Electronic flight instrument design and evaluation tool
First Claim
1. A process for generating and evaluating instrument displays comprising:
- generating a plurality of display items representing parts of an instrument display;
selecting and arranging individual ones of said display items in a configuration forming an instrument display;
generating a plurality of individual control signals wherein each control signal represents a changing parameter visually displayed by said instrument display; and
altering individual display items in response to selected ones of said individual control signals to dynamically change the visual appearance of said instrument display in response to said changing parameters.
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Abstract
A design and evaluation system is disclosed which enables the computer generation of graphic displays and symbology used in the design of electronic instrument displays. The graphics and symbology may be positioned, rearranged, altered, and replaced with other graphics or symbology representative of that used in the intended instrument. The display may then be dynamically tested in accordance with programmed or selected manual inputs to determine the aesthetic and functional interactions between symbols or groups of symbols and to evaluate their acceptability in their intended environment. The proposed display may be repeatedly updated, altered and modified during testing until a final version has been selected for the instrument display.
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25 Claims
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1. A process for generating and evaluating instrument displays comprising:
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generating a plurality of display items representing parts of an instrument display; selecting and arranging individual ones of said display items in a configuration forming an instrument display; generating a plurality of individual control signals wherein each control signal represents a changing parameter visually displayed by said instrument display; and altering individual display items in response to selected ones of said individual control signals to dynamically change the visual appearance of said instrument display in response to said changing parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An instrument display design and evaluation system comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of control signals representing varying parameters displayed by an instrument; means for generating a plurality of individual display items, with each display item being associated with a different one of said varying parameters and including means for forming a menu of said display items; means for selecting and displaying individual ones of said display items in the configuration of an instrument display; and means for altering said display items in response to said control signals to reflect the dynamic operation of the instrument display in response to said changing parameters. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic flight instrument design and evaluation system comprising:
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an aircraft simulation computer having a first input responsive to an aircraft wheel/column flight control and a second input responsive to a simulated autopilot control for simulating aircraft flight and generating control signals representing changing parameters in response to said simulated aircraft flight; means for selectively controlling the generation of said control signals in response to one of said wheel/column control and said simulated autopilot control; an interactive graphics system having a menu library for selectively generating a plurality of individual display items, each of which represent a portion of a display of an aircraft instrument and further including means for selecting individual ones of said plurality of display items for forming a configuration of an instrument display representing an aircraft instrument; a color display coupled to said interactive graphics system for displaying the configuration of said selected display items; and means for coupling said aircraft simulation computer to said interactive graphics system for altering said selected display items in response to said control signals to provide dynamic simulation of said instrument display. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A process for generating and evaluating instrument displays comprising:
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generating a plurality of display items which visually represent parts of an instrument display; generating a plurality of individual control signals wherein each control signal represents a changing parameter visually displayed by said instrument display; selecting and arranging individual ones of said display items in a configuration forming an instrument display; altering individual display items in response to selected ones of said individual control signals to dynamically change the visual appearance of said instrument display in response to said changing parameters; reselecting and rearranging individual ones of said display items in response to said dynamically changing visual appearance to form a different configuration of instrument display; and again altering individual display items in response to selected ones of said individual control signals to dynamically change the visual appearance of said instrument display in response to said changing parameters.
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