FLIGHT DECK HAVING A DUAL-VIEW DISPLAY AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

• US 20130002453A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Burns, Timothy Donal Paul, Kolbe, Dashiell Matthews, Ovens, Norman Leonard
• Granted Patent: US 8,836,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/971
• 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

Abstract

A flight deck for an aircraft having a first display associated with a first pilot and displaying a first image comprising a first set of flight information for the first pilot and a second display associated with a second pilot and displaying a second image comprising a second set of flight information for the second pilot. The second display is a dual-view display simultaneously generating a third image along with the second image, with the second image viewable by the second pilot, but not the first pilot, the third image viewable by the first pilot, but not the second pilot, and the third image containing a subset of information from the second set of flight information.

Claims

1. A flight deck for an aircraft, comprising:

a first display associated with a first pilot and displaying a first image comprising a first set of flight information for the first pilot;

a second display associated with a second pilot and displaying a second image comprising a second set of flight information for the second pilot; and

wherein the second display is a dual-view display simultaneously generating a third image along with the second image, with the second image viewable by the second pilot, but not the first pilot, the third image viewable by the first pilot, but not the second pilot, and the third image containing a subset of information from the second set of flight information.

2. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the first and second displays are in a spaced, side-by-side arrangement.

3. The flight deck of claim 2 wherein the first display is positioned in front of the first pilot and the second display is positioned in front of the second pilot.

4. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the third image is viewable from a viewing angle of 40 to 90 degrees left of normal of the second display.

5. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the second image is viewable from a viewing angle of 20 to 80 degrees right of normal of the second display.

6. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the second set of flight information has at least some different information than the first set of flight information.

7. The flight deck of claim 6 wherein at least some of the different information is displayed on the third image.

8. The flight deck of claim 6 wherein the different information is displayed in a different format on the third image than on second image.

9. The flight deck of claim 6 wherein the different information is displayed in a different arrangement on the third image than on the second image.

10. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the subset of information is displayed in a different format on the third image than on the second image.

11. The flight deck of claim 1 wherein the subset of information is displayed in a different arrangement on the third image than on the second image.

12. A method of providing information on an aircraft flight deck having a first display for a first pilot and a second display for a second pilot, the method comprising:

displaying on the first display a first image comprising a first set of flight information for the first pilot;

displaying on the second display a second image comprising a second set of flight information, which is viewable by the second pilot, but not the first pilot; and

displaying on the second display a third image comprising a subset of the second set of flight information, which is viewable by the first pilot, but not the second pilot.

wherein the second display is a dual-view display generating a first image viewable by the first pilot, but not the second pilot, and a second image viewable by the second pilot, but not the first pilot, with the second image containing a subset of information from the second set of flight information.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the first display is directly viewable by first pilot and the second display is directly viewable by the second pilot.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the third image is viewable from a viewing angle of 40 to 90 degrees left of normal of the second display.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the second image is viewable from a viewing angle of 20 to 80 degrees right of normal of the second display.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the second set of flight information has at least some different information than the first set of flight information.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein at least some of the different information is displayed on the third image.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the different information is displayed in a different format on the third image than on second image.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the different information is displayed in a different arrangement on the third image than on the second image.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein the subset of information is displayed in a different format on the third image than on the second image.

21. The method of claim 12 wherein the subset of information is displayed in a different arrangement on the third image than on the second image.