Touch control type airborne control panel assembly and method for aircraft cockpit

Abstract

The invention discloses an aircraft cockpit touch control type airborne control panel assembly and method. The aircraft cockpit touch control type airborne control panel assembly comprises a hardware part and a software part. And the hardware part is provided with a touch display screen, a power supply driving board, a communication interface board and a processor core board. And the software part is provided with an operating system, a graphics library, a human-computer interaction interface, a human-computer interaction program and a control panel function program. The aircraft cockpit touch control type airborne control panel assembly has the advantages of being short in research and development period, low in hardware cost, high in software function expansibility and convenient and fast to maintain and upgrade. The touch control type airborne control panel assembly of the aircraft cockpit is arranged in the aircraft cockpit, so that the overall integration level is improved, and the aircraft cockpit which is lighter in weight, energy-saving, efficient, comfortable and personalized is manufactured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an on-board control panel in an aircraft cockpit. In particular, it is a touch-type on-board control panel assembly and method for an aircraft cockpit. Background Art

[0002] Currently, mechanical switches are selected as input devices for existing on-board control panels. The disadvantages of mechanical switches are as follows: the R & D cycle is relatively long, and the hardware cost is relatively high. Moreover, after the hardware functions and software functions of the on-board control panel are updated, the on-board control panel needs to be redesigned. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The object of the present invention is to solve the problems in the prior art that the R & D cycle of the on-board control panel in the aircraft cockpit is relatively long and the hardware cost is relatively high, and to provide a new touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit.

[0004] To achieve the above object, a technical solution provided by the present invention is: a touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, including: a hardware part and a software part. The hardware part has a touch display screen, a power drive board, a communication interface board, and a processor core board; the software part has an operating system, a graphics library-based, a human-machine interface, a human-machine interaction program, and a control panel function program.

[0005] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the touch screen includes: a liquid crystal display screen.

[0006] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the power drive board includes: a working power supply and a standby power supply.

[0007] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the communication interface board includes: serial communication and network communication.

[0008] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the processor core board uses a graphics processing chip.

[0009] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the touch screen displays a graphics library.

[0010] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the communication between the hardware part and the bus of the aircraft system adopts a dual-channel CAN bus communication method.

[0011] As a preferred solution of the touch-type on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the operating system includes: an embedded real-time operating system.

[0012] As a preferred solution of the touch - type on - board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, the human - machine interaction program includes: decoding and encoding of messages.

[0013] The present invention also provides a method for a touch - type on - board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit, including: Step S1: Power on and perform hardware self - check. Step S2: Load the kernel program. Step S3: Determine whether the hardware self - check is successful. If yes, return to Step S1; if not, execute Step S4. Step S4: Load the application program. The loading of the application program can be achieved by executing the application's self - start with a script. Step S5: Determine whether the application program is loaded successfully. If yes, execute Step S6; if not, return to Step S1. Step S6: Read and decode the data message sent by the aircraft system. Step S7: Send the decoded data message to the touch screen, and the touch screen displays the UI interface. Step S8: Determine whether there is a touch action on the touch screen. If yes, execute Step S9; if not, execute Step S7. Step S9: Read the message of the touch action. Step S10: Determine whether the read message of the touch action needs to be uploaded. If yes, execute Step S11; if not, return to Step S6. Step S11: Upload the read message of the touch action to the aircraft system and return to Step S6.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are at least as follows: The touch - type on - board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit has the characteristics of a short R & D cycle, low hardware cost, strong software function extensibility, and convenient system maintenance and upgrade. Installing the touch - type on - board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit in the aircraft cockpit can improve the overall integration degree and create a more lightweight, energy - saving, efficient, comfortable and personalized integrated aircraft cockpit. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is the system hardware architecture diagram of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 2 It is the system software architecture diagram of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 3 It is the software flow chart of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] The present invention will be further described in detail below through specific embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted here that the description of these embodiments is for helping to understand the present invention, but does not constitute a limitation to the present invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the various embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0019] Please refer to Figure 1 , which shows a touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit.

[0020] The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for the aircraft cockpit includes: a power drive board, a communication interface board, a touch screen, and a processor core board. The power drive board is used to provide a working power supply of 24VDC and a backup power supply of 28VDC. The communication interface board has serial communication and network communication. The serial communication is mainly used for external debugging and serial communication with other devices. The network communication is mainly used for network communication during debugging and network communication between different devices. In some embodiments, the communication interface board has 2-way RS232 serial communication and 2-way Ethernet network communication. It should be noted that the serial communication is not limited to RS232 serial communication, and other serial methods can also be extended and implemented.

[0021] The processor core board is mainly used to run an embedded real-time operating system, mainly execute system hardware initialization functions, touch screen display driving functions based on OpenGL, bus transceiver functions, message receiving and decoding functions sent by the aircraft system, touch input capturing functions on the screen of the touch-type airborne control panel assembly for the aircraft cockpit, message uploading encoding functions, application program scheduling functions, and interface switching functions. In some embodiments, the P2020 chip is selected for the processor core board, the Vxworks 6.9 is selected for the embedded real-time operating system, and the CAN bus is selected for the bus. It should be noted that the processor core board and the bus are not limited to the P2020 chip and the CAN bus, and other main control chips and other communication buses can also be extended and applied.

[0022] The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for the aircraft cockpit is arranged at the top of the front end of the aircraft cockpit, and the rear housing is embedded in the mounting plate at the top of the aircraft cockpit. The rear housing is provided with communication and power interfaces for data communication and power support with the aircraft system. The touch display screen is installed parallel to the cockpit panel at the top of the head. The touch display screen provides a realized information display and human-machine interaction interface for the pilot.

[0023] Please refer to Figure 2 , develop an application program for the user interface offline in VAPS XT, and transplant and burn the operating system, graphical interface application program, graphics library, and graphics card driver into the touch-type airborne control panel assembly for the aircraft cockpit.

[0024] Please refer to Figure 3 , the method of the touch - type on - board control panel assembly for the aircraft cockpit includes: Step S1, power on and perform hardware self - check.

[0025] Step S2, load the kernel program.

[0026] Step S3, determine whether the hardware self - check is successful: if yes, return to Step S1; if no, execute Step S4.

[0027] Step S4, load the application program: the loading of the application program can be performed by executing the application's self - startup script.

[0028] Step S5, determine whether the application program is loaded successfully: if yes, execute Step S6; if no, return to Step S1.

[0029] Step S6, read and decode the data message sent by the aircraft system.

[0030] Step S7, send the decoded data message to the touch screen, and the touch screen displays the UI interface.

[0031] Step S8, determine whether there is a touch action on the touch screen: if yes, execute Step S9; if no, execute Step S7.

[0032] Step S9, read the message of the touch action.

[0033] Step S10, determine whether the read message of the touch action needs to be uploaded: if yes, execute Step S11; if no, return to Step S6.

[0034] Step S11, upload the read message of the touch action to the aircraft system and return to Step S6.

[0035] The above only expresses the implementation modes of the present invention. The description is relatively specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the scope of the invention patent. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several deformations and improvements can still be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An aircraft cockpit touch-type on-board control panel assembly, characterized in that, It includes: A hardware part and a software part. The hardware part has a touch display screen, a power driver board, a communication interface board, and a processor core board; The software part has an operating system, a graphics library-based, a human-machine interaction interface, a human-machine interaction program, and a control board function program.

2. The touch - type on - board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, wherein, The touch screen includes: a liquid crystal display screen.

3. The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The power driver board includes: a working power supply and a backup power supply.

4. The touch-operated on-board control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, wherein: The communication interface board includes: serial communication and network communication.

5. The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The processor core board uses a graphics processing chip.

6. The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The touch screen displays a graphics library.

7. The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The communication between the hardware part and the bus of the aircraft system uses a dual-channel CAN bus communication method.

8. The touch - type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, wherein: The operating system includes: an embedded real-time operating system.

9. The touch-type airborne control panel assembly for an aircraft cockpit according to claim 1, wherein: The human-machine interaction program includes: decoding and encoding of messages.

10. A method for a touch-operated on-board control panel assembly in an aircraft cockpit, characterized in that, It includes: Step S1, power on and perform hardware self-check; Step S2, load the kernel program; Step S3, determine whether the hardware self-check is successful: if so, return to Step S1; If not, execute Step S4; Step S4, load the application program: The loading of the application program can be performed by executing the application self-start with a script; Step S5, determine whether the application program is loaded successfully: if so, execute Step S6; if not, return to Step S1; Step S6, read and decode the data message sent by the aircraft system; Step S7, send the decoded data message to the touch screen, and the touch screen displays the UI interface; Step S8, determine whether there is a touch action on the touch screen: if so, execute Step S9; if not, execute Step S7; Step S9, read the message of the touch action; Step S10, determine whether the read message of the touch action needs to be uploaded: if so, execute Step S11; If not, return to Step S6; Step S11, upload the read message of the touch action to the aircraft system, and return to Step S6.

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