US 12,221,230 B2
Apparatus and method for assisting with functional testing of aircraft systems
Benoit Ouellette, Montreal (CA); and Joseph Patrick Etienne Cote, Kirkland (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
Appl. No. 16/754,812
Filed by BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 10, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/051275
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/071344, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/570,961, filed on Oct. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0188462 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/60 (2017.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for assisting with functional testing of systems of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
a display device;
one or more data processors operatively coupled to the display device; and
non-transitory machine-readable memory operatively coupled to the one or more data processors, storing instructions executable by the one or more data processors and configured to cause the one or more data processors to:
generate an output for causing the display device to display a plurality of test objects respectively associated with a plurality of functional tests of respective systems of the aircraft;
using data indicative of a condition of the aircraft, select a plurality of selected functional tests from the plurality of functional tests based on the condition of the aircraft, wherein the data indicative of the condition of the aircraft is indicative of at least one of:
whether a next flight of the aircraft is a first flight of a day; and
whether the next flight of the aircraft immediately follows a change in flight crew;
generate an output for causing the display device to identify one or more identified test objects from the plurality of test objects, the one or more identified test objects being respectively associated with the plurality of selected functional tests;
generate an output for causing the display device to display an enclosure surrounding all of the identified test objects that are associated with the plurality of selected functional tests selected based on the condition of the aircraft, wherein:
non-identified test objects unselected based on the condition of the aircraft are displayed outside of the enclosure and are available for selection; and
the identified test objects and the non-identified test objects are displayed within a same functional testing page of the display device; and
in response to an actuation of an execution object, trigger automated initiation of the plurality of selected functional tests associated with the identified test objects surrounded by the enclosure.