Methods and systems for electronic checklist data references

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11334829-B2
Application number	US-201916720430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2019
Priority date	Dec 19, 2019
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for electronic checklist data references. For instance, the method may include: displaying, in a GUI, a checklist GUI corresponding to a checklist of an electronic checklist system; determining whether the checklist includes one or more dynamic data references and/or one or more static data references; in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references, performing a dynamic data reference process to display specific data in the checklist GUI for the one more dynamic data references; and in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more static data references, displaying one or more static data fields in the checklist GUI for the one or more static data references to initiate performing a static data reference process for the one or more static data fields.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for electronic checklist data references, comprising:
receiving a user and/or system input at a graphical user interface (GUI) for a checklist of an electronic checklist system of one or more vehicle systems;
displaying, in the GUI, a checklist GUI corresponding to the checklist of the electronic checklist system;
determining whether the checklist includes one or more dynamic data references and/or one or more static data references, wherein the one or more static data references comprises one or more of: a reference manual; a quick reference card; a pdf file; or a document;
in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references, performing a dynamic data reference process to display specific data in the checklist GUI for the one or more dynamic data references;
in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more static data references, displaying one or more static data fields in the checklist GUI for the one or more static data references; and
performing a static data reference process for the one or more static data fields by, for each static data reference tag:
in response to a user input/system input selecting a static data field, launching a viewer based on a reference pointer of a corresponding static data reference tag;
in response to user input(s) on the viewer, populating the static data field with a value; and
in response to populating the static data field with the value, invoking an associated function using the value based on a function pointer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the checklist GUI corresponding to the checklist of the electronic checklist system includes:
obtaining checklist function(s) and checklist-data structure(s) associated with the checklist from one or more function(s) and one or more data structure(s) of loadable database associated with the electronic checklist system, the checklist function(s) including a data reference function, the data reference function including program code to execute the dynamic data reference process and/or the static data reference process for each dynamic data reference and/or static data reference of the checklist; and
generating the checklist GUI based on the checklist function(s) and the checklist-data structure(s).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining whether the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references and/or the one or more static data references includes, by the data reference function:
determining whether a content of the checklist-data structure(s) includes one or more data reference tags;
in response to determining the content of the checklist-data structure(s) includes the one or more data reference tags, for each data reference tag, determining a type of the data reference tag; and
in response to determining the type of each data reference tag, determining the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references and/or the one or more static data references.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more data reference tags are elements of content for particular checklist tasks, and
each data reference tag includes one or more display contents, a type, one or more pointers corresponding to the one or more display contents, and/or fetch data/linked function pointer.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more pointers are indicators of specific system bits of information or links to specific locations for the specific system bits of information, the specific system bits of information including static references and real-time references.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, for each dynamic data reference, to perform the dynamic data reference process, the method further includes:
obtaining a pointer and/or a fetch data from a data reference tag;
obtaining particular data based on the pointer;
displaying the particular data in accordance with a display content associated with the data reference tag;
determining whether the fetch data indicates a rate;
in response to determining the fetch data does not indicate a rate, end the dynamic data reference process; and
in response to determining the fetch data indicates a rate, obtaining the particular data every set period of time in accordance with the rate.

7. A system for electronic checklist data references, the system comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor executing the instructions to perform a process including:
receiving a user and/or system input at a graphical user interface (GUI) for a checklist of an electronic checklist system of one or more vehicle systems;
displaying, in the GUI, a checklist GUI corresponding to the checklist of the electronic checklist system;
determining whether the checklist includes one or more dynamic data references and/or one or more static data references, wherein the one or more static data references comprises one or more of: a reference manual; a quick reference card;
a pdf file; or a document;
in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references, performing a dynamic data reference process to display specific data in the checklist GUI for the one or more dynamic data references;
in response to determining the checklist includes the one or more static data references, displaying one or more static data fields in the checklist GUI for the one or more static data references; and
performing a static data reference process for the one or more static data fields by, for each static data reference tag:
in response to a user input/system input selecting a static data field, launching a viewer based on a reference pointer of a corresponding static data reference tag;
in response to user input(s) on the viewer, populating the static data field with a value; and
in response to populating the static data field with the value, invoking an associated function using the value based on a function pointer.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein displaying the checklist GUI corresponding to the checklist of the electronic checklist system includes:
obtaining checklist function(s) and checklist-data structure(s) associated with the checklist from one or more function(s) and one or more data structure(s) of loadable database associated with the electronic checklist system, the checklist function(s) including a data reference function, the data reference function including program code to execute the dynamic data reference process and/or the static data reference process for each dynamic data reference and/or static data reference of the checklist; and
generating the checklist GUI based on the checklist function(s) and checklist-data structure(s).

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining whether the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references and/or the one or more static data references includes, by the data reference function:
determining whether a content of the checklist-data structure(s) includes one or more data reference tags;
in response to determining the content of the checklist-data structure(s) includes the one or more data reference tags, for each data reference tag, determining a type of the data reference tag; and
in response to determining the type of each data reference tag, determining the checklist includes the one or more dynamic data references and/or the one or more static data references.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more data reference tags are elements of content for particular checklist tasks, and
each data reference tag includes one or more display contents, a type, one or more pointers corresponding to the one or more display contents, and/or fetch data/linked function

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Conaway Cody Ryan
• Crouch Steven Curtis
• Holder Barbara

Classifications

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