1. An aircraft display system, comprising:
a display device; and
a processor in operable communication with the display device and adapted to receive at least data representative of a desired course of the aircraft, data representative of required navigation performance (RNP) for the aircraft, and data representative of estimated position uncertainty (EPU) for the aircraft, the processor configured, in response to at least these data, to render a horizontal situation indicator on the display device that includes:
(i) an aircraft symbol representative of a top-down view of the aircraft, the aircraft symbol rendered at a position that is representative of actual aircraft position relative to the desired course,
(ii) an EPU graphic representative of the EPU for the aircraft and
(iii) an RNP boundary graphic representative of at least one RNP boundary for the aircraft, the RNP boundary graphic rendered at a position relative to the rendered aircraft symbol and comprising a shaded region that shades a portion of the display device.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the RNP boundary graphic is at least selectively representative of each RNP boundary for the aircraft.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the RNP boundary graphic at least selectively comprises a pair of shaded regions.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor renders the shaded region in a color.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the color that the processor renders the shaded region is representative of actual aircraft position relative to the at least one RNP boundary.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor renders the shaded region as a plurality of lines.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor renders the shaded region as a plurality of geometric symbols.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the EPU graphic comprises a pair of line segments separated from each other by a separation distance that is proportional to the EPU for the aircraft.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein:
one line segment is rendered left of the rendered aircraft symbol; and
another line segment rendered right of the rendered aircraft symbol.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a lateral deviation distance of the aircraft from the desired course; and
render a corrective graphic if the lateral deviation distance is greater than a first predetermined lateral deviation distance.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:
render the RNP boundary graphic in a first color when the lateral deviation distance is not greater than the first predetermined lateral deviation distance; and
render at least a portion of the RNP boundary graphic is a second color when the lateral deviation distance is greater than the first predetermined lateral deviation distance.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the corrective graphic comprises:
a graphic representative of a corrective direction; and
a graphic indicating the lateral deviation distance.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor further configured to render a lateral deviation indicator on the display device.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to render the lateral deviation indicator at a predetermined position on the display device if the lateral deviation distance is greater than a second predetermined lateral deviation distance.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to render at least a portion of the RNP boundary graphic at the predetermined position if the lateral deviation distance is greater than a third predetermined lateral deviation distance.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon:
a relational database comprising:
a probe table including a plurality of probe records, each of said probe records specifying a polymer probe for use in one or more polymer probe arrays;
a sequence item table including a plurality of sequence item records, each of said sequence item records specifying a nucleotide sequence to be investigated in said one or more polymer probe arrays; and
wherein there is a many-to-many relationship between said probe records and said sequence item records.
2. The medium of claim 1 wherein said relational database further comprises:
a tiling item table including a plurality of tiling item records, each of said tiling item records having an aggregation relationship with said probe records so that each tiling item record has many associated probe records.
3. The medium of claim 1 wherein said relational database further comprises:
a genomic item table including a plurality of genomic item records, each of said genomic item records specifying a genomic item to be investigated by said one or more polymer probe arrays; and
wherein there is a many to many relationship between genomic item records and sequence item records.
4. The medium of claim 1 wherein said relational database further comprises:
a chip design table including a plurality of chip design records, each of said chip design records specifying a design of a chip including a subset of said plurality of probe records.
5. A computer implemented method for operating a relational database comprising:
creating a probe table including a plurality of probe records, each of said probe records specifying a polymer probe for use in one or more polymer probe arrays;
creating a sequence item table including a plurality of sequence item records, each of said sequence item records specifying a nucleotide sequence to be investigated in said one or more polymer probe arrays;
storing data in said probe table and said sequence item table; and
wherein there is a many-to-many relationship between said probe records and said sequence item records.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of:
creating a tiling item table including a plurality of tiling item records, each of said tiling item records having an aggregation relationship with said probe records so that each tiling item record has many associated probe records.
7. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of:
creating a genomic item table including a plurality of genomic item records, each of said genomic item records specifying a genomic item to be investigated by said one or more polymer probe arrays; and
wherein there is a many to many relationship between genomic item records and sequence item records.
8. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of:
creating a chip design table including a plurality of chip design records, each of said chip design records specifying a design of a chip including a subset of said plurality of probe records.
9. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a storage medium storing a relational database accessible by said processor, said storage medium having stored thereon:
a relational database comprising:
a probe table including a plurality of probe records, each of said probe records specifying a polymer probe for use in one or more polymer probe arrays;
a sequence item table including a plurality of sequence item records, each of said sequence item records specifying a nucleotide sequence to be investigated in said one or more polymer probe arrays; and
wherein there is a many-to-many relationship between said probe records and said sequence item records.