METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING DATA BETWEEN ON-BOARD SYSTEMS IN AN AIRCRAFT

• US 20100145553A1
• Filed: 08/11/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Inventors: VIAL, Jean-Sebastien
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,201 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 23/00 Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0008 with other aircraft

Abstract

The object of the invention is in particular a method and a device for exchanging data between a technical management system of an aircraft and a mission management system of the said aircraft, in order to permit one of the said systems to determine the consequences of an event detected in the other of the said systems. After at least one event has been detected (300) in one of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft, at least one information item pertaining to the said detected event is transmitted (320) to the other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft. The consequences of the said event detected in the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft are then determined (330). The adaptation of at least one datum of the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft is evaluated in response to the said determination step.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging data between a technical management system of an aircraft and a mission management system of the said aircraft, in order to permit one of the said systems to determine the consequences of an event detected in the other of the said systems, this method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps,

detecting (300) at least one event in one of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft;

transmitting (320) at least one information item pertaining to the said detected event to the other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft;

determining (330) consequences of the said detected event in the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft; and

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evaluating the adaptation of at least one datum of the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft in response to the said determination step.

2. A method according to the preceding claim, additionally comprising a step of modifying (350) the said at least one datum of the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft in response to the said step of evaluating the adaptation of the said at least one datum.

3. A method according to claim 1, additionally comprising a step of displaying the said evaluation of the adaptation of the said at least one datum of the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft.

4. A method according to the preceding claim, additionally comprising a step of validating (345) the said evaluation of the adaptation of the said at least one datum of the said other of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft.

5. A method according to the preceding claim, according to which the said display step comprises a step of displaying an activatable representation of a control command of at least one device of at least one of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft, the said validation step comprising a step of activating the said command.

6. A method according to claim 3, according to which the said display and validation steps are employed in a centralized software interface of the said technical management and mission management systems of the said aircraft.

7. A method according to claim 1, additionally comprising a step of analysis of the said detected event, the said step of transmitting the said at least one information item pertaining to the said detected event being effected in response to the said analysis step.

8. A method according to claim 1, additionally comprising a step of determining the state of the said aircraft, the consequences of the said detected event being determined as a function of the said state, and the adaptation of the said at least one datum being evaluated as a function of the said state.

9. A device comprising means capable of employing each of the steps of the method according to any one of the preceding claims.

10. An aircraft comprising means capable of employing each of the steps of the method according to claim 1.