Aircraft Mission Data Formatting for Avionics Integration
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current flight preparation and management systems require significant ground time for aircraft, are prone to data-entry errors, and do not allow easy updates of mission parameters, which can impact safety and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for preparing and managing aircraft missions that involves receiving and formatting digital data to create usable electronic documents, allowing direct computer system use, reducing the need for manual reentry and enabling efficient data transmission and updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual data entry is used to transfer flight parameters from operating center to aircraft avionics, then data can be transmitted, but preparation time increases and error risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital copies of flight data that are automatically transmitted from the operating center to the aircraft's data processing system. Instead of manual copying and re-entry, the system creates and transmits digital copies of all necessary flight parameters, eliminating transcription errors and reducing preparation time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/manual data entry process with an automated digital transmission system. The operating center's computer system automatically sends formatted digital data to the aircraft's avionics through digital communication, eliminating the need for manual typing and reducing both time and human error.
2Manufacturing precision
If flight plans are prepared several days in advance, then preparation can be done thoroughly, but adaptability to changing conditions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary preparation of flight plans several days in advance, allowing thorough accuracy checking and validation. The system pre-formats all necessary data according to airline company criteria and avionics requirements, so that when changes are needed, only minimal adjustments are required rather than starting over.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a dynamic data transmission system that allows flight parameters to be updated in real-time or near-real-time. The operating center can transmit modified flight plans to the aircraft quickly when changing conditions occur, enabling the system to adapt dynamically while maintaining the benefits of advance preparation.
3Ease of operation
If data are transmitted as image-type documents in EFF, then documents can be viewed, but data cannot be used directly by computer systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data processing operating system on the aircraft that acts as an intermediary between the operating center's data generation system and the avionics. This intermediate system receives formatted digital data, validates it according to airline criteria, and converts it into a format that the avionics can process directly, eliminating the need for manual interpretation of image documents.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the data format parameter from image-type documents to structured digital data formats that can be directly processed by computer systems. The operating center transmits data in a standardized digital format that the aircraft's processing system can automatically interpret and convert into avionics-compatible parameters, improving processing efficiency while maintaining ease of operation.
4Reliability
If avionics and data processing systems are physically separate with diode connection, then safety is maintained, but data transfer capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the existing data processing operating system as an intermediary that bridges the avionics and the operating center's computer systems. This intermediate layer handles all data formatting, validation, and conversion, allowing complex data transfer operations to occur through the simple diode connection without compromising safety while improving data transfer capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and a device for an operating center for aiding in the preparation and management of missions of an aircraft. After a plurality of digital data has been received, the plurality of data comprising at least one datum of avionic type and one datum of open-world type, at least one flight plan is prepared from the plurality of data. The at least one prepared flight plan and the at least one datum of open-world type then are formatted. The formatted data in the form of an electronic document usable directly by a computer system of the aircraft are transmitted to the aircraft.