Interactive electronic checklists for autonomous aircraft
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsMargaret MacIsaac Lampazzi, Carl John Pankok, Jr., Igor Cherepinsky
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Abstract
A technique relates to interactive aircraft operation. An interactive electronic checklist is selected from a plurality of interactive electronic checklists, the interactive electronic checklists each comprising checklist tasks. It is perceived that one or more of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is executable by an autonomous system. The one or more of the checklist tasks is performed using the autonomous system, an operator being designated to perform any other ones of the checklist tasks.
Claims19
A method for interactive aircraft operation, the method comprising:
- selecting, by a computer system comprising one or more processors on an aircraft, an interactive electronic checklist from a plurality of interactive electronic checklists based at least on a stage of operations of the aircraft and according to a threshold condition occurring on the aircraft, each of the plurality of interactive electronic checklists comprising checklist tasks for the operations of the aircraft;
- determining, by the computer system, that a first subset of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is to be executed by an autonomous system for the operations;
- determining, by the computer system, that a second subset of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is to be performed by an operator;
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- performing, by the computer system, at least one of the first subset of the checklist tasks using the autonomous system, at least partially concurrent to displaying to the operator at least one of the second subset of the checklist tasks.
A system for interactive aircraft operation, the system comprising:
- a computing system on an aircraft, the computing system comprising at least one processor coupled with memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- selecting an interactive electronic checklist from a plurality of interactive electronic checklists based at least on a stage of operations of the aircraft and according to a threshold condition occurring on the aircraft, each of the plurality of interactive electronic checklists comprising checklist tasks for the operations of the aircraft;
- determining that a first subset of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is to be executed an autonomous system for the operations;
- determining that a second subset of checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is to be performed by an operator;
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- performing at least one of the first subset of checklist tasks using the autonomous system, at least partially concurrent to displaying to the operator at least one of the second subset of checklist tasks.
A computer program product for interactive aircraft operation comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- selecting an interactive electronic checklist from a plurality of interactive electronic checklists based at least on a stage of operations of the aircraft and according to a threshold condition occurring on the aircraft, each of the plurality of interactive electronic checklists each comprising checklist tasks for the operations of the aircraft;
- determining that a first subset of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist selected is to be executed by an autonomous system for the operations;
- determining that a second subset of the checklist tasks in the interactive electronic checklist is to be performed by an operator;
- and
- performing at least one of the first subset of the checklist tasks using the autonomous system, at least partially concurrent to displaying to the operator at least one of the second subset of the checklist tasks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.