US 2022/0091699 A1Published application

Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

AssigneeMBTE Holdings Sweden AB

InventorsRan Meriaz, Yoram Meriaz, Alexander Tkachman

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for supporting three dimensional (3D) graphics for technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: providing a window comprising a first view pane displaying a list of parts used for a component of the item and a second view pane displaying a 3D graphic of the component; receiving selection of a part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic using a first selection mechanism; responsive to receiving the selection: causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane; and causing the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a first highlighting format.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method for supporting three dimensional (3D) graphics for technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the method comprising:

providing a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising a first view pane displaying a list of parts used for a component of the item and a second view pane displaying a 3D graphic of the component in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
receiving input of a selection of a part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a first selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism:
causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
and
causing the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a first highlighting format;
receiving input of a selection of the part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a second selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism:
causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
and
causing the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a second highlighting format;
receiving input of a selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane, wherein the selection of the part is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane:
causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
causing the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
causing the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using the second highlighting format;
and
causing the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as zoomed in on and rotated on the second view pane based at least in part on a size of the part.

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An apparatus for supporting three dimensional (3D) graphics for technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising a first view pane displaying a list of parts used for a component of the item and a second view pane displaying a 3D graphic of the component in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
receive input of a selection of a part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a first selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a first highlighting format;
receive input of a selection of the part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a second selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a second highlighting format;
receive input of a selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane, wherein the selection of the part is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using the second highlighting format;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as zoomed in on and rotated on the second view pane based at least in part on a size of the part.

18 more elements

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for supporting three dimensional (3D) graphics for technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising a first view pane displaying a list of parts used for a component of the item and a second view pane displaying a 3D graphic of the component in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
receive input of a selection of a part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a first selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the first selection mechanism:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a first highlighting format;
receive input of a selection of the part of the component displayed in the 3D graphic on the second view pane using a second selection mechanism, wherein the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part using the second selection mechanism:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using a second highlighting format;
receive input of a selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane, wherein the selection of the part is performed by the user via the IETM viewer;
and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the part from the list of parts displayed on the first view pane:
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed as highlighted on the first view pane;
cause the part in the list of parts to be displayed with a border around the highlighting of the part on the first view pane;
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as highlighted on the second view pane using the second highlighting format;
and
cause the part in the 3D graphic to be displayed as zoomed in on and rotated on the second view pane based at least in part on a size of the part.

18 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/030,474Filed 24 Sep 2020
Priority: 21 Sep 2020
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification87 codes

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