Flight Deck Data Handling via Context-Sensitive Repeater
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pilots face challenges in maintaining continuous feedback and reducing workload during data manipulation tasks in cockpit systems, as existing interfaces often lack visibility and familiarity, leading to increased errors and retraining needs.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a data handling system that uses cursor-based and touch screen-based methods to maintain visibility of the current data state by displaying a representative state of the data at the origin, target, and intermediate locations via a context-sensitive repeater, providing continuous feedback and reducing the need for recall.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a generalized clipboard function is used for data transfer, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of information occurs because the clipboard is not visible and operators may forget the data state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visible copy of the clipboard content by displaying the data string at the cursor position on the display. This copy follows the cursor during movement and remains visible until the data is pasted or the cursor moves away, ensuring operators can always see what data is currently being manipulated without adding complex hidden memory structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides continuous visual feedback by displaying the clipboard content at the cursor position in real-time. This feedback mechanism allows operators to see the current data state continuously, reducing the likelihood of forgetting data state during interruptions while maintaining a simple interface architecture.
2Ease of operation
If data is transferred using a hidden clipboard, then ease of operation is improved through simplified copying, but loss of time occurs when operators need to recall or search for data state after interruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays a visible copy of the clipboard content at the cursor position, allowing operators to see the data state without adding complex recall mechanisms. This visible copy eliminates the need for operators to remember or search for data state after interruptions, reducing time loss while maintaining simple copy-paste operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs the action of displaying data state information in advance at the cursor position before any potential interruption occurs. This preliminary visibility ensures that when interruptions happen, operators can immediately see the current data state without needing to recall or search, eliminating time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a scratchpad is used as central data location, then adaptability is improved for handling various data types, but loss of information occurs when operators are interrupted and need to recall scratchpad content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visible copy of the scratchpad content by displaying the data string at the cursor position. This copy remains visible throughout the data handling process, ensuring operators can always see what data is currently being manipulated from the scratchpad, thereby preventing information loss while maintaining flexible data handling capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides continuous visual feedback by displaying the scratchpad content at the cursor position in real-time. This feedback mechanism ensures operators can always see the current data state without adding complex memory or recall systems, maintaining adaptability while preventing information loss.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus for handling of flight deck data are disclosed. The disclosed flight deck data handling means including means such as a cursor-based and touch screen-based means that attach a representative state of the data under pilot manipulation in one or more of the following locations: (1) at the origin display location of the handled data; (2) at the target display location of the handled data; and (3) at any point from the origin to the destination display locations that a cursor or touch input traverses. The representative state of the data is shown via a context-sensitive repeater coupled to a cursor and touch inputs such that continuous feedback as to the current state of the pilot's data manipulation is maintained.