Avionic Impact Assessment Display System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft crew members face challenges in efficiently assessing the impact of external data on avionic parameters prior to incorporation into a flight plan, due to disjointed display perspectives and the potential for missing critical functional limits, leading to time-consuming manual navigation and increased risk of errors.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a processor and memory to receive external data, generate impact states of avionic parameters, and provide a cockpit display with selectable detail options, allowing for quick assessment of impact states and generation of detailed displays to facilitate informed decision-making before incorporating external data into the flight plan.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If crew members manually navigate through multiple different displays to assess the impact of external data on avionic parameters, then they can obtain detailed information about each parameter, but the process becomes time-consuming and demanding
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the impact assessment information by presenting different perspectives (map view, lateral view, avionic parameter impacts) in a structured, organized manner on multiple coordinated displays, allowing crew members to systematically review each aspect without manual navigation through disjointed interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple perspectives and impact assessments into a single integrated display layout that shows map view, lateral view, and avionic parameter impacts simultaneously, eliminating the need to switch between separate displays while maintaining complete information
2Reliability
If advisories associated with different avionic parameters are displayed following the incorporation of external data, then the information is presented systematically, but critical functional limits may be missed during the assessment process
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing detailed impact information specifically for each avionic parameter affected by external data, with customized display elements that highlight critical functional limits and parameter-specific advisories in context-relevant locations on the display
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that provide real-time advisories about critical functional limits and parameter impacts during the assessment process, alerting crew members to potential violations before data incorporation is finalized
3Measurement precision
If different perspectives (map view, lateral view, avionic parameter impacts) are displayed separately, then each perspective can be presented clearly, but they cannot be viewed simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from sequential single-perspective displays to a multi-dimensional simultaneous display arrangement that presents map view, lateral view, and avionic parameter impacts in an integrated spatial layout, allowing crew members to compare all perspectives at once while maintaining clear presentation of each
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AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for performing impact assessment of avionic parameters. External data that impacts a plurality of avionic parameters associated with a flight plan is received. Current states of each of the avionic parameters are received from at least one avionic sub-system. An impact state of each of the avionic parameters based on an impact of the external data on the current state of each of the avionic parameters is generated. A cockpit display including the impact state of at least one of the avionic parameters and an associated selectable impact detail option is generated. A determination is made regarding whether the selectable option associated with one of the at least one of the avionic parameters has been selected via an onboard input device. An impact detail display associated with the selected avionic parameter is generated based on the determination.