Flight Calculation Discrepancy Detection System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of comparing flight calculations among multiple pilots is time-consuming and tedious, often leading to discrepancies due to human errors, which can compromise flight safety.
Innovation Solution
A system with multiple user interfaces and a control unit that allows simultaneous comparison of calculations entered by different pilots, identifying discrepancies and restricting aircraft operation until calculations agree, optionally with AI or machine learning for enhanced accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each pilot manually compares calculations with all other pilots, then calculation accuracy can be verified, but the process becomes time-consuming and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
A control unit is introduced as an intermediary system that automatically receives, stores, and compares calculation data from multiple pilots. This intermediary performs the comparison function that would otherwise require manual effort from each pilot, thereby maintaining calculation accuracy verification while dramatically reducing the time required.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of pilots physically comparing calculations is replaced by an automated electronic system. The control unit electronically receives, stores, and compares calculation data, substituting the manual comparison process with an automated computational system that achieves the same reliability goal much faster.
2Ease of operation
If manual calculation comparison is used, then pilots can independently verify calculations, but human errors such as writing incorrect numbers or erroneous calculations occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains independent verification capability while improving reliability by having each pilot input their own calculations independently into the control unit. The system then automatically compares all inputs, eliminating human error in the comparison process itself while preserving the independence of each pilot's calculation work.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit provides automated feedback by comparing each pilot's calculations against others and identifying discrepancies. This feedback mechanism systematically highlights errors such as incorrect numbers or erroneous calculations, allowing pilots to review and correct their work while maintaining the benefit of independent verification.
3Productivity
If a centralized system automatically compares calculations, then comparison time is reduced and accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is designed as a multi-functional device that not only compares calculations but also receives data from multiple pilots, stores calculation data, displays results, and can restrict aircraft operation based on comparison outcomes. By consolidating these functions into a single universal system, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining high productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and a method include multiple user interfaces. Different sets of calculations for a flight of an aircraft are configured to be input through the user interfaces. A control unit is in communication with the different user interfaces. The control unit is configured to receive the different sets of calculations for the flight of the aircraft, and compare the different sets of calculations for the flight of the aircraft to determine presence of one or more discrepancies therebetween.