System and method for integration of smart trajectory generation and decision aid applications in legacy cockpits

US10957206B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Susan L. McCullough · Glendale, US
• Mahesh Sivaratri · Kanchinakote, IN
• Raghu Shamasundar · Savanuru, IN
• Kalimulla Khan · Survanagiri, IN
• Srihari Jayathirtha · Savanuru, IN
• Sushma Bidrupane · Bengaluru, IN
• Mark Pearson · Peoria, US
• Todd Wisner · Phoenix, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2216/03
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for integrating flight crew decision aid applications in an aircraft cockpit includes a touch screen controller (TSC) that comprises a data mining engine configured to mine aircraft data from the already existing avionics interface and a flight plan and trajectory generating engine (FPTGE) configured to retrieve a trajectory request from a requesting flight crew decision aid application, compute one or more theoretical trajectories using the mined aircraft data, and transmit the one or more theoretical trajectories to the requesting flight crew decision aid application. The TSC also comprises a flight crew decision aid application configured to receive a flight crew request for simulated data from a touch screen user interface, generate and transmit one or more requested trajectory requests to the FPTGE, receive data from the one or more theoretical trajectories from the FPTGE, and display the requested simulated data on the touch screen user interface.