System and method for customizing multiple windows of information on a display

• US 8,484,576 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2003
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Supersonic Aerospace International LLC
• Original Assignee: Supersonic Aerospace International LLC
• Inventors: Berson, Barry L., Bialecki, Larry J., Buck, Peter A.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAILU, TADESSE
• Application Number:
  US10/420,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20040210847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,736 Days
• Field of Search: 715/792, 715/788, 715/781, 715/783
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2207/10 Displays which are primarily used in aircraft or display aircraft-specific information
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/08 using a common indicating element for two or more variables
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information

Abstract

A device for monitoring the status of a plurality of subsystems includes a plurality of mutually exclusive windows on a display device. Each window includes information related to at least one of the subsystems. One or more of the windows includes a common user interface and a common display area for a subset of at least two of the windows. The common user interface includes selectable options for controlling the information displayed in the common display area, and the selectable options allow the user to display more detailed information related to the information displayed in one of the associated windows. Advisory information regarding the status of the subsystems can be included in one or more of the windows, along with a selectable option to display a checklist for the subsystem associated with each advisory message. The display system can be used to monitor operation and status of various types of systems including mobile vehicles, machines, biological organisms, and building facilities.

Claims

1. A method for configuring windows in a display comprising:

presenting options to enter the number, size, and location of each window in the display;

presenting options to select information to be displayed in each window; and

presenting an option to allow a user to designate a window that is common to at least two other windows.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

presenting options that can be included in each window, wherein the options can be displayed in the common window associated with each window.