US 11,852,486 B2
Portable flight navigation tool adapted to assist pilots in compliance with international flight procedures and navigation
Shawn Scott, Livermore, CO (US)
Assigned to Scott International Procedures, LLC, Livermore, CO (US)
Filed by Scott International Procedures, LLC, Livermore, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,009.
Application 18/046,009 is a continuation of application No. 16/653,748, filed on Oct. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,512,959.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,879, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060442 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)
CPC G01C 21/20 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A flight navigation tool for use in aircraft cockpits comprising:
a tablet computer having a GPS receiver and a memory system incorporating nonvolatile memory;
the nonvolatile memory having recorded therein a flight navigation routine, an aviation database comprising international operating rules comprising transoceanic flight rules, and machine-readable code configured to display portions of the international operating rules upon demand;
a moving-map database configured with tracks, coastal airport identifiers and locations, predefined routes, and predefined reporting point locations for transoceanic operations;
machine readable code configured to read a current location from the GPS receiver, and to indicate the current location on a moving map display representing a portion of the moving-map database; and
a trip database, and machine readable code configured to interface with a user with a touchscreen and to use a method selected from the group consisting of direct entry of waypoint coordinates or names and selection of predefined tracks to configure the trip database with a planned transoceanic route for an individual flight;
further comprising machine readable code adapted to provide pilots with a heading and next-waypoint timing for a rhumb-line route from a location where the GPS receiver fails to a next waypoint of a currently active route.