Web-Based Electronic Checklist Generator for Aircraft Procedures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aircraft checklist creation tools are limited by requiring XML programming skills, lack of integrated systems for review and deployment, and are time-intensive, involving multiple desktop applications and wired connections for implementation.
Innovation Solution
A web-based process and tool for generating and deploying electronic checklists, allowing for bulk data reception, parsing, and updating of checklists using a web-based editing tool, reducing the need for multiple systems and enabling off-board administration and compliance with procedural standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing desktop-based checklist creator tools are used, then checklist generation is possible, but the process is time-intensive and requires multiple separate systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate desktop applications and systems into a single integrated web-based checklist creator tool. The system merges data import functionality, checklist authoring, review, simulation, and deployment capabilities into one unified web application, eliminating the need for multiple separate systems and reducing the time required for checklist generation.
Solution Approach 2:
The web-based checklist creator tool provides multi-functional capabilities within a single system. It can import data from various sources (XML, CSV, Excel), perform checklist authoring, review, simulation, and deployment all through one universal web-based interface, making the system adaptable to multiple checklist creation needs without requiring separate specialized tools.
2Manufacturing precision
If XML programming skills are required to import files, then precise control over checklist structure is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The web-based checklist creator tool acts as an intermediary between the user and the checklist data structure. Instead of requiring users to directly manipulate XML code, the tool provides a user-friendly web interface that handles the complex XML structure in the background. Users can import data from simple formats like CSV or Excel and the tool automatically generates the proper XML structure, thus maintaining precision while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of writing and editing XML code with an automated web-based system. The tool automatically generates, parses, and manages XML structures through web-based forms and interfaces, substituting the manual coding process with automated software that handles the complexity while presenting a simpler interface to users.
3Reliability
If wired connections are used to load checklists to aircraft, then reliable data transfer is ensured, but ease of operation and deployment time are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the physical wired connection mechanism with a wireless electronic transmission system. The checklist data is transmitted electronically from the web-based creator tool directly to the aircraft's electronic procedure system via wireless communication, eliminating the need for physical wired connections while maintaining data transfer reliability through digital communication protocols.
4Reliability
If multiple desktop applications are used for preview and simulation, then thorough testing is achieved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines preview and simulation functionalities into the single web-based checklist creator tool. Instead of requiring separate desktop applications for testing, the integrated system provides built-in preview and simulation capabilities that work directly within the web interface, allowing thorough testing to be completed in one system and reducing the time lost between switching applications.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for a web-based process to generate electronic checklists and deploy electronic checklists. One method may include: receiving bulk data from a user device; parsing the bulk data to form a loadable database for an electronic procedure system of a vehicle; generating a rendering of an electronic checklist of one or more electronic checklists based on the loadable database; transmitting a first message to the user device, the first message including the rendering of the electronic checklist; iteratively performing an authoring process using a web-based tool to update the loadable database; receiving a second message from the user device, the second message including an instruction to transmit the updated loadable database to the electronic procedure system of the vehicle; and transmitting a third message to the vehicle, the third message including the updated loadable database.