Handheld Cockpit Mission Controller for Integrated Flight Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aerial vehicles face challenges in efficiently operating under various conditions due to the complexity of modern missions, requiring improved input devices for effective control and data entry.
Innovation Solution
A handheld cockpit mission controller with integrated keyboard, scroll wheel, joystick, and other input devices, capable of communicating with aerial vehicle systems via wired or wireless interfaces, allowing operators to enter data and control functions from a single portable device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple separate input devices and displays are used to control aerial vehicle systems, then operational control capability is improved, but device complexity and space utilization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate input devices (keyboard, scroll wheel, joystick) and display into a single handheld controller unit. This integration maintains comprehensive operational control capability while reducing the number of separate components, thereby decreasing device complexity and improving space utilization in the aerial vehicle cockpit.
Solution Approach 2:
The handheld controller is designed as a universal device that performs multiple functions: data entry via keyboard, menu navigation via scroll wheel, and camera/weapon control via joystick. This multi-functional design allows a single device to replace multiple specialized input devices, resolving the contradiction between operational capability and device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate input devices and displays are used to control aerial vehicle systems, then operational control capability is improved, but space utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the keyboard, scroll wheel, joystick, and display into a single handheld controller, the patent significantly reduces the total space occupied by control devices. The integrated design allows all these components to share the same physical housing and mounting space, thereby improving space utilization while maintaining full operational control capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional separate control systems are used, then functional capability is improved, but weight deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple control functions into a single handheld device, eliminating the need for multiple separate control systems. This consolidation reduces the total weight of the control system while preserving comprehensive functional capability for data entry, navigation, and vehicle control.
Data Source
AI summary
A handheld device and method for entering data and controlling functions of an aerial vehicle are disclosed. The handheld device includes an interface that communicates with a processor and a memory of the aerial vehicle; input devices that receive input from an operator of the handheld device, a display device that displays information related to the input received from the operator via the input devices, and one or more processors. The one or more processors can receive input data from the input devices to modify a field value maintained in the memory of the aerial vehicle. The one or more processors can present, at the display device, an output data corresponding to the input data, and periodically transmit one or more signals to modify the field value maintained in the memory of the aerial vehicle via the interface based on the input data.