Intelligent crew alerting system and method for aircraft and other vehicle applications
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1. A method of managing alerts associated with the operation of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving alert messages indicative of predefined alerts for a plurality of different onboard aircraft subsystems, each of the onboard aircraft subsystems having a set of predefined alerts that can be active or inactive at any given point in time, and each of the alert messages indicating active or inactive status of one of the predefined alerts;
processing active alerts identified in the received alert messages;
determining an originating cause of the active alerts in response to the processing;
presenting indicia of the originating cause in a human-understandable format;
filtering the received alert messages to obtain a reduced number of received alert messages; and
rendering the reduced number of received alert messages on a flight deck display element.
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Abstract
A method of managing alerts associated with the operation of an aircraft is provided. The method maintains an alert model database that correlates root causes to alerts associated with onboard aircraft subsystems. During operation of the aircraft, the method receives first alert data indicative of at least one alert of a first onboard aircraft subsystem, and traverses the alert model database to determine a root cause of the first alert data. The root cause (or some indicia thereof) can then be displayed on a display element.
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1. A method of managing alerts associated with the operation of an aircraft, the method comprising:
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receiving alert messages indicative of predefined alerts for a plurality of different onboard aircraft subsystems, each of the onboard aircraft subsystems having a set of predefined alerts that can be active or inactive at any given point in time, and each of the alert messages indicating active or inactive status of one of the predefined alerts; processing active alerts identified in the received alert messages; determining an originating cause of the active alerts in response to the processing; presenting indicia of the originating cause in a human-understandable format; filtering the received alert messages to obtain a reduced number of received alert messages; and rendering the reduced number of received alert messages on a flight deck display element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of managing alerts associated with the operation of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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maintaining an alert model database that correlates root causes to alerts associated with subsystems onboard the vehicle; receiving a plurality of alert messages from the subsystems onboard the vehicle; traversing the alert model database to determine a root cause of the plurality of alert messages; displaying indicia of the root cause on a display element; filtering the received alert messages to obtain a reduced number of received alert messages; and rendering the reduced number of received alert messages on the display element. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing alerts associated with the operation of an aircraft, the system comprising:
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a processing architecture configured to carry out processor-executable instructions; a processor-readable medium accessible by the processing architecture; and processor-executable instructions stored on the processor-readable medium, wherein, when executed by the processor architecture, the processor-executable instructions cause the processor architecture to carry out a method comprising; receiving a plurality of alert messages from a first onboard aircraft subsystem and a second onboard aircraft subsystem; analyzing the received alert messages to determine a common cause of the alert messages; and obtaining a recommended response to the common cause; filtering the received alert messages to obtain a reduced number of received alert messages; and rendering the reduced number of received alert messages on a display element of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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