Common operating environment for aircraft operations
First Claim
1. A common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations providing coordination of logistics information among transportation elements used in remote operations, the COE comprising:
- an operational plan store for storing data for a vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational data describing vehicle deployment;
a map visualization system storing and displaying a visualization of a map region;
an in-vehicle display;
depicting the operational plan,providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle and its environment within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the in-vehicle display comprises a map visualization output providing said visualization of the map region, andgenerating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan and logistics on the visualization of the map;
a synchronization module comprising a data communication portal, the synchronization module providing and receiving updates of the operational plan,whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan,therebyallowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located control facility, andpermitting a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and
an operational plan modification module generating a new or modified operational plan or modifying the stored data for the vehicle operational plan,whereby the synchronization module provides the new or modified operational plan or modifications of the stored data to the remotely located control facility, permitting review of the new or modified operational plan.
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Abstract
A common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations, such as for air transport provides coordination of logistics information with dispatch or a controller. An operational plan, such as a flight plan or other operational plan describing vehicle deployment is stored, and a map visualization system displays a map region. An in-vehicle display depicts the operational plan, providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle within different time phases of the operational plan. Transfer of updates of the operational plan is performed without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, allowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located facility. The system permits a controller or dispatcher to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates, and permits review of the modified operational plan.
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30 Claims
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1. A common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations providing coordination of logistics information among transportation elements used in remote operations, the COE comprising:
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an operational plan store for storing data for a vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational data describing vehicle deployment; a map visualization system storing and displaying a visualization of a map region; an in-vehicle display; depicting the operational plan, providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle and its environment within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the in-vehicle display comprises a map visualization output providing said visualization of the map region, and generating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan and logistics on the visualization of the map; a synchronization module comprising a data communication portal, the synchronization module providing and receiving updates of the operational plan, whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, thereby allowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located control facility, and permitting a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and an operational plan modification module generating a new or modified operational plan or modifying the stored data for the vehicle operational plan, whereby the synchronization module provides the new or modified operational plan or modifications of the stored data to the remotely located control facility, permitting review of the new or modified operational plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for vehicle operational management comprising:
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a common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations providing coordination of logistics information among transportation elements used in remote operations, the COE comprising; an operational plan store for storing data for a vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational data describing vehicle deployment; a map visualization system storing and displaying a visualization of a map region; an in-vehicle display; depicting the operational plan, providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle and its environment within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the in-vehicle display comprises a map visualization output providing said visualization of the map region, and generating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan and logistics on the visualization of the map; a synchronization module comprising a data communication portal, the synchronization module providing and receiving updates of the operational plan, whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, thereby allowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located control facility, and permitting a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and an operational plan modification module generating a new or modified operational plan or modifying the stored data for the vehicle operational plan, whereby the synchronization module provides the new or modified operational plan or modifications of the stored data to the remotely located control facility, permitting review of the new or modified operational plan; and a dispatcher operation display system; communicating with the COE display system with potentially intermittent connection to internet when connected by satellite or radio to a cockpit interactive device (CID) or a personal interactive device (PID), with a capability of effecting communication using the normal “
always on”
bi-directional network connectivity and the “
send once”
communications protocol connectivity,and further maintaining data providing communications channel statistics for the dispatcher operation display system comprising bandwidth consumption and transmission latency.
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13. A system for vehicle operational management comprising:
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a common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations providing coordination of logistics information among transportation elements used in remote operations, the COE comprising; an operational plan store for storing data for a vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational data describing vehicle deployment; a map visualization system storing and displaying a visualization of a map region; an in-vehicle display; depicting the operational plan, providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle and its environment within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the in-vehicle display comprises a map visualization output providing said visualization of the map region, and generating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan and logistics on the visualization of the map; a synchronization module comprising a data communication portal, the synchronization module providing and receiving updates of the operational plan, whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, thereby allowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located control facility, and permitting a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and an operational plan modification module generating a new or modified operational plan or modifying the stored data for the vehicle operational plan, whereby the synchronization module provides the new or modified operational plan or modifications of the stored data to the remotely located control facility, permitting review of the new or modified operational plan; and a centralized data server and portal for; acquisition of operational and environmental data from vehicles and vehicle operators, dissemination of current and archived data program products and documents to all COE platforms as needed, and monitoring of status and health of system, subsystems and individual COE platforms, wherein the centralized data server and portal synchronizes each of at least a subset of the COE display systems with the centralized data server. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A common operating environment (COE) display system for a controller providing a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility, and used in remote operations providing coordination of logistics information among transportation elements, the COE comprising:
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a data communication portal connecting to at least one a high bandwidth communication channel and a communication channel, the data communication portal using communication protocol connectivity using intermittent or high cost bi-directional connectivity for communicating with at least one vehicle display unit located in or positionable in a vehicle; an operational plan store for storing data for receiving at least one vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational plan describing vehicle deployment; a map visualization system displayed on a controller display and storing and displaying a visualization of one or more map regions corresponding to map regions displayed on display systems in the vehicles; the controller display; depicting the operational plan, and providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the controller display comprises a map visualization output; providing said visualization of the map region, and generating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan and logistics on the visualization of the map a synchronization module comprising the data communication portal, the synchronization module providing and receiving updates of the operational plan by exchanging update data with the vehicle display units, whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without receiving or transmitting substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, thereby allowing synchronization of the operational plan with the vehicle display units and enabling the vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to recreate a facsimile of the in-vehicle display, and permitting the controller to screen share the controller display with the vehicle display units, based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and an operational plan modification module receiving and generating a new or modified operational plan, or receiving and generating modifications of the stored data for the vehicle operational plan, whereby the synchronization module provides the modified operational plan or modifications of the stored data to the remotely located control facility, permitting review of the modified operational plan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An aviation flight planning system comprising a common operating environment (COE) display system for vehicle operations for displaying route or flight paths on a 4-dimensional map visualization display, comprising:
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a coordinating computer located on board an aircraft receiving sensed data from sensing equipment on board the aircraft providing real time sensed information; an operational plan store for storing data for a vehicle operational plan such as a flight plan or other operational plan describing vehicle deployment communicatively connected to the coordinating computer; an in-vehicle display; depicting the operational plan, providing displays of current and projected operational conditions of the vehicle within different time phases of the operational plan, wherein the in-vehicle display comprises a map visualization output providing said visualization of the map region, and generating and displaying a mapped representation of the operational plan on the visualization of the map; a synchronization module comprising a data communication portal, the synchronization module; providing and receiving updates of the operational plan, whereby the updates provide changed data to the operational plan without replacing substantial portions of the stored data for the operational plan, thereby allowing synchronization of the operational plan with a remotely located control facility, and permitting a controller or dispatcher function at a vehicle operations controller facility or dispatch controller facility to screen share the in-vehicle display based on information previously stored, as updated by the updates; and the in-vehicle display proving a visualization system configured to; acquire at least one route or flight track as a focus object, acquire at least one predicted object or occurrence as a predicted focus object, use focus object information to display at least a plurality of the focus objects, subdivide each focus object into a plurality of object components, use a transparent interface to calculate coordinates of components of the focus object in a coordinate system of the visualization system, said focus object mutually shared by the visualization system and the interface, receive coordinates of a point of interest (POI) used in a projection of the visualization system, and project the POI in a selected point of view (POV) using the calculated coordinates and the received coordinates of the POI in the projection of the visualization system of N dimensional features in the visualization, independent of user point of view and time-adjusted according to current and predicted flight status along the flight track and adjusted by time. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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