System for navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device

• US 10,235,890 B1
• Filed: 05/11/2018
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: McCusker, Patrick D., Bell, Douglas A., Vanderkamp, Travis S., Barber, Sarah, Schmitt, Michael J., Nelson, Brent J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US15/977,375
• Time in Patent Office: 312 Days
• Field of Search: 340961, 340461, 340945
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/213 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 43/00 Arrangements or adaptations of instruments arrangements of cameras B64D47/08; aeronautical measuring instruments per se G01C
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0005 Devices specially adapted to indicate the position of a movable element of the aircraft, e.g. landing gear
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 23/00 Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0052 for cruising combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value G01C23/00

Abstract

Systems and methods for navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device are disclosed. In embodiments, a system includes an aircraft display and a controller in communication with the aircraft display and a mobile device. The controller is configured to generate a graphical user interface at the aircraft display and mirror the graphical user interface at the mobile device. The controller is further configured to receive a user input via the mobile device and configured to update the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the mobile device based upon the user input.

Claims

1. A system for navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device, comprising:

an aircraft display; and

an aircraft server in communication with the aircraft display and a mobile device, the aircraft server including a controller configured to;

generate a graphical user interface at the aircraft display,

receive a user input via the mobile device, and

update the graphical user interface at the aircraft display based upon the user input received via the mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the aircraft display comprises at least one of a primary flight display or a multi-function aircraft display.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless network configured to communicatively couple the aircraft server to the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

mirror the graphical user interface at the mobile device; and

update the graphical user interface at the mobile device concurrently with updating the graphical user interface at the aircraft display based upon the user input received via the mobile device.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

an input device coupled to at least one of the aircraft display or the aircraft server, wherein the controller is further configured to;

receive a second user input via the input device, and

update the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the mobile device based upon the second user input.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least one selectable feature.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least one movable cursor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface includes a window with at least one of flight data or an electronic map.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the window is resizable via a multi-touch interface of the mobile device.

10. A system for navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device including a touchscreen display;

an aircraft display; and

a controller in communication with the aircraft display and the mobile device, the controller configured to;

generate a graphical user interface at the aircraft display,

mirror the graphical user interface at the touchscreen display of the mobile device,

receive a user input via the touchscreen display of the mobile device, and

update the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the touchscreen display of the mobile device based upon the user input.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an input device coupled to at least one of the aircraft display or the controller.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a second user input via the input device, and

update the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the touchscreen display of the mobile device based upon the second user input.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least one selectable feature.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least one movable cursor.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface includes a window with at least one of flight data or an electronic map.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the window is resizable via the touchscreen of the mobile device, wherein the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch interface.

17. A method of navigating an aircraft display with a mobile device, comprising:

generating a graphical user interface at an aircraft display;

mirroring the graphical user interface at a mobile device;

receiving a user input via the mobile device; and

updating the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the mobile device based upon the user input.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a second user input via an input device coupled to at least one of the aircraft display or a controller in communication with the aircraft display; and

updating the graphical user interface at the aircraft display and the mobile device based upon the second user input.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least one of a selectable feature or a movable cursor.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the graphical user interface includes a window with at least one of flight data or an electronic map, and the window is resizable via a multi-touch interface of the mobile device.