Aircraft Touch Screen Interface Edge Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aircraft flight deck display systems rely on mechanical devices for operator interaction, which are expensive, space-consuming, and not intuitive, limiting the ability to control and improve display functionality.
Innovation Solution
Implementing touch screens with edge area interactions to change display formats and content, allowing operators to control and interact with displays using intuitive gestures and reducing the need for mechanical hardware.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mechanical devices (buttons, knobs) are used for operator interaction with displays, then the displays can be controlled, but the system becomes expensive, space-consuming, and less intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical interaction devices (buttons, knobs) with a touch-sensitive display interface. The display surface itself becomes the interaction interface, allowing operators to directly touch and manipulate the display to control information presentation. This eliminates the need for separate mechanical control hardware while improving ease of operation through intuitive direct interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The display serves multiple functions: it both presents information and acts as the control interface for that information. By making the display surface touch-sensitive, it combines the functions of information presentation and operator interaction into a single universal interface, eliminating the need for separate mechanical control devices.
2Ease of operation
If mechanical devices are used for display control, then interaction is possible, but weight and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates mechanical control hardware by implementing a touch-sensitive display interface. This substitution removes the weight of mechanical buttons, knobs, and associated mechanisms while maintaining full display control capability through the electronic touch interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and removes the mechanical control hardware from the system, retaining only the essential control capability through the touch-sensitive display interface. This extraction eliminates unnecessary weight while preserving the core functionality of display control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mechanical devices surround the display, then control functions are available, but flight deck space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display surface serves dual purposes as both information presentation and control interface. By making the entire display surface touch-sensitive, it provides full control functions without requiring surrounding mechanical devices, thereby maximizing flight deck space while maintaining adaptability and versatility of control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the information presentation function and control interface function into a single integrated touch-sensitive display surface. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate mechanical control devices surrounding the display, freeing up flight deck space while maintaining full control functionality.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traditional display control methods are used, then basic interaction is possible, but improving display functionality requires expensive hardware changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic, reconfigurable display interface where the presentation format and control options can be changed through software without hardware modifications. The touch-sensitive display allows operators to interact with and reconfigure display content dynamically, enabling functionality improvements through software updates rather than expensive hardware changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables changes in display functionality through software parameter adjustments rather than hardware modifications. The touch-sensitive interface allows dynamic reconfiguration of display parameters, control options, and information presentation formats, making the system adaptable and easy to improve without costly hardware manufacturing changes.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for controlling a display on an aircraft. An operator interaction with an edge area of a touch screen is identified by a processor unit when a first format of the display is displayed on the touch screen. The edge area extends along an edge of the touch screen. A second format of the display is displayed on the touch screen by the processor unit in response to identifying the operator interaction with the edge area of the touch screen. The second format of the display is different from the first format of the display.