Inventors:
Francis E. Warnock - Marblehead MA
Lloyd M. Pearson - Quincy MA
John C. Herther - Lexington MA
Assignee:
Iotron Corporation - Bedford MA
International Classification:
G01S 902
H04N 700
Abstract:
For use with a ship's radar having a plan position indicator display, a navigational aid providing a selected output signal for the radar for displaying two selected pairs of a plurality of stored pairs of parallel left and right selected navigational guide lines of different direction and of different ranges-from-ship. It includes a manual direction input switch for inputting a direction for each of the plurality of pairs of guide lines, a manual range-from-ship input switch for inputting a range-from-ship for each of the guide lines, storage for each of the input directions and their associated ranges-from-ship of the pairs of parallel left and right guide lines, a manual selection switch for selecting the output signal for the two selected pairs, and a digital display for displaying the direction and ranges-from-ship of one of the selected pair.