Methods and systems for displaying messages from a plurality of sources
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBen M. Harrison, Robert J. Tenwinkel, Drew W. Houck
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a flight deck display system for displaying text messages are provided. The system includes an alert generator configured to receive message signals from a plurality of aircraft systems and to generate alert messages based on the received message signals, and a flight deck display screen that includes a screen portion that is separately controlled by the alert generator to display messages received from the alert generator.
Claims20
A flight deck display system for displaying text messages comprising:
- an alert generator embedded in a memory and executed on a processing device, said alert generator configured to receive message signals from a plurality of aircraft systems and to generate alert messages based on the received message signals;
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- a flight deck display screen comprising a first screen portion that is controlled by software associated with said display system and a second screen portion that is separately controlled by said alert generator to display messages received from said alert generator.
A display system for an aircraft comprising:
- an alert generator embedded in a memory and executed on a processing device, said alert generator configured to receive message signals from a plurality of aircraft systems and to generate alert messages based on the received message signals;
- a flight deck display screen comprising a first screen portion that is controlled by software associated with said display system and a second screen portion that is separately controlled by said alert generator to display messages received from said alert generator;
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- a software tool embodied on a separate computer communicatively couplable to said alert generator, said software tool configured to modify logic in said alert generator.
A method of displaying messages on a flight deck display that includes a screen having a first portion controlled by the flight deck display and a second reserved portion of the screen controlled by a source external to the flight deck display, said method comprising:
- receiving at least one input of a measured quantity from a plurality of airplane components and subsystems;
- generating an alert signal using an alert generator, embedded in a memory and executed on a processing device, based on the at least one input and a predetermined logic rule, the alert generator including logic portioned from an airplane central computing function;
- generating at least one text message based on the generated alert signal;
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- transmitting the generated text message for display within the second reserved portion of the flight deck display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.