Automatic Radio Call Generator for Aircraft Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flight crew often forget to make radio calls or make errors during high workload situations due to the need to remember specific information such as ATC names, which can lead to missed reports or imprecision in communications during aircraft flights.
Innovation Solution
An automatic message generation system for aircraft that includes a data mining engine to detect pre-defined non-emergency conditions, a condition detection engine to identify the need for communication with external facilities like ATC or AOC, and a message generation engine to automatically generate and display messages on the cockpit display, providing options for transmission to the external facility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If flight crew manually make radio calls during high workload situations, then communication with external facilities can be maintained, but errors and omissions increase due to task saturation
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating radio calls without requiring flight crew intervention. The automated call generator monitors flight parameters and autonomously creates standardized radio messages, eliminating the need for manual crew action while ensuring reliable communication during high workload periods
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of crew members composing and transmitting radio calls with an automated electronic system. The automated call generator uses computer algorithms to substitute human cognitive and manual operations, reducing errors while maintaining communication reliability
2Measurement precision
If flight crew remember and recite standardized radio call formats, then communication precision improves, but memory burden increases during high task saturation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically retrieving and incorporating required flight information into standardized radio call formats. The automated call generator accesses flight data from aircraft systems and populates template messages, eliminating the need for crew members to memorize or manually input information while maintaining communication precision
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring standardized radio call templates with all necessary information fields before actual transmission is needed. Flight data is pre-collected and organized in the automated call generator, so when a radio call is required, the information is already prepared and formatted, removing the memory burden from the crew
3Reliability
If automated message generation system is implemented, then communication accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated call generator is designed as a universal system that can handle multiple types of radio calls and communicate with various external facilities using standardized formats. By consolidating multiple call generation functions into a single multi-functional device, the system improves communication accuracy across different scenarios while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The automated call generator serves as an intermediary component that bridges flight data from aircraft systems and standardized radio communication protocols. This mediator layer simplifies the system architecture by providing a dedicated interface between data sources and communication outputs, improving accuracy while containing complexity within a single modular component
Data Source
AI summary
A method in an aircraft computing system for facilitating communication between a flight crew and external communication facility (ECF) such as air traffic control (ATC) or airline operational control (AOC) is provided. The method comprises monitoring aircraft data by an aircraft computing system for a plurality of pre-defined, non-emergency conditions, detecting, by the aircraft computing system, a pre-defined, non-emergency condition requiring communication from the flight crew to the ECF, automatically generating and displaying a computer-generated message on an aircraft cockpit display responsive to detecting the condition requiring communication from the flight crew to the ECF, providing a selection option for transmitting the message to the ECF, and transmitting the message to the ECF in accordance with the option selected.