DEVICE FOR MANAGING PILOTING TASKS CARRIED OUT BY A CREW OF AN AIRCRAFT

• US 20100161157A1
• Filed: 12/14/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: De Brito, Gabrielle, Francois, Gilles, Guilley, Fabien
• Granted Patent: US 8,527,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• 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 present invention lies in the field of embedded flight management systems on board aircraft. The invention relates notably to a system for managing alerts and procedures, and more precisely to a device for managing piloting tasks carried out by a crew of an aircraft. The device for managing tasks (1) according to the invention comprises:

• • a module for managing alerts (4) generating alerts as a function of information originating from systems (2) of the aircraft, said module for managing alerts (4) being associated with a first display system (5) and with a first monitoring panel (7);
  • a module for managing tasks (8) creating a task on receipt of an alert requiring at least one action on the part of the crew, creating a task associated with a procedure, said module for managing tasks (8) being associated with a second display system (11) and with a second monitoring panel (14);
  • a module for managing a procedure (16) corresponding to a task selected by the crew, said module for managing a procedure (16) being associated with a third display system (17) and with a third monitoring panel (18).

Claims

1. Device for managing piloting tasks carried out by a crew of an aircraft, comprising:

a function for managing alerts;

a function for managing piloting tasks;

a function for managing a procedure corresponding to a task selected by the crew with a means for monitoring tasks, from among tasks displayed by a means for displaying tasks;

at least one means for displaying;

alerts tasks and/or procedures;

at least one means for monitoring;

alerts and/or tasks and/or procedures;

said function for managing alerts;

generating alerts on receipt of information originating from first systems of the aircraft;

transmitting the alerts generated to the means for displaying alerts;

said function for managing piloting tasks being able to;

create a task on receipt of an alert, generated by the function for managing the alerts, requiring a processing procedure carried out by the crew;

create a task associated with an operational procedure;

create a task associated with a procedure chosen by the crew, with a means for monitoring tasks, from among a set of operational procedures that is presented by the means for displaying procedures, said set of operational procedures being stored in a first database;

create a task on receipt of actions to be carried out originating from avionics systems;

said function for managing piloting tasks transmitting the tasks created to the means for displaying tasks;

said function for managing a procedure (16) transmitting the procedure to the means for displaying procedures.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the function for managing the alerts ensures a management of a list of alerts presented by the means for displaying alerts, said management of the list of alerts comprising:

a function for sorting the alerts of the list according to a level of seriousness of each alert;

a function for deleting an alert from the list of alerts on receipt of a delete alert order originating from the means for monitoring alerts actuated by the crew;

a function for deleting an alert when a task corresponding to the alert is deleted.

3. Device according to claim 1, wherein the function for managing tasks deletes tasks on:

receipt of an order to delete a task originating from the means for monitoring tasks actuated by the crew;

deletion of an alert.

4. Device according to claim 1, wherein the operational procedures are transmitted to the function for managing the tasks by a procedure detection function.

5. Device according to claim 1, wherein the function for managing a procedure:

calculates a state of progress of the procedure as a function of acknowledgements of actions making up the procedure;

said procedure comprising at least one action to be carried out;

transmits the calculated state of progress;

to the function for managing the tasks, to the means for displaying procedures;

stores the state of progress in a second database.

6. Device according to claim 5, wherein the state of progress of a procedure is initialized by the function for managing a procedure on receipt of an initialization order originating from the function for managing tasks.

7. Device according to claim 5, wherein, on receipt of a state of progress indicating that all the actions of a procedure have been carried out, the function for managing the tasks deletes the task corresponding to the procedure.

8. Device according to claim 5, wherein an acknowledgement of an action is transmitted to the function for managing a procedure by:

a second system of the aircraft carrying out the action;

the means for monitoring procedures (18) actuated by the crew.

9. Device according to claim 5, wherein information relating to an action of a procedure is displayed by a means for displaying information relating to an action, on receipt, by the function for managing a procedure, of an order to display information relating to an action selected from among the actions displayed by the means for displaying procedures, said action being selected with a means for monitoring procedures actuated by the crew.

10. Device according to claim 1, wherein the means for displaying alerts, the means for displaying tasks, the means for displaying procedures are implemented by one and the same display device.

11. Device according to claim 1, wherein the means for monitoring alerts, the means for monitoring tasks, the means for monitoring procedures are embodied by one and the same monitoring device.