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    • 专利摘要:
    This interface for aircraft comprises a set of at least one display device for displaying data, at least one support (L) for portable computing equipment comprising means for supplying the computer equipment, transfer means bidirectional data to the computer equipment and a gateway (4) for communication between the medium and the on-board display device, comprising means for copying image data for copying the image data from the computer equipment at least part of the screen of at least one of the display devices and data transfer means representative of a control gesture between the display device and the support.
    公开号:FR3048094A1
    申请号:FR1651426
    申请日:2016-02-22
    公开日:2017-08-25
    发明作者:Bossoreille Romain De
    申请人:Zodiac Aero Electric SAS；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    Aircraft interface and method for controlling such an interface
    The present invention relates, in general, the interfaces for aircraft.
    Aircraft interfaces can be placed in the cockpit of an aircraft or in the cabin.
    For example, with respect to the interfaces located in a cockpit, these include several control panels, including a central main panel bringing together most of the navigation and control screens, a lower panel, which includes most of the flight controls, and an upper panel, which ensures in particular the management of various hydraulic and electrical circuits on board the aircraft.
    These panels, and in particular the central panel, are provided with a certain number of screens which allow the display of flight data and, when these screens are touch-sensitive, make it possible to capture commands from various on-board functions. 'plane.
    In addition, the airlines distribute to their pilots documentation that can be consulted to access a certain amount of data. These can be operating manuals, navigation charts, documentation concerning the operation of the aircraft, etc.
    Increasingly, these documentations are provided on electronic media, especially in the form of laptops or consumer tablets. These electronic supports are known by the Anglo-Saxon term "Electronic Flight Bag" or "EFB".
    It has been found that the use of touch tablets tends to spread more and more within the airlines, in particular because of their relatively small size and their ease of use. In particular it is possible to store in the tablets specific applications making them customizable by the pilot or by the airlines to improve the ergonomics. The tablets have in this respect ergonomics particularly suitable for displaying navigation charts.
    It has also been found that tablets can be quickly updated and at a lower cost.
    However, it is conceivable that the use of touch pads in an aircraft cockpit poses a number of major disadvantages.
    Firstly, the touch technology used on a tablet, for example a capacitive tablet, can be disturbed by magnetic fields and thus cause undesirable behavior or lead to giving erroneous information or irrelevant, which can be dangerous .
    Moreover, the touch pads, which are easily manipulated, however, remain cumbersome to the extent that they must be maintained manually permanently or be placed on the cockpit, no accommodation being provided in the cockpit to receive them. Thus, they can fall, break, be thrown or fall on equipment.
    In addition, despite their ease of use, some tactile gestures can be uncomfortable during certain phases of flight.
    Their performance in terms of brightness, contrast and colorimetry may moreover be insufficient for use in an aircraft cockpit.
    It has also been found that the autonomy of the tablet may be less than that of a flight.
    Solutions such as cables or supports are proposed for interconnecting the tablet with aircraft equipment but they require the user to continue to interact directly on the tablet which does not eliminate the previously exposed defects.
    Finally, in general, the applications on the tablet can distract the user, including a pilot in an aircraft cockpit. The lack of a mechanism to disable certain applications and / or unwanted notifications, especially in the event of an alarm, constitutes a danger.
    In view of the foregoing, the object of the invention is to overcome the various aforementioned drawbacks and to provide an interface for aircraft allowing and facilitating the use of touch pads, and generally of portable computing equipment, aboard the aircraft. The object of the invention is therefore, according to a first aspect, an interface for an aircraft, comprising a set of at least one display device for displaying data and at least one support for portable computing equipment comprising means for power supply of computer equipment. The interface further comprises bidirectional data transfer means to the computer equipment and a communication gateway between the medium and the display device comprising image data copying means for copying the image data from computer equipment on at least part of the screen of at least one of the display devices and data transfer means representative of a control gesture between the display device and the support.
    Note that the computer equipment may be constituted by any type of equipment such as tablet or laptop.
    Thus, the computer equipment can be positioned in a dedicated support, which ensures its power supply and the bidirectional transfer of data between one or more screens of the display device of the aircraft and the computer equipment in order, in particular, to embed on a screen of the display device the information available on the computer equipment and allow the entry of commands directly from the display device. The computer equipment, which can be externally protected by the media, can then be controlled from the control panel display.
    Advantageously, the display device comprises shapes around the screen such as grooves or prominences allowing a user to facilitate interaction with the tactile device during the different phases of flight, especially during turbulence, while reducing the muscle fatigue related to the interaction.
    Of course, additional information, for example from an on-board computer, may be displayed together with the copied image data, advantageously in the form of a window placed next to the window for copying image data from computer equipment.
    Thus, according to another characteristic of the interface according to the invention, the communication gateway comprises a data integrator adapted to merge data from the computer equipment, data from the display device and data from the computer. and to distribute data between the display device, the computer equipment and the computer.
    In general, the communication gateway is further adapted for the transfer of control commands entered manually on said display device to the computer equipment and / or to the computer.
    Advantageously, the gateway comprises a data converter between the computer equipment and the computer, on the one hand, and the display device, on the other hand.
    Advantageously, the screen of the display device comprises touch zones reproducing respective control buttons provided on the computer equipment.
    Preferably, the support is placed in a housing equipped with means of protection against external aggressions such as, in a nonlimiting manner, electromagnetic radiation, shocks or liquids.
    Preferably, means will also be provided for disabling features of the computer equipment, including wireless communication capabilities of the computer equipment. The subject of the invention is also, according to a second aspect, a method of controlling the display of data on an interface as defined above, in which the image data from the computer equipment is displayed on the screen. at least a portion of the screen of the display device and transfer data representative of a control gesture between the display device and the computer equipment.
    Preferably, according to this method, the data of the computer equipment is embedded in a first zone of the screen of the display device and data from the on-board computer is displayed on a second zone of the screen. Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the following description, given solely by way of example, and with reference to the appended drawings, in which: FIG. 1 illustrates a general view of a interface according to the invention; FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary implementation of the visible interface in FIG. 1; and FIG. 3 is a view of the interface for an aircraft according to the invention, showing the copying of the image data from the computer equipment onto the screen of the display device.
    Referring firstly to Figure 1 which illustrates, schematically, the general structure of an aircraft interface according to the invention.
    In a non-limiting mode of implementation, this interface is intended to be embedded on board an aircraft, for example in the cockpit of the aircraft or in the cabin. But it is not beyond the scope of the invention when the interface is intended to be implanted in other types of aircraft.
    This interface, designated by the reference I, is intended to establish an interaction between a computer equipment and a display device A on board the aircraft. It may be a display device conventionally equipping the cockpits of aircraft for displaying information relating to avionics functions and, in the case of tactile display devices, for retrieving control orders entered manually by a pilot. It may also be a display device of an entertainment system conventionally equipping the aircraft cabins, available to passengers.
    In the exemplary embodiment considered, the computer equipment is constituted by a touch pad T, for example a consumer touch pad or a touch pad specifically designed for the intended application.
    In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the display device comprises a touch screen. Thus, in FIG. 1, the display device A has been schematized by its screen 1 and its touch sensor 2. It is intended for displaying data, for example still images or videos delivered by an onboard computer 3. on board the aircraft. It can be an avionics calculator or an aircraft entertainment system calculator. Note however that the computer 3 is optional so that the content displayed on the display device can come from another source. The interface I also comprises a housing L intended to receive the touch pad T.
    This housing is a support equipped with appropriate connections for connecting the tablet for power and to provide a two-way transfer of data to and from the tablet.
    Note that in the exemplary embodiment shown, the interface comprises a single housing L. Of course, it is not beyond the scope of the invention when providing one or more slots each for receiving a touch pad. The interface I also has a gateway 4 for communication between the slot L and the display device A.
    This gateway 4 comprises a data integrator 5 as well as a data converter 6. By data here is meant image data, fixed or mobile, tactile data resulting from manipulation of the touch screen of the device. display and business data relating to the aircraft. The integrator 5 communicates with the display device A, with the on-board computer 3 and with the housing L via the converter 6.
    The converter provides format conversion between the display device, the tablet and the calculator. The integrator 5 receives the data from the display device A, the tablet T and the computer 3, proceeds to the graphic composition of these data and their distribution between the display device A, the tablet T and the computer.
    When it comes to recovering content, for example still images or videos from the tablet T, the integrator 5 provides a graphic composition of the recovered data and proceeds to display these data on the screen 1. It may for example be to display navigation charts from the tablet on the screen 1, when the interface is intended to be placed in the cockpit of the aircraft or video content extracted from the tablet when the interface is intended to be placed in the cabin.
    It should be noted in this regard that the integrator proceeds to copy the image data from the tablet so as to display them on a part of the screen of the display device or on the entire display screen . In the latter case, the integrator provides a partition of the screen of the display device to delimit areas of the screen allocated one to the display of content from the tablet and the other to a content from calculator 3.
    FIG. 2 schematically shows the copying of the image data output implemented between the screen of the touch pad and a screen 1 of the display device.
    As can be seen, the screen of the tablet (Z zone) is copied and displayed in a zone Z ', of identical size, or even of increased dimensions, up to, if necessary, covering the entire screen 1 of the control panel. ordered.
    The mechanical control buttons B1, B2 and B3 which are provided on the frame of the tablet, that is to say on the mechanical part of the tablet, are also duplicated on the display device A.
    It may for example be to provide touch zones on the screen 1 (B'1 button) to duplicate one or more mechanical buttons Bl of the frame. Other mechanical buttons B2 and B3 can also be duplicated in the form of corresponding buttons provided on the frame of the display device A (buttons B'2 and B'3). They could of course, in a variant, be duplicated in the form of tactile zones of the display device A.
    Thus, the user, ie the driver or a passenger, has the information that is displayed on the screen of the tablet and all the control buttons for controlling the tablet and which are duplicated on the screen. screen 1.
    As indicated above, the integrator provides a partition of the display device A delimiting areas dedicated respectively to the display of data from the tablet and data from the onboard computer.
    In FIG. 3, on which there is shown an exemplary interface for cockpit of an aircraft, the tablet T is placed in its housing L. The housing L is fed by the aircraft's on-board network, and feeds as soon as possible. during the tablet, and communicates with the computer 3 of the aircraft and with the display device A via the gateway 4 for exchanging still image data or video data to the display device, on the one hand, and for the exchange of data from the touch sensor of the screen of the display device to the tablet or to the computer, on the other hand.
    As can be seen, the image of the tablet (window F) is embedded in a zone ZI dedicated to displaying the content extracted from the tablet (window F ').
    Furthermore, a second zone Z2 is dedicated to displaying data from the computer, for example data relating to the control of the aircraft.
    Such a partition is also provided when the interface is intended to be embedded in the cabin for the simultaneous display of the content of the tablet and the content from the computer of the entertainment system, for example data concerning the flight (altitude, speed, ...) or other data from the entertainment system (advertising, ...).
    Of course, when the screen of the display device is a touch screen, the screen is partitioned so that the gateway 4 is able to recover gestures from manipulation of the respective areas ZI and Z2 to send them to the tablet or the calculator.
    Thus, when a gesture manipulation concerns the Z2 zone dedicated to the display of avionics data, this gesture, retrieved by the integrator 5, is transmitted to the computer or generally to an avionics system to which a corresponding command is intended.
    When the gesture concerns the zone ZI dedicated to displaying the content of the tablet, this gesture is retrieved by the integrator 5 and is transmitted to the tablet via the converter 6. The invention thus allows the realization of a connection between a consumer touch tablet, or a touch pad specifically dedicated to use in the field of aviation, and a screen of an onboard display device and to use the equipment of the aircraft to interact with the aircraft; Tablet.
    It will be noted that, preferably, the housing L is provided with means for protecting the tablet against electromagnetic radiation. Of course, when the shelf is stored in the housing, it is protected against external aggression, for example falling liquid or shock. Any risk of falling off the tablet is of course avoided.
    Finally, it will be advantageous to provide on the screen 1 a specific button to disable certain features of the tablet, for example to disable wireless communication means to and from the tablet, or disable some applications stored in the tablet.
    Note finally that in the embodiment shown, the various elements of the interface communicate by wired connection. This is particularly the case of the housing L and the gateway 4. Of course, it is also possible to provide wireless communication between these various elements.
    权利要求:
    Claims (9)
    [1" id="c-fr-0001]
    An interface for an aircraft, comprising a set of at least one display device for displaying data, characterized in that it comprises at least one support (L) for portable computing equipment comprising feed means for computer equipment, bidirectional data transfer means to the computer equipment and a communication gateway (4) between the medium and the on-board display device, comprising means for copying image data to copy the data. of images from the computer equipment on at least part of the screen of at least one of the display devices and data transfer means representative of a control gesture between the display device and the support.
    [2" id="c-fr-0002]
    2. The interface of claim 1, wherein the communication gateway (4) comprises a data integrator (5) adapted to merge the data from the computer equipment, the data from the display device and the data from an on-board computer on board the aircraft and to distribute the data between the display device, the computer equipment and the computer.
    [3" id="c-fr-0003]
    3. The interface of claim 2, wherein the communication gateway is further adapted for the transfer of control commands entered manually on said display device to the computer equipment and / or to said computer.
    [4" id="c-fr-0004]
    4. Interface according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gateway comprises a data converter (6) between the computer equipment and the computer on the one hand, and the display device, on the other hand .
    [5" id="c-fr-0005]
    An interface according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the screen of the display device has touch zones reproducing respective control buttons provided on the computer equipment.
    [6" id="c-fr-0006]
    6. Interface according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the support is placed in a housing (L) equipped with means of protection against external aggression.
    [7" id="c-fr-0007]
    The interface of any one of claims 1 to 6 including means for disabling features of the computer equipment, including wireless communication capabilities of the computer equipment.
    [8" id="c-fr-0008]
    8. A method of controlling the display of data on an interface according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that one displays the screen of the computer equipment on the screen of the display device. by copying the image data from the computer equipment onto at least a portion of the screen of the display device and transferring data representative of a control gesture between the display device and the display device; computer equipment.
    [9" id="c-fr-0009]
    9. The method of claim 8, wherein increments image data from the computer equipment in a first area of the screen of the display device and displays data from the onboard computer on a second area of the display device
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