System for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772811-B2
Application number	US-202217744703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2022
Priority date	May 17, 2021
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A system for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system, equipped with HMIs, includes three layers: a lower layer configured so as to receive wired electric power supply and data exchange connections; an upper layer comprising a hand-rest knob, at least one physical interaction means configured so as to interact on the pointing means for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit, and a module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit and arranged in the extension of the hand-rest knob; and an intermediate layer configured so as to make it possible to modify the position of the upper layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for remote interaction with a pointing means of an aircraft cockpit display system equipped with HMIs, comprising three layers:
a lower layer configured so as to receive wired electric power supply and data exchange connections;
an upper layer comprising a hand-rest knob, at least one physical interaction means configured so as to interact on the pointing means for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit, and a module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit and arranged in the extension of the hand-rest knob; and
an intermediate layer configured so as to make it possible to modify the position of the upper layer;
wherein the upper layer has a V-shaped structure and the hand-rest knob has an inverted-V-shaped structure, and
wherein the V has an angular aperture of between 65° and 250°.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the module with a touch-sensitive flat surface configured so as to interact on the pointing device for pointing at the HMIs of the cockpit comprises a multi-contact capacitive touch pad, or a touch screen configured so as to implement an alphanumeric keypad, or a touch surface associated with an infrared sensor.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the inverted V has an angular aperture of between 110° and 160°.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the inverted V has an angular aperture of 145°.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the front part of the inverted-V-shaped hand-rest knob is parallel to the rear part of the V-shaped structure.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the gap between the upper surface of the rear part of the V-shaped structure and the lower surface of the front part of the inverted-V-shaped hand-rest knob is greater than or equal to 20 mm.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a baseplate configured so as to be adapted to its installation position in the cockpit and to the fastening required by the aircraft.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a rotary adaptor, configured so as to rotate the upper layer about a horizontal axis, for example configured so as to tilt up to 45° with respect to the horizontal.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a translatory adaptor, configured so as to move the upper layer in translation with respect to the intermediate layer.

10. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a rotary adaptor, configured so as to rotate the elements arranged above the baseplate jointly about a vertical axis.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer comprises a device configured so as to modify the angular aperture of the V-shaped structure.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer comprises a device configured so as to make it possible to retract the module with a touch-sensitive flat surface.

13. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the upper layer comprises an ambient light device.

14. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the baseplate comprises fastening screw cover devices.

Assignees

• Thales Sa

Inventors

• Besnard Mathieu
• Coni Philippe
• Egea Sarah
• Le Roux Yannick

Classifications

• B60K35/53

  Movable instruments, e.g. slidable · CPC title

• B60K35/25

  using haptic output · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B64D43/00 Primary

  Arrangements or adaptations of instruments · CPC title