System and method for representing a location of a fault in an aircraft cabin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11021269-B2
Application number	US-201515778164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2015
Priority date	Jan 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A method and a distributed architecture for controlling functions of an aircraft comprising: a controller, an Input/Output (IO) node and a processor configured to display a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two sections on the IO node and receive, by the IO node, a first and a second input from a user for selecting one of the at least two sections and selecting a preset of at least one controllable parameter respectively. Upon determining that the user requests a modification of the selected preset for the selected section, a preset setting menu including the at least one controllable parameter associated with the selected preset is displayed; a third input from the user for modifying the at least one controllable parameter is received and a modified preset based on the modified at least one controllable parameter is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A distributed architecture for controlling functions of an aircraft, the distributed architecture comprising:
a controller operatively connected to a processor;
an IO node operatively connected to the controller;
the processor being configured to perform:
displaying, on the IO node, a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a first input from a user for selecting one of the at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a second input from the user for selecting a preset of at least one controllable parameter;
upon determining, by the processor, that a modification of the selected preset for the selected aircraft cabin section is requested by the user, executing:
displaying, on the IO node, a preset setting menu including the at least one controllable parameter associated with the selected preset, the at least one controllable parameter allowing modification of at least one of the functions of the aircraft cabin for the selected aircraft cabin section;
receiving, by the IO node, a third input from the user for modifying the at least one controllable parameter;
generating a modified preset based on the modified at least one controllable parameter; and
saving, in a memory associated with the distributed architecture, the modified preset.

2. The distributed architecture of claim 1 , wherein the IO node comprises at least one of a passenger IO node and a crew IO node.

3. The distributed architecture of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:
adjusting, by the controller, the selected aircraft cabin section in accordance with the modified preset.

4. The distributed architecture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controllable parameter comprises at least one of light intensity, light, color, temperature and a degree of openness of a window shade.

5. The distributed architecture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controllable parameter comprises a first controllable parameter associated with a light intensity, a second controllable parameter associated with a light color and a third controllable parameter associated with a degree of openness of a window shade.

6. The distributed architecture of claim 1 , wherein the preset menu comprises a first group of graphical user interface (GUI) components allowing modification of the first controllable parameter, a second group of GUI components allowing modification of the second controllable parameter and a third group of GUI components allowing modification of the third controllable parameter.

7. A method of modifying a preset of at least one controllable parameter associated with functions of an aircraft cabin for execution on a distributed architecture for multi-nodal control of the functions of the aircraft cabin, the method comprising:
displaying, on an IO node, a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a first input from a user for selecting one of the at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a second input from the user for selecting the preset of the at least one controllable parameter;
upon determining, by a processor associated with the distributed architecture, that a modification of the selected preset for the selected aircraft cabin section is requested by the user, executing:
displaying, on the at least one of the passenger IO node and the crew IO node, a preset setting menu including the at least one controllable parameter associated with the selected preset, the at least one controllable parameter allowing modification of at least one of the functions of the aircraft cabin for the selected aircraft cabin section;
receiving, by the at least one of the passenger IO node and the crew IO node, a third input from the user for modifying the at least one controllable parameter;
generating a modified preset based on the modified at least one controllable parameter; and
saving, in a memory associated with the distributed architecture, the modified preset.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the IO node comprises at least one of a passenger IO node and a crew IO node.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
adjusting, by a controller associated with the distributed architecture, the selected aircraft cabin section in accordance with the modified preset.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one controllable parameter comprises at least one of light intensity, light, color, temperature and a degree of openness of a window shade.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one controllable parameter comprises a first controllable parameter associated with a light intensity, a second controllable parameter associated with a light color and a third controllable parameter associated with a degree of openness of a window shade.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the preset menu comprises a first group of graphical user interface (GUI) components allowing modification of the first controllable parameter, a second group of GUI components allowing modification of the second controllable parameter and a third group of GUI components allowing modification of the third controllable parameter.

13. A distributed architecture for controlling functions of an aircraft, the distributed architecture comprising:
a controller operatively connected to a processor;
an IO node operatively connected to the controller;
the processor being configured to perform:
displaying, on the IO node, a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a first input from a user for selecting one of the at least two aircraft cabin sections;
receiving, by the IO node, a second input from the user for selecting a preset of controllable parameters;
determining, by the processor associated with the distributed architecture, a phase of a journey based at least on a function of time; and
dynamically adjusting, by the controller associated with the distributed architecture, at least one of the controllable parameters based on the selected preset and the determined phase of the journey for the selected aircraft cabin section.

14. The distributed architecture of claim 13 , wherein the IO node comprises at least one of a passenger IO node and a crew IO node.

15. The distributed architecture of claim 13 , wherein the at least one controllable parameter comprises at least one of light intensity, light, color, temperature and a degree of openness of a window shade.

16. The distributed architecture of claim 13 , wherein the phase of the journey defines an environment to be reproduced within the aircraft cabin section.

17. The distributed architecture of claim 16 , wherein the environment is one of a day environment, a work environment, a sunset environment, a relax environment, a sleep environment, a night environment, a sunrise environment and a work environment.

18. A method of dynamically adjusting a preset of controllable parameters associated with functions of an aircraft cabin for execution on a distributed architecture for multi-nodal control of the functions of the aircraft cabin, the method comprising:
displaying, on an IO node, a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two air

Assignees

• Bombardier Inc

Inventors

• Fagan Tim
• Murphy Erin
• Nancarrow Linsey
• Bartenbach Jeff

Classifications

• H04L67/75

  Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display · CPC title

• G05B23/0267

  Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI] · CPC title

• B64D11/00

  Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B64D11/00155

  Individual entertainment or communication system remote controls therefor, located in or connected to seat components, e.g. to seat back or arm rest · CPC title

• H04L69/40

  for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection (management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06) · CPC title