US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on March 25 for "Method for interactive heads-up display and control of traffic targets" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,766, issued on March 25, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Method for interactive heads-up display and control of traffic targets" was invented by Bradley R. Thompson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Sarah Barber (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Felix B. Turcios (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for heads-up control and interactive display of traffic targets via a heads-up display (HUD) includes: receiving position data from proximate aircraft (e.g., within a threshold range); arranging the aircraft into an ordered sequence based on proximity or other criteria; overlaying interactive symbology onto ...