Standby display aircraft management system
First Claim
1. An aircraft instrumentation system for a cockpit instrument panel, comprising:
- a first device associated with a first pilot of the aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the first pilot, the first device including;
a first display; and
a first controller having a first set of controls for controlling the first display and aircraft systems; and
a second device associated with a second pilot of the aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the second pilot, the second device including;
a second display; and
a second controller having a second set of controls for controlling the second display and the aircraft systems;
wherein at least one of the first display and the second display presents attitude, altitude and airspeed at all times;
wherein in the event the first display does not present attitude, altitude, and airspeed, the first display defaults to presenting attitude, altitude and airspeed in the event the first controller is inactive for a predetermined period of time; and
wherein if the second display does not present attitude, altitude, and airspeed, the second display defaults to presenting attitude, altitude and airspeed in the event the second controller is inactive for the predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes an aircraft instrumentation system for a cockpit instrument panel having a first device associated with a first pilot of an aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the first pilot. The first device may include a first display and a first controller, which may have a set of controls for controlling the first display and aircraft systems. The instrumentation system may also include a second device associated with a second pilot of the aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the second pilot. The second device may include a second display and a second controller, which may have a set of controls for controlling the second display and the aircraft systems. The instrumentation may be configured such that at least one of the first display and the second display presents attitude, altitude and airspeed at all times.
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16 Claims
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1. An aircraft instrumentation system for a cockpit instrument panel, comprising:
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a first device associated with a first pilot of the aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the first pilot, the first device including; a first display; and a first controller having a first set of controls for controlling the first display and aircraft systems; and a second device associated with a second pilot of the aircraft and positioned on the instrument panel substantially in front of the second pilot, the second device including; a second display; and a second controller having a second set of controls for controlling the second display and the aircraft systems; wherein at least one of the first display and the second display presents attitude, altitude and airspeed at all times; wherein in the event the first display does not present attitude, altitude, and airspeed, the first display defaults to presenting attitude, altitude and airspeed in the event the first controller is inactive for a predetermined period of time; and wherein if the second display does not present attitude, altitude, and airspeed, the second display defaults to presenting attitude, altitude and airspeed in the event the second controller is inactive for the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of displaying standby flight data and managing aircraft systems from a cockpit instrument panel of an aircraft, the method comprising:
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associating a first device with a first pilot, the first device having a first display and a first set of controls; associating a second device with a second pilot, the second device having a second display and a second set of controls, each of the first device and the second device including a standby mode and a controller mode; setting the first device and the second device in the standby mode, the first display configured to present standby flight data when the first device is in the standby mode and the second display configured to present standby flight data when the second device is in the standby mode; placing the first device in the controller mode only if the second device is in the standby mode; placing the second device in the controller mode only if the first device is in the standby mode; defaulting the first device into the standby mode after a predetermined period of inactivity in the controller mode; and defaulting the second device into the standby mode after the predetermined period of inactivity in the controller mode; wherein the standby flight data includes attitude, altitude, and airspeed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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