Flight Path Inspection Display Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Weather displays often limit visibility of detailed flight path information, leading to costly deviations and hazardous situations due to poor flight path planning, especially in single-pilot operations where mid-to-long range information is not adequately monitored.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for rendering flight path specific weather information by segregating and reorganizing mid-to-long range weather data onto a secondary display, with indicators for aircraft location and destination, and artifices to show how divided flight path segments align, allowing for detailed views of multiple paths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If weather information is displayed in a cohesive long-range view, then overall situational awareness is improved, but detailed flight path information visibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the flight path into multiple segments and displays each segment separately on the secondary display. This segmentation allows detailed weather information for each portion of the flight path to be visible while maintaining the overall context, resolving the contradiction between showing details and maintaining simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a secondary display that operates in parallel with the primary display, adding a new dimension for information presentation. This allows detailed flight path-specific weather data to be shown without cluttering the main cohesive view, effectively adding spatial dimensionality to the display architecture.
2Measurement precision
If detailed flight path weather information is displayed, then flight path planning accuracy is improved, but the cohesive long-range view is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the flight path display into manageable portions on the secondary display, the system enables pilots to examine detailed weather conditions for specific flight path segments without losing sight of the overall flight plan. Each segment can be analyzed in detail while the primary display maintains the complete picture.
Solution Approach 2:
The secondary display acts as an intermediary between the pilot and the detailed flight path weather data. It provides a bridge that allows detailed examination of specific segments while the primary display continues to show the cohesive long-range view, enabling both detailed analysis and overall situational awareness simultaneously.
3Reliability
If mid-to-long range weather information is monitored in detail, then hazardous situations are reduced, but single pilot workload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The segmented display presents weather information in manageable portions corresponding to different flight path segments. This allows the single pilot to systematically review detailed weather conditions for each segment without being overwhelmed by the entire flight plan at once, reducing cognitive workload while maintaining safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows pilots to perform preliminary analysis of flight path-specific weather data before finalizing flight plans. By examining detailed weather information for each segment in advance on the secondary display, pilots can identify potential hazards early and adjust routes proactively, reducing the need for reactive decision-making during flight.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for rendering flight path specific weather information receives mid-to-long range weather information and one or more flight paths. The weather information corresponding to each of the flight paths is segregated and divided into portions that may be rendered separately on a secondary display, reorganized to be enlarged to occupy the secondary display. Indicators of the aircraft location and destination are maintained on the secondary display with respect to the divided, reorganized flight paths. Each divided, reorganized flight path segment includes an artifice at a peripheral portion indicating where the flight path segments should be rejoined. Multiple flight paths may be processed and rendered to provide a detailed view of each path for pilot consideration.