US 12,307,921 B2
Quantitative pilot evaluation during training
Can Onur, Bavaria (DE); Pieter van Gils, Madrid (ES); and Barend-Jan van Bruchem, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/777,590.
Prior Publication US 2021/0241645 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G09B 9/12 (2006.01); G09B 9/10 (2006.01); G09B 9/20 (2006.01); G09B 9/30 (2006.01); G09B 9/08 (2006.01); G09B 9/44 (2006.01); G09B 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/12 (2013.01) [G09B 9/10 (2013.01); G09B 9/206 (2013.01); G09B 9/302 (2013.01); G09B 9/08 (2013.01); G09B 9/44 (2013.01); G09B 19/165 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for pilot training, the device comprising:
a memory configured to store one or more computational models of one or more human sensory systems;
a plurality of interfaces configured to receive an experience level associated with a pilot using a flight simulator, sensor data, and aircraft state data from the flight simulator, wherein the sensor data comprises pilot activity data and motion data, and wherein the motion data is indicative of detected motion of a simulated aircraft of the flight simulator; and
one or more processors configured to:
adjust the one or more computational models based on the experience level;
process the motion data and the pilot activity data based on the experience level and the one or more computational models to predict a pilot estimated aircraft state;
determine an estimated error based on a comparison of the pilot estimated aircraft state and a detected aircraft state, wherein the aircraft state data indicates the detected aircraft state;
determine a probability that a confidence indicator indicates a confidence in the estimated error;
in response to a determination that the probability is greater than a confidence threshold, determine that the estimated error exceeds an error threshold value, wherein the error threshold value is based on the experience level; and
provide the estimated error to a trainer associated with the flight simulator via a second device to enable the trainer to provide one or more instructions to a user of the flight simulator during use of the flight simulator based on the estimated error exceeding the error threshold value, wherein the one or more instructions comprise an instruction to more frequently observe one or more components of an instrument display.