Customizable cockpit display systems and methods of customizing the presentation of cockpit data
AssigneeGarmin International, Inc.
InventorsDale R. Langner, Philip I. Straub
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for customized displays and customized presentations of cockpit data. Configurable soft keys or controls located in close proximity to a cockpit display are provided. Each key is configured to perform a desired display function or other function. Labels are displayed adjacent to each of the soft keys to identify each of the soft keys. A display is operable to provide multiple views, each view within the display is adapted to be overlaid with additional cockpit data if so configured. Furthermore, each view is capable of being presented from one or more selectable perspectives as desired.
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A cockpit display system, comprising:
- a display having a plurality of displayable regions wherein a number of the displayable regions are activated by a number of soft keys located on a bezel but not within the display which encompasses the display, and wherein a number of the displayable regions are operable to present graphical data;
- a label display region presenting labels on the display, wherein each label is adjacent to one of the soft keys, and wherein each label associated with one or the soft keys can be modified or configured within the label display region for a particular one of the soft keys;
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- wherein a plurality of views are selectable within one or more of the number of displayable regions.
A cockpit instrument panel, comprising:
- a bezel encompassing a display, wherein the bezel includes a plurality of controls and display activation buttons not located within the display;
- sensors operably coupled to the controls and the display activation buttons, wherein the sensors are proximately located to rear sides of the bezel and the display;
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- wherein the display is adapted to present a setting data strip in a first region, a label data strip in a second region proximately located adjacent to the display activation buttons, navigational data in a primary display region, and inset data in one or more inset regions, each inset region activated by one or the display activation buttons, and wherein the display is adapted to simultaneously present graphical data in the inset regions, and wherein the label data strip is modifiable and presented within the display and includes unique labels associated with particular ones of the display activation buttons.
A method of customizing data presented on a cockpit display, comprising:
- providing buttons adapted to present inset views within a display or overlay views within the display, wherein the buttons are located proximate and adjacent to the display but not within the display, and wherein at least one of the inset views or overlay views include graphical data;
- presenting labels within the display adjacent to the buttons, and wherein the labels can be modified within the display and where each label is adjacent to one of the buttons;
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- customizing flight data presented within the display by configuring the inset views or the overlay views.
Cockpit display data presented on a display comprising:
- labels presented within a label region of a display, wherein the labels are associated with a number of buttons which are proximate and adjacent to the labels but not within the display, and wherein the labels can be modified and are presented within the display;
- setting data presented within a setting region of the display;
- primary data including graphical data and text data, and wherein the primary data are presented in a primary region of the display;
- inset data including graphical data and text data, and wherein the inset data are presented in an inset region of the display;
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- overlay data including graphical data and text data, and wherein the overlay data are presented in an overlay region of the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.