Title:
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK INCLUDING GRAPHICAL DISPLAY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002036427
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing weather information onboard an aircraft includes a processor unit and a graphical user interface. The processor unit processes weather information after it is received onboard the aircraft from a ground-based source, and the graphical user interface provides a graphical presentation of the weather information to a user onboard the aircraft. Preferably, the graphical user interface includes one or more user-selectable options for graphically displaying at least one of convection information, turbulence information, icing information, weather satellite information, SIGMET information, significant weather prognosis information, and winds aloft information.
Inventors:
LEGER DANIEL R
HUGHES KEITH R
HARRISON JOHN
MARTIN KEVIN D
SON ROBERT S
BURDON DAVID
HUGHES KEITH R
HARRISON JOHN
MARTIN KEVIN D
SON ROBERT S
BURDON DAVID
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/048231
Publication Date:
April 24, 2003
Filing Date:
October 29, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INT INC (US)
International Classes:
B64D43/00; G01W1/04; (IPC1-7): B64D43/00
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