Device Allowing Improvement in Maintenance Procedures for Onboard Equipment
First Claim
1. Portable access terminal intended to aid the ground maintenance of an aircraft, comprising in internal memory a set of procedures in electronic form, a program operating on the said portable access terminal determining a set of advised actions requiring access to a set of advised procedures forming part of the said set of procedures, the said portable access terminal being utilized by an operator, the said operator carrying out a set of actions actually undertaken, which is assumed to be in compliance with the set of advised actions, and accessing a set of procedures actually consulted, which is assumed to be in compliance with the said set of advised procedures, said portable access terminal comprising:
- first means for automatically recording the set of actions actually undertaken by the operator,means for comparing the said set of actions actually undertaken with respect to the said set of advised actions, making it possible to measure a discrepancy between the set of actions actually undertaken and the set of advised actions,second means for automatically recording the set of procedures actually consulted by the operator,means for comparing the said set of procedures actually consulted with respect to the said set of advised procedures, making it possible to measure a discrepancy between the set of procedures actually consulted and the said set of advised procedures.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of aiding ground maintenance of an aircraft. More particularly, the invention consists of a portable access terminal intended to aid maintenance, commonly designated by the acronym PMAT for Portable Maintenance Access Terminal.
The invention exhibits the advantage of allowing the consideration of human factors in the design of maintenance strategies and procedures in the field of aeronautics. The implementation of portable access terminals according to the invention in the heart of a system for aiding maintenance is aimed at limiting the risks of human errors within the framework of aircraft maintenance operations and, optionally, the adaptation of the maintenance strategies and procedures to particular profiles of maintenance personnel.
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1. Portable access terminal intended to aid the ground maintenance of an aircraft, comprising in internal memory a set of procedures in electronic form, a program operating on the said portable access terminal determining a set of advised actions requiring access to a set of advised procedures forming part of the said set of procedures, the said portable access terminal being utilized by an operator, the said operator carrying out a set of actions actually undertaken, which is assumed to be in compliance with the set of advised actions, and accessing a set of procedures actually consulted, which is assumed to be in compliance with the said set of advised procedures, said portable access terminal comprising:
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first means for automatically recording the set of actions actually undertaken by the operator, means for comparing the said set of actions actually undertaken with respect to the said set of advised actions, making it possible to measure a discrepancy between the set of actions actually undertaken and the set of advised actions, second means for automatically recording the set of procedures actually consulted by the operator, means for comparing the said set of procedures actually consulted with respect to the said set of advised procedures, making it possible to measure a discrepancy between the set of procedures actually consulted and the said set of advised procedures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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