Aviation situation awareness and decision information system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11046450-B1
Application number	US-201916712526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Priority date	Jul 20, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A system may include a non-avionics computing device, a data network switch, and avionics computing devices. The non-avionics computing device may be configured to execute a situation awareness program. Each of the avionics computing devices may be communicatively coupled to the data network switch. The avionics computing devices may include a first avionics computing device communicatively coupled to the non-avionics computing device. The first avionics computing device may be configured to: receive avionics data from other of the avionics computing devices; filter the avionics data from the other of the avionics computing devices based on a predetermined relevance to the situation awareness program; and output the filtered avionics data to the non-avionics computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a non-vetronics computing device comprising a display, at least one non-vetronics non-transitory computer-readable medium, and at least one non-vetronics processor communicatively coupled to the at least one non-vetronics non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-vetronics computing device implemented onboard a vehicle, wherein the at least one non-vetronics processor is configured to execute a situation awareness program stored in the at least one non-vetronics non-transitory computer-readable medium;
at least one data network switch implemented in the vehicle; and
a plurality of vetronics computing devices implemented in the vehicle, each of the plurality of vetronics computing devices communicatively coupled to the at least one data network switch, each of the plurality of vetronics computing devices comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the plurality of vetronics computing devices includes a first vetronics computing device communicatively coupled to the non-vetronics computing device, wherein the first vetronics computing device is configured to:
receive vetronics data from other of the plurality of vetronics computing devices;
filter the vetronics data from the other of the plurality of vetronics computing devices based at least on a predetermined relevance to the situation awareness program; and
output the filtered vetronics data to the non-vetronics computing device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is configured to receive the filtered vetronics data, wherein, by execution of the situation awareness program, the at least one non-vetronics processor is configured to:
organize at least a portion of the filtered vetronics data into situation awareness data structures, each of the situation awareness data structures being configured to contain a portion of the filtered vetronics data associated with a situation of a plurality of predetermined situations;
receive a user input to display content associated with a particular situation awareness data structure;
generate a graphical user interface based at least on the particular situation awareness data structure, the graphical user interface including graphical representation content associated with the particular situation awareness data structure and textual content associated with the particular situation awareness data structure, wherein the graphical representation content and the textual content is relevant to the particular situation; and
output the graphical user interface to the display of the non-vetronics computing device for presentation to a user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is not certified to bidirectionally exchange data with the plurality of vetronics computing devices.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is unidirectionally communicatively coupled to the first vetronics computing device such that the non-vetronics computing device is configured to receive the filtered vetronics data while being unable to transmit data to any of the plurality of vetronics computing devices.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is wirelessly unidirectionally communicatively coupled to the first vetronics computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising vehicle sensors, wherein the vetronics data includes vehicle sensor data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is a mobile computing device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-vetronics computing device is a tablet computing device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first vetronics computing device is a secure server router vetronics computing device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the situation awareness program is configured to enhance the situational awareness of a user onboard the vehicle by displaying graphical representation content and textual content relevant to a particular situation.

11. A method, comprising:
receiving, by at least one processor of a vetronics computing device of a plurality of vetronics computing devices, vetronics data from other of the plurality of vetronics computing devices, the plurality of vetronics computing devices implemented in a vehicle;
filtering, by the at least one processor of the vetronics computing device, the vetronics data from the other of the plurality of vetronics computing devices based at least on a predetermined relevance to a situation awareness program stored in at least one non-vetronics non-transitory computer-readable medium of a non-vetronics computing device; and
outputting, by the at least one processor of the vetronics computing device, the filtered vetronics data to the non-vetronics computing device, the non-vetronics computing device implemented onboard the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, by the non-vetronics computing device, the filtered vetronics data;
executing, by at least one non-vetronics processor of the non-vetronics computing device, the situation awareness program;
organizing, by the at least one non-vetronics processor of the non-vetronics computing device, at least a portion of the filtered vetronics data into situation awareness data structures, each of the situation awareness data structures being configured to contain a portion of the filtered vetronics data associated with a situation of a plurality of predetermined situations;
receiving, by the at least one non-vetronics processor of the non-vetronics computing device, a user input to display content associated with a particular situation awareness data structure;
generating, by the at least one non-vetronics processor of the non-vetronics computing device, a graphical user interface based at least on the particular situation awareness data structure, the graphical user interface including graphical representation content associated with the particular situation awareness data structure and textual content associated with the particular situation awareness data structure, wherein the graphical representation content and the textual content is relevant to the particular situation; and
outputting, by the at least one non-vetronics processor of the non-vetronics computing device, the graphical user interface to a display of the non-vetronics computing device for presentation to a user.

Assignees

• Rockwell Collins Inc

Inventors

• Barber Sarah

Classifications

• G08G5/55

  for a single aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/52

  for take-off · CPC title

• G08G5/54

  for approach or landing · CPC title

• G08G5/76

  for monitoring atmospheric conditions · CPC title

• G08G5/21

  located onboard the aircraft · CPC title