Aircraft Configuration Validation for Transition Event Checking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aviation systems lack efficient methods for automating the validation of aircraft configuration changes, which can increase pilot workload and reduce safety.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that facilitate automated and autonomous validation of aircraft configuration changes by determining aircraft states, detecting transition events, verifying aircraft configurations using onboard sensors and pilot inputs, and performing actions based on the verification results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automated validation of aircraft configuration changes is implemented, then pilot workload is reduced and safety is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables autonomous validation where the aircraft system automatically monitors and validates its own configuration changes using onboard sensors and processors, reducing the need for external monitoring and manual pilot verification while maintaining safety
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors aircraft configuration parameters and provides real-time feedback to validate changes, ensuring that configuration transitions are properly detected and verified through automated feedback loops between sensors and the validation system
2Reliability
If manual configuration checking is performed by pilots, then system complexity remains low, but human error risk increases and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual pilot checking procedures with automated electronic monitoring and validation systems that use onboard sensors and processors to detect and verify configuration changes, eliminating human error while improving operational efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation of configuration changes before they take effect, automatically checking whether detected transitions are valid according to pre-programmed criteria, thereby preventing unsafe configurations before they can cause problems
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AI summary
The method can include: optionally determining an aircraft state; determining a transition event; verifying an aircraft configuration; determining an aircraft alert state; and performing an action. However, the method can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method functions to facilitate configuration checking and/or validation of configuration changes. Additionally or alternatively, the method can function to facilitate human-in-the-loop operation of a semi-autonomous aircraft (e.g., with an autonomous agent fulfilling the roles of one pilot of a multi-pilot aircraft). Additionally or alternatively, the method can function to autonomously respond to inconsistencies or failures associated with aircraft configuration changes.