Systems and methods for real-time data logging of an enhanced ground proximity system

• US 8,258,983 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Conner, Kevin J, Ostrom, Gary A., Bateman, C. Don
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US12/854,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 340/977, 340/961, 340/963, 340/539.11, 455/98, 455/431, 701/3
• US Class Current: 340/977
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

Systems and methods for performing efficient, inexpensive data logging of aircraft sensor data. An example system on board an aircraft includes a plurality of data sources that provide sensor data associated with a plurality of avionic components, a line replaceable processing unit that is in signal communication with the plurality of data sources via one or more databuses, a wireless router connected to the line replaceable processing unit via a data cable and a portable data unit in wireless data communication with the wireless router. The wireless router receives at least a portion of the sensor data from the line replaceable processing unit and sends the received sensor data to the portable data unit.

Claims

1. An avionics system on board an aircraft, the system comprising:

a plurality of data sources configured to provide sensor data associated with a plurality of aircraft components;

a line replaceable processing unit being in signal communication with the plurality of data sources via one or more databuses;

a wireless router connected to the line replaceable processing unit via a data cable; and

a portable data unit in wireless data communication with the wireless router,

wherein the wireless router receives at least a portion of the sensor data from the line replaceable processing unit and sends the received sensor data to the portable data unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the line replaceable processing unit comprises an Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS).

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the EGPWS comprises an auxiliary data port configured to output at least a portion of the sensor data.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the data cable and the auxiliary data port conform to the RS-232 standard.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the data cable includes three pins designated as transmit, receive and common.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the portable data unit comprises an application program configured to output at least a portion of the sensor data.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the application program utilizes a WinViews protocol.