Control of diverse types of crew interface for flight control
US11927460B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D45/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Diverse types of crew interfaces (400, 430, 450) are provided for outputting visible, audio and tactile information to a pilot for flight control. A unified estimation of the current aircraft state and of a current phase of flight are made (110), based on flight status information. Respective coordinated visible, audio and tactile presentations for the diverse types of crew interfaces are generated, (120) coordinated so that they provide mutually consistent indications of the unified estimation of the current aircraft state, according to the unified estimation of current flight phase. The respective coordinated presentations are output (130) by the diverse types of crew interfaces to the pilot. By coordinating crew interface outputs across sight, sound and touch senses, this can relieve the pilot of workload in interpreting unsynchronised or incoherent outputs from different types of interfaces.
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