Interactive dialog device between an operator of an aircraft and a guidance system of said aircraft
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1. A dialog device between an operator of an aircraft and a guidance system of said aircraft, said dialog device being installed on the aircraft and comprising:
- at least one visual display screen, wherein the screen is configured to visually display both a graphic element and an interactive element simultaneously, for co-locating the control and monitoring aspects of one or more guidance setpoints, wherein;
the graphic element comprises a symbol for visually representing a current value of at least one guidance setpoint; and
the interactive element comprises;
a graphic playback element for visually indicating a value of at least one guidance setpoint in conjunction with a scale of values; and
a graphic control element that is interactive and movable over a portion of the visual display screen, such that changes to the physical location of the graphic control element modify the current value of the at least one guidance setpoint;
wherein the visual display screen is a touch screen, wherein a location of the graphic control element is controlled by a direct contact with the touch screen, and wherein the graphic control element is configured to dynamically appear on the visual display screen by the direct contact with the touch screen.
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Interactive dialog device between an operator of an aircraft and a guidance system of the aircraft. The dialog device includes an interaction on a screen which represents, on the one hand, a playback element indicating the value of a guidance setpoint of the guidance system of the aircraft, and on the other hand, a control element which can be grasped and moved along a curve by an operator to modify the value of the guidance setpoint.
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1. A dialog device between an operator of an aircraft and a guidance system of said aircraft, said dialog device being installed on the aircraft and comprising:
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at least one visual display screen, wherein the screen is configured to visually display both a graphic element and an interactive element simultaneously, for co-locating the control and monitoring aspects of one or more guidance setpoints, wherein; the graphic element comprises a symbol for visually representing a current value of at least one guidance setpoint; and the interactive element comprises; a graphic playback element for visually indicating a value of at least one guidance setpoint in conjunction with a scale of values; and a graphic control element that is interactive and movable over a portion of the visual display screen, such that changes to the physical location of the graphic control element modify the current value of the at least one guidance setpoint; wherein the visual display screen is a touch screen, wherein a location of the graphic control element is controlled by a direct contact with the touch screen, and wherein the graphic control element is configured to dynamically appear on the visual display screen by the direct contact with the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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