffic computer, such as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) computer. The system can also include a TCAS traffic display, the traffic computer is configured to display Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) In information on the TCAS traffic display. Optionally, the system can further include a graphical ADS-B In Guidance Display (AGD) operationally connected to the traffic computer. The system can additionally include a Multi-Purpose Control Display Unit (MCDU) operationally connected to the traffic computer. The TCAS traffic display and MCDU, and optionally the graphical AGD, can be configured to substitute for a Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI).
1. A method of displaying Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) In information, the method comprising:
controlling, by a traffic computer, a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) traffic display, a Multi-Purpose Control Display Unit (MCDU), and a graphical ADS-B In Guidance Display (AGD);
displaying ADS-B In information on the TCAS traffic display;
displaying, on the MCDU, Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CTDI).
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a traffic buffer providing ADS-B In traffic to a TCAS traffic display;
wherein the displaying the ADS-B In information on the TCAS traffic display comprises displaying the ADS-B In information and TCAS traffic using typical TCAS symbology.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
processing inputs/outputs to one or more MCDUs.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling ADS-B In and CDTI traffic information via an MCDU display.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising,
transmitting TCAS traffic and ADS-B In specific data from an ADS-B In traffic buffer to the graphical AGD.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon software instructions which, when executed, cause a processor of a traffic computer to implement a method comprising:
controlling a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) traffic display, a Multi-Purpose Control Display Unit (MCDU), and a graphical ADS-B In Guidance Display (AGD);
displaying ADS-B In information on the TCAS traffic display;
displaying, on the MCDU, Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CTDI).
7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
a traffic buffer providing ADS-B In traffic to a TCAS traffic display;
wherein the displaying the ADS-B In information on the TCAS traffic display comprises displaying the ADS-B In information and TCAS traffic using typical TCAS symbology.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
processing inputs/outputs to one or more MCDUs.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
controlling ADS-B In and CDTI traffic information via an MCDU display.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting TCAS traffic and ADS-B In specific data from an ADS-B In traffic buffer to the graphical AGD.