CORRELATIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DECLUTTERED DISPLAYS FOR AIRCRAFT

• US 20200133611A1
• Filed: 07/01/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Feyereisen, Thea, Ramakrishna, Rakshit, Malviya, Pramod Kumar, Weaver, Bryan, Graham, Brock, He, Gang, Letsu-Dake, Emmanuel, Wang, Rui, Samuthirapandian, Subash
• Granted Patent: US 11,347,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• 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 5/006 in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0086 for monitoring terrain radar or analogous systems specially adapted for terrain avoidance G01S13/935
• 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: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/12 Avionics applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/08 Cursor circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

A system and method of operating a correlative display system for a plurality of display systems on an aircraft includes receiving, by a processor, an identification of a feature from a user interface associated with a first display system of the plurality of display systems. The processor determines a location of the identified feature relative to data displayed on each other display system of the plurality of display systems, wherein the identified feature is not previously displayed on at least one of the other display systems of the plurality of display systems. The processor generates instructions to highlight the identified feature on each other display system of the plurality of display systems at the determine location relative to data displayed on each other display system

Claims

1. An aircraft, comprising:

a flight management system configured to monitor flight plan data for the aircraft, the flight plan data indicative of a planned flight path; and

a correlative display system communicatively coupled to the flight management system, the correlative display system comprising;

a plurality of displays, each of the plurality of displays displaying data relevant to the planned flight path;

a user interface system configured to receive user input; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of displays and the user interface, the processor configured to;

determine when the user input received by the user interface corresponds to a feature on a first of the plurality of displays;

identify the feature on the first of the plurality of displays;

determine a location of the identified feature relative to the data displayed on each other of the plurality of displays, wherein the identified feature is not previously displayed on at least one of the other of the plurality of displays; and

generate instructions for the other of the plurality of displays to highlight the feature at the determined location for each of the other plurality of displays.

2. The aircraft according to claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store priority data associated with each feature,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine when graphical or textual information corresponding to multiple features on any of the plurality of displays overlap;

compare the priority data corresponding to the overlapping features; and

generate instructions to declutter the plurality of displays by only displaying the highest priority feature of the overlapping features.

3. The aircraft according to claim 2, wherein feature priority is based at least in part on one or more of display range, aircraft operational environment, and airports within a geographic corridor that are useful for diversion along a planned path.

4. The aircraft according to claim 2, wherein when the identified feature is a feature which has been decluttered from the display, the processor is further configured to generate instructions to redisplay the identified feature on a respective one of the plurality of displays.

5. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of displays is a personal electronic device.

6. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the identified feature is a weather phenomenon.

7. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the identified feature is a waypoint.

8. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the identified feature is a constraint.

9. The aircraft according to claim 1, wherein the identified feature is another aircraft.

10. A method of operating a correlative display system for a plurality of display systems on an aircraft, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, an identification of a feature from a user interface associated with a first display system of the plurality of display systems;

determining, by the processor, a location of the identified feature relative to data displayed on each other display system of the plurality of display systems, wherein the identified feature is not previously displayed on at least one of the other display systems of the plurality of display systems; and

generating, by the processor, instructions to highlight the identified feature on each other display system of the plurality of display systems at the determine location relative to data displayed on each other display system.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining when graphical or textual information corresponding to multiple features on any of the plurality of displays overlap;

comparing, by the processor, priority data stored in a memory corresponding to the overlapping features; and

generating, by the processor, instructions to declutter the plurality of displays by only displaying the highest priority feature of the overlapping features

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein when the identified feature is a feature which has been decluttered from one of the plurality of displays, the method further comprising:

generating instructions, by the processor, to redisplay the identified feature on the respective one of the plurality of displays.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein one of the plurality of displays is a personal electronic device.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the identified feature is a weather phenomenon.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the identified feature is a waypoint.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the identified feature is a constraint.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the identified feature is another aircraft.

18. A correlative display system, comprising:

a plurality of displays, each of the plurality of displays operable to display different flight plan data;

a user interface system configured to receive user input; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of displays and the user interface, the processor configured to;

determine when the user input received by the user interface corresponds to a feature on a first of the plurality of displays;

identify the feature on the first of the plurality of displays;

determine a location of the identified feature relative to the data displayed on each other of the plurality of displays, wherein the identified feature is not previously displayed on at least one of the other of the plurality of displays; and

generate instructions for the other of the plurality of displays to highlight the feature at the determined location for each of the other plurality of displays.

19. The correlative display system according to claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine when graphical or textual information corresponding to multiple features on any of the plurality of displays overlap;

compare the priority data corresponding to the overlapping features; and

generate instructions to declutter the plurality of displays by only displaying the highest priority feature of the overlapping features.

20. The correlative display system according to claim 18, wherein:

one of the plurality of displays is a personal electronic device; and

the identified feature is one of a waypoint, a constraint, an airspaces, an idents, a runway, a gate, a taxiway, an airport, an aircraft and a weather phenomenon.