Programming airplane systems based on instructions
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsWilliam L. Goodman, Syed T. Shafaat, John A. Brown, Jennifer L. Gertley, Robert P. Smith
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Abstract
A method of receiving an instruction by an airplane from a control system includes facilitating, by the airplane, a user of a system of the airplane in accepting or rejecting the instruction. The instruction may be received by the airplane via a data link between the control system and the airplane system. If the instruction is accepted, the method may further include loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system and/or adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction.
Claims20
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by an airplane, at least one of a clearance and an instruction from a control system via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane;
- facilitating, by the airplane, a user of the airplane system in accepting or rejecting at least one of the clearance and the instruction;
- and
- performing at least one of the following if at least one of the clearance and the instruction is accepted:
- loading, by the airplane, at least one of the clearance and the instruction into the airplane system;
- and
- adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to at least one of the clearance and the instruction.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by an airplane, an instruction from a control system via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane;
- facilitating, by the airplane, a user of the airplane system in accepting or rejecting the instruction;
- and
- performing at least one of the following if the instruction is accepted:
- loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system;
- and
- adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by an airplane, an instruction from a control system via a data link between the control system and a system of the airplane, the instruction specifying a time and a distance separating the airplane from another airplane and a speed to maintain in order to maintain a spacing between the airplane and the other airplane;
- accepting, by a user of the airplane system, the instruction;
- loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system;
- adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction;
- and
- displaying, by the airplane, indicia representing whether at least one of the time, the speed, and the spacing has been achieved.
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