Custom Search Queries for Flight Plan Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flight management systems require pilots to manually search through extensive information, reducing situational awareness and increasing decision-making time, especially during high-workload flight scenarios like take-off or landing.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft display system that includes a memory module for storing flight plan information, a receiver module for updating data, a processor module for processing custom search queries, and a display module for presenting relevant information quickly and efficiently, allowing pilots to input custom search queries based on aircraft or environmental parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If pilots manually search through extensive flight information in conventional FMS systems, then comprehensive information can be accessed, but situational awareness is reduced and decision-making time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts relevant flight information from the comprehensive FMS database by implementing a search module that filters and retrieves only the specific data needed for navigation decisions. This extraction process eliminates the need for pilots to manually sort through all available information, thereby maintaining situational awareness while reducing search time.
Solution Approach 2:
The search module acts as an intermediary between the pilot and the FMS database. It receives search criteria from the pilot, processes the query against the stored flight information, and returns relevant results. This intermediary function automates the information retrieval process, reducing both the time and cognitive load on the pilot.
2Productivity
If pilots manually search through information in different formats (text documents, tables, maps), then comprehensive data can be found, but the process is time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The search module provides a universal interface that can query multiple types of flight information (text documents, tables, maps) through a single consistent mechanism. This multi-functional approach allows pilots to access diverse data formats efficiently without needing to learn separate search procedures for each data type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual searching process with an automated computational search system. Instead of pilots physically navigating through documents and tables, the search module uses computer algorithms to process queries and retrieve information, significantly improving both speed and ease of operation.
3Reliability
If information is presented in different formats during manual searching, then comprehensive information can be accessed, but interpretation errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The search module applies local quality by presenting information in the most appropriate format for each specific query result. Rather than using a single uniform presentation style, the system adapts the output format to match the user's search criteria and the nature of the retrieved data, improving interpretation accuracy while reducing cognitive complexity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods of searching stored flight plan information using a custom search query including at least one aircraft parameter condition or environmental parameter condition. The systems and method include receiving, using a user interface module, a custom search query comprising an aircraft parameter condition or an environmental condition; searching, using a processor module, stored flight plan information for instances in the stored flight plan information that satisfy the aircraft parameter condition or environmental condition; and displaying, using a display module, the instances in the stored flight plan information that satisfy the aircraft parameter condition or environmental condition.