Crew alerting systems and methods for mobile platforms

    公开(公告)号:US11858654B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17501488

    申请日:2021-10-14

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    发明人: Benoit Ouellette

    摘要: Systems, devices and methods for alerting a crew of an aircraft or other mobile platform of a relevant condition associated with the aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving data indicative of an existence of the relevant condition associated with the aircraft; receiving data indicative of a substantially real-time value of a dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition; and displaying an awareness-enhancing indication associated with the relevant condition in a display area of the crew alerting system of the aircraft. The awareness-enhancing indication comprises a textual message and a supplemental indication indicative of the substantially real-time value of the dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition. In various embodiments, the supplemental indication may be textual or graphical. The supplemental indication may also be indicative of a target value of the dynamic parameter.

    Crew alerting systems and methods for mobile platforms

    公开(公告)号:US11174039B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16098253

    申请日:2017-05-01

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    发明人: Benoit Ouellette

    摘要: Systems, devices and methods for alerting a crew of an aircraft or other mobile platform of a relevant condition associated with the aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving data indicative of an existence of the relevant condition associated with the aircraft; receiving data indicative of a substantially real-time value of a dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition; and displaying an awareness-enhancing indication associated with the relevant condition in a display area of the crew alerting system of the aircraft. The awareness-enhancing indication comprises a textual message and a supplemental indication indicative of the substantially real-time value of the dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition. In various embodiments, the supplemental indication may be textual or graphical. The supplemental indication may also be indicative of a target value of the dynamic parameter.

    System and method for assisting a flight crew with controller-pilot data link communication

    公开(公告)号:US11174038B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16955472

    申请日:2018-12-18

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    IPC分类号: B64D45/00 B64D43/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for assisting a flight crew of an aircraft with controller-pilot data link communication (CPDLC) are provided. A display device defines a display area on a flight deck of the aircraft. A controller is operatively coupled to the display device and configured to control a presence of a CPDLC window containing a CPDLC message in the display area. A plurality of tactile buttons are disposed proximally to each other on a glare shield panel of the flight deck. The plurality of tactile buttons comprises a first tactile button operatively coupled to the controller for selectively instructing the controller to cause the presence of the CPDLC window in the display area by actuation of the first tactile button, and a second tactile button configured to permit the flight crew to respond to the CPDLC message by actuation of the second tactile button.

    Systems and methods for assisting with aircraft landing

    公开(公告)号:US10540904B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15571628

    申请日:2016-05-04

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    发明人: Benoit Ouellette

    IPC分类号: G08G5/02 G01C23/00 G08G5/00

    摘要: Systems, devices and methods a for assisting a pilot with aircraft landing are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving data representative of a current approach/landing capability of the aircraft and data representative of an approach/landing intent of the pilot; and showing a combined indicator graphically and simultaneously indicating the current approach/landing capability of the aircraft and the approach/landing intent of the pilot on a display device of the aircraft. The approach/landing intent of the pilot may be graphically indicated via cooperation between a first graphical object of the indicator and a second graphical object of the indicator. The method may graphically indicate a system degradation affecting the current approach/landing capability of the aircraft with the same indicator.

    Indicating systems, devices and methods for high-lift flight control surfaces of aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US10513346B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15735307

    申请日:2016-06-07

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    发明人: Benoit Ouellette

    摘要: Systems, devices and methods a for use with one or more high-lift flight control surfaces (24) of aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving data representative of a commanded configuration (48) for a high-lift flight control surface (24); and on a display device (14) of the aircraft, showing an indicator (30) indicating the commanded configuration and a corresponding commanded position (50) for the high-lift flight control surface (24). The indicator (30) graphically indicates a correlation between the commanded configuration (48) and the corresponding commanded position (50) for the high-lift flight control surface (24).

    Crew alerting systems and methods for mobile platforms

    公开(公告)号:US11995993B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US16704457

    申请日:2019-12-05

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    摘要: A crew alerting system for a mobile platform includes a display device defining a display area, a processor operatively coupled to the display device, and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to: upon receiving notification of an occurrence of a manual system configuration associated with the mobile platform, generate a first output for causing the display device to display a first indication in the display area, the first indication comprising a first textual message. The processor is further configured to, upon receiving notification of an occurrence of an automated system configuration associated with the mobile platform, generate a second output for causing the display device to display a second indication in the display area, the second indication comprising a second textual message accompanied by a supplemental indication such as a graphical indication.

    Aircraft system and method for assisting a pilot during flight

    公开(公告)号:US11450219B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16834241

    申请日:2020-03-30

    申请人: BOMBARDIER INC.

    IPC分类号: G08G5/02 B64D45/08 G08G5/00

    摘要: Methods and systems for assisting a pilot during flight of an aircraft are disclosed. The method includes receiving data indicative of a current location of the aircraft during flight and data indicative of a flight boundary, and determining that the flight boundary is relevant to the aircraft. The method also includes causing a display device to display a surface representing the flight boundary relative to the current location of the aircraft.

    Aircraft sidestick priority and dual input control logic

    公开(公告)号:US09690291B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-27

    申请号:US14896940

    申请日:2014-06-09

    申请人: Bombardier Inc.

    IPC分类号: G05D1/00 B64C13/12

    摘要: The present invention relates to a fly-by-wire type of aircraft flight control system having a pair of sidesticks for pilot and co-pilot input, respectively, and having logic that controls the priority of input as between the two sidesticks in certain aircraft flight situations. It allows either the pilot or co-pilot to ensure that his/her sidestick is the only one issuing flight control commands at any one moment in time by first pressing a simple latch button located, for example, on the glareshield in the cockpit and then maneuvering the sidestick in the desired manner to effectuate flight control, e.g., pitch and/or roll, of the aircraft.