PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING THE CONTENT OF AN ALARM MESSAGE ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT

• US 20080284618A1
• Filed: 04/18/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: Cases, Fabien, Blind, Serge, Fabas, Nicolas, Signol, Laurent
• Granted Patent: US 7,940,195 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/945
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for updating a content of a given warning message emitted in an aircraft by a monitoring system (100, 200) in case of detection of a particular state of at least one monitored system (400) of the said aircraft, characterized in that the said method comprises a step of delivery (1) of a plurality of modification information items to a selection tool, each modification information item defining a modification of a content of a warning message capable of being emitted by the said monitoring system, the selection tool being capable of selecting at least one information item among the said plurality of modification information items in such a way as to permit modification of the said content of the said given warning message.

Claims

1. A method for updating a content of a given warning message emitted in an aircraft by a monitoring system (100, 200) in case of detection of a particular state of at least one monitored system (400) of the said aircraft, characterized in that the said method comprises

a step of delivery (1) of a plurality of modification information items to a selection tool, each modification information item defining a modification of a content of a warning message capable of being emitted by the said monitoring system,

a step of making available (2) to the selection tool a selection information item that depends on an effective configuration of the said at least one monitored system,

the selection tool being capable of selecting at least one information item among the said plurality of modification information items according to the said selection information item, in such a way as to permit modification of the said content of the said given warning message.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally comprises a step of modification (3) of the said current content on the basis of the said information item chosen by the selection tool from among the plurality of modification information items according to the said selection information item.

3. A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the said monitoring system is part of the on-board electronics of the said aircraft, and the said selection tool is a system (50) external to the on-board electronics of the said aircraft, the said method additionally comprising a step for delivery (2) of the said selection information item to the said selection system and a step of transmission (2a) of the chosen information item into the on-board electronics of the aircraft.

4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the said monitoring system and the said selection tool are part of the on-board electronics of the aircraft.

5. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that it additionally comprises a step of delivery (2) of the said selection information item to the said selection tool via a man-machine interface.

6. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that it additionally comprises a step of delivery (2) of the said selection information item to the said selection tool via a downloading interface.

7. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that it additionally comprises a preliminary step of updating (2) a selection information item in a memory of an electronic storage system during an intervention on the said at least one monitored system.

8. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that the said selection tool is the said monitoring system.

9. A system for updating a content of a warning message emitted in an aircraft by a monitoring system, in case of detection of a particular state of at least one monitored system of the said aircraft,

characterized in that the said system comprises:

means for delivering a plurality of modification information items to a selection tool, each modification information item defining a modification of a content of a warning message capable of being emitted by the said monitoring system,

means for selection by said selection tool of at least one information item referred to as “

chosen”

from among the said plurality of modification information items, according to a selection information item,

means for making available to the said selection tool a selection information item that depends on an effective configuration of the said at least one monitored system,

means for modifying the said content on the basis of the said chosen information item.

10. An aircraft comprising a system according to claim 9.