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US 8,914,165 B2Granted
Integrated flight control and cockpit display system
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsChristopher Noll, Steven A. Avritch
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Abstract
A Human Machine Interface includes a flight control system operable to communicate display data directly to a cockpit display system.
Claims10
A Human Machine Interface comprising:
- a cockpit display system includes at least one of a Multi Function Display (MFD) and a Primary Flight Display (PFD);
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- a flight control system configured to communicate display data directly to said cockpit display system, said flight control system includes a multiple of flight control computers (FCCs) interconnected by a Cross Channel Data Link (CCDL) and at least one of said multiple of flight control computers (FCCs) include a video interface to generate said display data, wherein said video interface is a separate processing card, said flight control system is separate from said cockpit display system and is configured to control avionics, wherein said flight control system includes a triple modular redundant flight control computer (FCC) architecture in which each of said is identical in hardware and software and interconnected by said Cross Channel Data Link (CCDL).
A method of presenting display data on a cockpit display system comprising:
- communicating display data from a flight control system directly to a cockpit display system, wherein said flight control system includes multiple flight control computers (FCCs) and said cockpit display system includes at least one of a Multi Function Display (MFD) and a Primary Flight Display (PFD), wherein said flight control system is separate from said cockpit display system and is configured to control avionics;
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- determining output control values by a majority vote of multiple redundant flight control computers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.