Flight Data Monitoring Integration with FMS and QAR

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) analysis lacks integration of Flight Management System (FMS) data and contextual information, limiting its effectiveness in identifying pilot input/control issues and providing comprehensive flight analytics.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that integrate Quick Access Recorder (QAR) data with FMS data and contextual information, including operational flight plans and weather data, to provide a unified data source for FDM analysis, enabling visualization and statistical analysis for pilots and benchmarking against peers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If FDM analysis uses only QAR data without FMS data integration, then the system complexity remains low, but the analysis accuracy and completeness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveFDM analysis accuracyVSAvoiddata integration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines QAR data and FMS data into a unified data structure that integrates flight parameters from both sources. The system merges operational flight data from QAR with flight management data from FMS, creating a comprehensive dataset that enables more accurate FDM analysis while managing complexity through structured integration protocols.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If FDM data is confined to safety department only, then data security and control are maintained, but the usability and accessibility for pilots deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoiddata security

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements role-based access control that segments data visibility according to user roles. Pilots can access their own flight data through a dedicated interface, while safety department personnel access comprehensive datasets including other pilots' data. This segmentation enables broad accessibility for intended users while maintaining security controls and data governance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Loss of information

If comprehensive FMS data and contextual information are integrated, then the information completeness improves, but the data processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontextual information completenessVSAvoiddata processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary processing and filtering of FMS and contextual data during data ingestion, organizing information into pre-structured formats before FDM analysis. Weather data, flight plan information, and operational data are pre-processed and correlated with flight parameters in advance, reducing the computational burden during actual analysis and minimizing processing delays.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3772030A1Systems and methods to utilize flight monitoring data

Publication Date: 2021.02.03 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC

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AI summary

A computer-implemented method for integration of data into flight data monitoring comprises receiving quick access recorder data from an aircraft; receiving flight management system data from the aircraft; combining the quick access recorder data and the flight management system data to form combined data; and displaying the combined data on a user device.