DATA VIEWING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT

• US 20080174517A1
• Filed: 01/06/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: Pouzolz, Francois, Tribut, Helene, Bigot, Jean-Louis, Hauty, Pierre
• Granted Patent: US 8,373,614 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1462 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/08 Fault-tolerant or redundant circuits, or circuits in which repair of defects is prepared
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel

Abstract

The viewing system (1) comprises a concentration means (7) comprising an element for acquiring all the compound images generated by a plurality of sources (S1, S2, S3, Sn), an element for processing these compound images, and an element for managing the display implemented on a plurality of viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei).

Claims

1. A data viewing system for an aircraft, said viewing system (1) comprising:

a plurality of image sources (S1, S2, S3, Sn) generating compound images corresponding to data of video type and/or data of image type;

first means (5) for determine the current values of parameters of the aircraft;

a plurality of viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei) suitable for viewing the compound images; and

control means (4) for said viewing system (1),

which moreover comprises;

second means (6) for detecting any anomaly relating to at least one of said viewing screens; and

a single concentration means (7), which is connected at one and the same time to all said image sources (S1, S2, S3, Sn), to all said viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei), to said first means (5) and to said second means (6), and which comprises;

an element for acquiring all the compound images generated by said image sources (S1, S2, S3, Sn);

an element for processing these compound images in such a way as to render them compatible with display formats of said viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei);

an element for managing the display implemented on all said viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei), which is such that any of said compound images may be viewed on any of said viewing screens; and

a selection element for automatically selecting at least one compound image generated by one of said image sources, as well as an associated viewing screen, as a function at one and the same time of integrated display logic, said current values of parameters of the aircraft, determined by said first means (5), and as appropriate an anomaly pertaining to at least one of said viewing screens and signaled by said second means (6).

2. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein:

said system furthermore comprises third means (10) which are suitable for detecting a selection cue signaling the need to view a particular compound image; and

said selection element of said concentration means (7) carries out the selection of said particular compound image and of the associated viewing screen, as soon as said selection cue is detected by said third means (10).

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said concentration means (7) comprises an element which is formed in such a way as to automatically control the displaying on the associated viewing screen, of any compound image selected by said selection element, and to do so as soon as this compound image is selected.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein:

said system (1) furthermore comprises an actuation means (17) suitable for being actuated by an operator; and

said concentration means (7) comprises an element which is formed in such a way as to control the displaying, on the associated viewing screen, of a compound image selected by said selection element, and to do so as soon as said actuation means (17) is actuated by the operator.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, which furthermore comprises means of manual selection (18) allowing an operator to select and control manually at any moment, in a manual mode, the displaying of a particular compound image on a particular viewing screen.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, which is formed in such a way as to return automatically to automatic selection of compound image as soon as the manual mode is exited.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5,

wherein said means of manual selection (18) comprise:

a first actuatable element (19) making it possible to select an image source (S1, S2, S3, Sn); and

a second actuatable element (20) making it possible to select, for an image source (S1, Sn) comprising a plurality of image generators (13), the compound image generated by one of said image generators (13).

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first element (19) comprises a first rotactor and said second element (20) comprises a second rotactor and wherein said first and second rotactors (19, 20) are mounted one on the other in a co-axial manner and in such a way as to be able to be actuated individually, and they cooperate with at least one interactive zone provided on at least one of said viewing screens.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, which furthermore comprises a means for reconfiguring the display carried out on said viewing screens (E1, E2, E3, Ei).

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, which furthermore comprises an anti-piracy device.

11. An aircraft, which comprises a system (1) such as that specified under claim 1.