Aircraft energy systems management method
First Claim
1. An energy systems management method comprising steps of:
- providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing said energy system and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble and said arrow arranged hierarchically;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays; and
controlling said energy system by processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system.
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Abstract
An energy systems management method includes steps of providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to the energy system. One synoptic display of the set of synoptic displays is an overall energy synoptic, and the other synoptic displays of the set of synoptic displays are synoptics displaying the status of corresponding energy systems. The method also includes steps of acquiring human inputs through the synoptic displays, for example, by means of a computer user interface device, and controlling the energy system by processing the human inputs through the synoptic displays to provide command inputs to the energy system.
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19 Claims
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1. An energy systems management method comprising steps of:
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providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing said energy system and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble and said arrow arranged hierarchically;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays; and
controlling said energy system by processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An energy systems management method comprising steps of:
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providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing said energy system, a text box representing a supporting system function, and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble, said text box, and said arrow arranged hierarchically;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays; and
controlling said energy system by Processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An energy systems management method comprising:
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providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is an overall energy synoptic, and at least one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is a synoptic displaying the status of a corresponding energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing said energy system and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble and said arrow arranged hierarchically;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays; and
controlling said energy system by processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An energy systems management method comprising:
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providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is an overall energy synoptic, and at least one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is a synoptic displaying the status of a corresponding energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing said energy system, a text box representing a supporting system function, and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble, said text box, and said arrow arranged hierarchically;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays; and
controlling said energy system by processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An energy systems management method comprising:
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providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and providing command inputs to said energy system, wherein one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is an overall energy synoptic, wherein at least one synoptic display of said set of synoptic displays is a synoptic displaying the status of a corresponding energy system, wherein said synoptic displays include a bubble representing an energy system, a text box representing a supporting system function, and an arrow representing an energy source and functional dependence interrelationship, said bubble, said text box, and said arrow arranged hierarchically, wherein said energy system has a corresponding synoptic display selectable from said overall energy synoptic by selecting the corresponding bubble representing said energy system, wherein selecting said text box provides detailed information and accumulates said detailed information into a consequential checklist, and wherein said synoptic displays employ a graphical means for representing whether each energy system is enabled and whether each energy source and functional dependence interrelationship is enabled;
acquiring human inputs through said synoptic displays;
displaying boxed messages wherein selecting a boxed message provides an appropriate command input to an energy system for producing corrective action; and
controlling said energy system by processing said human inputs through said synoptic displays to provide command inputs to said energy system.
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