Electronic Checklist Tag Elements for Aircraft System Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft and vehicle checklists often require crew members to search for relevant data outside the checklist, increasing cognitive and physical workload due to the need to switch attention between different displays and sources of information.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of tag elements within electronic checklists that allow users to control and monitor the state of external systems directly from the checklist GUI, maintaining a consistent visual design and reducing the need to look away from the checklist for information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If checklist data is displayed separately from external system data, then information organization is clear and structured, but crew cognitive and physical workload increases due to visual switching between displays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges checklist display with external system data display into a single integrated graphical user interface. The checklist GUI directly incorporates real-time data from external systems (engine parameters, system statuses, sensor readings) so that crew members can monitor both checklist items and system data without visual switching, thereby reducing cognitive and physical workload while maintaining organized information presentation
Solution Approach 2:
The checklist GUI serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays checklist items, shows real-time external system data, provides control interfaces for system operations, and maintains consistent visual design. This multi-functional integration eliminates the need for separate displays while reducing overall system complexity
2Loss of time
If multiple data sources are integrated into one display, then visual switching is reduced, but the display becomes more complex and harder to read
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing customized visual presentations for different types of data within the checklist GUI. Different data elements (checklist items, system parameters, alerts) are displayed with appropriate visual characteristics and formatting, allowing the interface to handle diverse information types while maintaining clarity and readability through localized design adjustments rather than uniform complex formatting
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AI summary
Systems and methods for tags of electronic checklists are disclosed. A method may include: receiving input selecting a checklist to be displayed as a checklist GUI; determining whether the checklist includes at least one tag element, the at least one tag element being a user tag element, a system tag element, or a display tag element, the user input tag element being able to control a state of a system of the vehicle based on user input, the system tag element being able to update the checklist GUI based on a current state of the system of the vehicle, the display tag element indicating a displayed style template of the checklist element is different from a default style template; in response to determining the checklist includes at least one tag element, rendering the checklist GUI in accordance with the at least one tag element; and displaying the checklist GUI.