Avionics HUD-Aware Display Presets for Layout Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems fail to provide real-time analysis of whether display unit layouts are compatible with different displays of an avionics system, and do not allow users to modify layouts while ensuring compatibility with aircraft constraints.
Innovation Solution
Systems and methods for determining and modifying display unit layouts that include real-time analysis based on constraints such as HUD status and parking brake status, providing customizable flight deck graphical layouts and ensuring compliance with aircraft requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If flight crews use all available display units to display maximum software applications, then the quantity of displayed information increases, but real-time awareness of HUD compatibility is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the HUD status and automatically evaluates preset compatibility in real-time, providing immediate feedback to the flight crew about which presets are compatible with current HUD conditions without requiring manual checking
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs compatibility analysis of presets against current flight conditions and HUD status, eliminating the need for flight crews to manually verify compatibility and enabling them to focus on flight operations while the system self-manages configuration validation
2Measurement precision
If the system provides real-time analysis of all presets based on multiple constraints, then compatibility accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes a database of presets with defined compatibility criteria and constraint rules, so that during flight operations, the system only needs to retrieve and evaluate predefined compatibility data rather than performing complex real-time analysis of all possible configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The compatibility analysis system is divided into modular components: constraint definition modules, preset database modules, and evaluation modules that process specific constraint types independently, allowing the system to handle multiple constraints through separate, manageable analysis pathways
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows customization of display unit layouts, then adaptability to user preferences improves, but ensuring compliance with aircraft constraints becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts preset availability and configuration options based on current flight conditions and HUD status, automatically enabling or disabling certain layout customizations to ensure compliance with aircraft constraints while maintaining user flexibility within acceptable parameters
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary compatibility evaluation layer between user customization requests and final layout application, automatically verifying that customizations meet aircraft constraints before implementation and providing guided options that satisfy both user preferences and system requirements
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AI summary
Disclosed are methods and systems for determining display modules that are compatible with a display of an avionics system. For instance, a method may include receiving, by one or more processors, a plurality of presets from a database, wherein each of the plurality of presets corresponds to a display unit configuration for an avionics display, analyzing, by the one or more processors, each of the plurality of presets based on one or more constraints, wherein at least one of the one or more constraints includes a Heads-Up Display (HUD) status, based on the analyzing, determining, by the one or more processors, at least one compatible preset of the plurality of presets, and displaying, by the one or more processors, the at least one compatible preset.