INTEGRATED INCORRECT TAKE-OFF-SETTING ALERTING SYSTEM

• US 20100030408A1
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Khatwa, Ratan, Ishihara, Yasuo, Conner, Kevin J.
• Application Number:
  US12/184,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030408A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/15
• 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: G08G 5/0065 for taking-off

Abstract

A system implementable in an aircraft for generating a warning includes a processor, a first component configured to receive from a user a desired aircraft control-surface takeoff configuration, a second component configured to provide to the processor a first signal indicative of a current control-surface configuration of the aircraft, and a third component configured to provide to the processor a second signal indicative of the position of the aircraft. The processor may be configured to compare the aircraft position to the contents of a database, determine, based on the comparison, whether the aircraft is on a departure runway from which the aircraft is to depart, and generate an alarm if the aircraft is on the departure runway and the current control-surface configuration is different from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

Claims

1. A system implementable in an aircraft for generating a warning, the aircraft including a plurality of control surfaces, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first component configured to receive from a user a desired control-surface takeoff configuration;

a second component configured to provide to the processor a first signal indicative of a current control-surface configuration of the aircraft; and

a third component configured to provide to the processor a second signal indicative of the position of the aircraft,

wherein the processor is configured to compare the aircraft position to the contents of a database, determine, based on the comparison, whether the aircraft is on a departure runway from which the aircraft is to depart, and generate an alarm if the aircraft is on the departure runway and the current control-surface configuration is different from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the desired control-surface takeoff configuration comprises trim setting.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first component is further configured to receive from the user a selection of the departure runway.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the plurality of control surfaces includes control surfaces of a plurality of types; and

the alarm comprises an indication of a type of control surface causing the current control-surface configuration to differ from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the alarm comprises an aural description of the type of control surface causing the current control-surface configuration to differ from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a fourth component configured to receive a wireless signal identifying the departure runway and provide the departure-runway identification to the processor.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display device configured to display representations of the plurality of control surfaces.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the processor is configured to generate to the display device a representation in a first format of correctly configured control surfaces and a representation in a second format, different from the first format, of incorrectly configured control surfaces if the aircraft is on the departure runway and the current control-surface configuration is different from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

9. A system implementable in an aircraft for generating a warning, the aircraft including a plurality of control surfaces, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first component configured to provide to the processor a first signal indicative of a current control-surface configuration of the aircraft; and

a second component configured to provide to the processor a second signal indicative of the position of the aircraft; and

a display device configured to display representations of the plurality of control surfaces,

wherein the processor is configured to compare the aircraft position to the contents of a database, determine, based on the comparison, whether the aircraft is on a departure runway from which the aircraft is to depart, and, if the aircraft is on the departure runway and the current control-surface configuration is different from a desired control-surface takeoff configuration, generate to the display device a representation in a first format of correctly configured control surfaces and a representation in a second format, different from the first format, of incorrectly configured control surfaces.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the desired control-surface takeoff configuration comprises spoiler setting.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a third component configured to receive from a user the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a third component configured to receive from a user a selection of the departure runway.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the plurality of control surfaces includes control surfaces of a plurality of types; and

the displayed representations of the plurality of control surfaces comprise an indication of a type of control surface causing the current control-surface configuration to differ from the desired control-surface takeoff configuration.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a third component configured to receive a wireless signal identifying the departure runway and provide the departure-runway identification to the processor.