DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT DIALOGUE

• US 20080195966A1
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: JEAN, David, CABARET DE ALBERTI, Remi
• Granted Patent: US 8,140,992 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/12 Avionics applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

The dialogue device (1) comprises means (12) for deactivating layers of an interactive window (4) which are associated with systems of the aircraft that are not selected,

Claims

1. A device for dialogue between an operator of an aircraft and client systems of said aircraft, said dialogue device (1) being installed in the aircraft and comprising:

a display system (2) comprising at least one screen (3) which is able to display at least one interactive window (4) which comprises a plurality of layers (C1 to C4), each of which is associated with one of said client systems, each of said client systems being associated with a single layer of the interactive window (4), and each of said layers (C1 to C4) comprising at least one interactive object (OI) able to display a menu which is intended for the system associated with said layer; and

at least one cursor control device (5) which is able to be actuated manually by said operator and which comprises;

at least one movement means (6) which can be actuated, able to move a cursor over said interactive window (4) in such a way as to indicate an interactive object (OI); and

at least one validating means (7) which can be actuated, able to validate an interactive object (OI) which is indicated by the intermediary of said cursor in order to open the corresponding menu,

characterized in that;

each one of said layers (C1 to C4) of the interactive window (4) is formed in such a way as to exhibit interactivity able to be activated and deactivated in such a way that;

when the interactivity of a layer is activated, each interactive object (OI) of that layer can be validated; and

when the interactivity of a layer is deactivated, no interactive object (OI) of that layer can be validated; and

said dialogue device (1) furthermore comprises;

selection means (9) which are able to be actuated manually by said operator and which make it possible to select, one of said client systems; and

activation/deactivation means (12) which are able to activate and to deactivate the various layers (C1 to C4) of said interactive window (4) and which are formed in such a way as to activate, at the time of selection of a client system by the intermediary of said selection means (9), the layer associated with said selected client system and to deactivate the layers associated with the other client systems that are not selected.

2. The dialogue device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said selection means (9) comprise a button (10) that can be actuated which is arranged on a casing (11) of said cursor control device (5), said casing (11) also comprising said movement means (6) and said validation means (7).

3. The dialogue device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said screen (3) is formed in such a way as to present said cursor, at the time of selection of a client system, in the form of a symbol which is representative of said selected client system.

4. The dialogue device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said screen (3) comprises an indicating means provided on that screen (3) and indicating, if necessary, the client system which has been selected by the intermediary of said selection means (9).

5. An aircraft system, characterized in that it comprises client systems of the aircraft and a dialogue device (1) as claimed in claim 1 to allow a dialogue between said client systems and an operator of said aircraft.