Process and system for transmitting information on an aircraft

• US 7,139,644 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2004
• Issued: 11/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus France
• Inventors: Fernandez-Ramos, Yvan, Bernard, Denys
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tan Q.
• Application Number:
  US10/851,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20040249522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 701/3, 701/29, 701/36, 701/24, 701/2, 701/33, 244/1.R, 714/763, 714/752, 710/100, 710/104
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32

Abstract

A process and system for transmitting information on an aircraft may employ an avionics-type device having a first determining section that determines a first check code representative of information that one wishes to display on a display screen of an interface device available to an operator. The interface device may include a second determining section that determines an image corresponding to the representation of the information and a third determining section that determines a second check code representative of the image. A comparator intercompares the first and second check codes and displays the image on the display screen only if the first and second check codes are identical.

Claims

1. A process for transmitting information on an aircraft, from an avionics-type device to an interface device which is available to an operator of said aircraft, which information is intended to be displayed by said interface device on at least one display screen, said avionics-type device and said interface device being capable of being connected together by way of at least one information transmission link, wherein:

a) said avionics-type device determines a first check code which is representative of the information that one wishes to display on said display screen of said interface device;

b) said information is transmitted, from said avionics-type device to said interface device, via said information transmission link;

c) said interface device determines an image corresponding to the representation of said information thus transmitted;

d) said interface device determines a second check code which is representative of said image;

e) said first and second check codes are compared; and

f) only if said first and second check codes are identical, said interface device displays, on said display screen, said image corresponding to the representation of said information.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step e), said interface device transmits said second check code to said avionics-type device, which then compares said first and second check codes and transmits the result of this comparison to said interface device.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said avionics-type device transmits said first check code to said interface device, which compares said first and second check codes in said step e).

4. An information transmission system carried on board an aircraft, said system comprising:

at least one avionics-type device;

at least one interface device available to an operator, and comprising at least one display screen; and

at least one information transmission link capable of connecting together said avionics-types device and said interface device wherein;

said avionics-type device comprises a first determining section that determines a first check code which is representative of information that one wishes to display on said display screen of said interface device;

said avionics-type device is formed so as to transmit information to said interface device, via said information transmission link;

said interface device comprises a second determining section that determines an image corresponding to the representation of information transmitted, and a third determining section that determines a second check code which is representative of said image;

said system furthermore comprises a comparator that intercompares first and second check codes; and

said interface device is formed so as to display, on said display screen, an image corresponding to the representation of information transmitted, only if the corresponding first and second check codes are identical.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said comparator forms part of said avionics-type device.

6. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said comparator forms part of said interface device.