PRIMARY OBJECTIVE TASK DISPLAY METHODS AND SYSTEMS

• US 20160347176A1
• Filed: 05/26/2015
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Kawalkar, Amit Nishikant
• Granted Patent: US 9,776,510 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• 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: G08G 1/01 Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled G08G1/07 - G08G1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 3/00 Traffic control systems for marine craft marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0008 with other aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/003 Flight plan management
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0052 for cruising combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value G01C23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0056 in an emergency situation, e.g. hijacking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/006 in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0091 for monitoring atmospheric conditions radar or analogous systems specially adapted for meteorological use G01S13/95; meteorology G01W
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/025 Navigation or guidance aids radar or analogous systems specially adapted for landing purposes G01S13/913
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/045 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. determination of anti-collision manoeuvers radar or analogous systems specially adapted for anti-collision between aircraft G01S13/933

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for adaptive display of information and interaction components on a display device of an aircraft. The method includes: receiving aircraft data from one or more aircraft components; determining context information from the aircraft data; determining a visual situation awareness indicator based on the context information; determining a situational awareness model based on the context information; determining a primary objective based on the situational awareness model; determining a task list based on the primary objective; determining situational awareness information based on a task of the task list; determining interactive components based on the task of the task list; and displaying the context information, the visual situation awareness indicator, the task list, the interactive components, and the situational awareness information on a user interface.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a display device of an aircraft, comprising:

receiving aircraft data from one or more aircraft components;

determining context information from the aircraft data;

determining a visual situation awareness indicator based on the context information;

selecting a situational awareness model based on the context information and a state machine;

determining a primary objective based on the situational awareness model;

determining a task list based on the primary objective;

determining situational awareness information based on a task of the task list;

determining interactive components based on the task of the task list; and

displaying in an integrated interface the context information, the visual situation awareness indicator, the task list, the interactive components, and the situational awareness information on a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information includes a flight phase and a flight segment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information includes controller messages.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information includes an active task.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the context information includes an advisory message associated with the active task.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising allocating tasks of the task list between a pilot and at least one other aircraft operator, and wherein the displaying comprises displaying the allocation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a plurality of alerts based on the context information, and wherein the displaying further comprises selectively displaying the plurality of alerts.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising prioritizing the plurality of alerts and wherein the selectively displaying is based on the prioritizing of the plurality of alerts.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising allocating the plurality of alerts between a pilot and at least one other aircraft operator, and wherein the selectively displaying is further based on the allocating of the plurality of alerts.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising managing a state of the tasks in the task list, and wherein the displaying further comprises displaying the state of the tasks in the task list.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining interactive components comprises integrating interactive components across flight deck systems, and building at least one dynamic page based on the integrated interactive components.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises dynamically generating a situation awareness visualization based on components of a represented situation.

13. A system for displaying information on a display device of an aircraft, comprising:

a display device; and

a computer module that receives aircraft data from one or more aircraft components, that determines context information from the aircraft data, that determines a visual situation awareness indicator based on the context information, that selects a situational awareness model based on the context information and a state machine, that determines a primary objective based on the situational awareness model, that determines a task list based on the primary objective, that determines situational awareness information based on a task of the task list, that determines interactive components based on the task of the task list, and that generates display objects to display in an integrated interface the context information, the visual situation awareness indicator, the task list, the interactive components, and the situational awareness information on a user interface of the display device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the context information includes at least one of flight phase, a flight segment, controller messages, and identification and display of an active task.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the context information includes deriving and displaying an advisory message associated with the active task.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer module allocates tasks of the task list between a pilot and at least one other aircraft operator, and generates display objects to display the allocation.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer module determines a plurality of alerts based on the context information, prioritizes the plurality of alerts, allocates the plurality of alerts between a pilot and at least one other aircraft operator, and generates display objects to display the prioritizing and allocating of the plurality of alerts.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer module manages a state of the tasks in the task list, and generates display objects to display the state of the tasks in the task list.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer module determines the interactive components by integrating interactive components across flight deck systems, and building at least one dynamic page based on the integrated interactive components.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer module dynamically generates a situation awareness visualization based on components of a represented situation.