US 12,066,300 B2
Vision guidance systems and methods for aircraft
Anthony J. Barber, Dollard-des-Ormeaux (CA); Nami Bae, Montreal (CA); Marc Bergeron, Lasalle (CA); William Murray Colquhoun, Wichita, KS (US); Christopher Martin, Bradford (CA); Mark Schlegel, Kingman, KS (US); Natalie W. Wong, Lasalle (CA); and Olivier Lebegue, Outremont (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
Filed by BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,855.
Application 17/578,855 is a continuation of application No. 16/597,938, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,359,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,411, filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136861 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G01C 23/005 (2013.01) [B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vision guidance system of an aircraft, the system comprising:
a synthetic vision system;
an enhanced vision system;
one or more display devices;
one or more data processors operatively coupled to the one or more display devices, to the synthetic vision system and to the enhanced vision system; and
non-transitory machine-readable memory operatively coupled to the one or more data processors and storing instructions executable by the one or more data processors and configured to cause the one or more data processors to:
after receiving a first user input indicative of a desired activation of a combined vision guidance operating mode combining synthetic vision and enhanced vision, cause an activation of the combined vision guidance operating mode of the aircraft in an absence of a second user input indicative of a desired display mode of the one or more display devices of the aircraft, wherein the activation of the combined vision guidance operating mode comprises causing:
automatic activation of a system monitor configured to monitor an integrity of an aircraft system; and
automatic commanding of a desired display mode of the one or more display devices.