US 12,072,205 B2
Interaction system for cockpit of an aircraft
Jean-Sébastien Garcia, Mérignac (FR); Veran Helsen, Mérignac (FR); Philippe Chabot, Mérignac (FR); and François Leullier, Mérignac (FR)
Assigned to THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
Filed by THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/838,630.
Claims priority of application No. 19 03771 (FR), filed on Apr. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0326205 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 23/005 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G09G 5/12 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An interaction system for a cockpit of an aircraft, comprising a processor configured to function as:
a display assembly associated with an avionic screen and including:
a video acquisition module configured to acquire a first graphic feed coming from an avionic system and a second graphic feed coming from an open-world equipment item in order to display the first graphic feed and the second graphic feed at a same time on the avionic screen;
a media management module configured to control the display on the avionic screen in order to display, on this screen, the first graphic feed in a first window and the second graphic feed in a second window, the media management module further being configured to generate windowing data relative to a positioning of different windows on the display screen; and
an interaction assembly able to generate interaction data relative to each interaction of a user with the avionic screen;
a connection box for the open-world equipment item comprising:
a first conversion module configured to receive the windowing data coming from the media management module and the interaction data coming from the interaction assembly;
a second conversion module able to receive the second graphic feed coming from the open-world equipment item and to send it to the video acquisition module to display it in the second window of the avionic screen;
a control module of the open-world equipment item configured to process the windowing data and the interaction data coming from the first conversion module in order to generate, from at least some of the interaction data, a command intended for the open-world equipment item;
wherein the interaction assembly comprises a tactile gesture acquisition module configured to acquire each tactile interaction by the user with the avionic screen and to convert it into an interaction datum;
wherein the media management module is connected to the first conversion module via the tactile gesture acquisition module, and the media management module is further configured to send the windowing data to the tactile gesture acquisition module;
wherein the tactile gesture acquisition module and the first conversion module are connected via only one first one-way link, and the first one-way link starting at the tactile gesture acquisition module and terminating at the first conversion module;
wherein the first conversion module is further connected to the control module of the open-world equipment item via only one second one-way link, and the second one-way link starting at the first conversion module and terminating at the control module of the open-world equipment item; and
wherein the windowing data comprises data relative to the second window, and the data comprises origin of the second window in a coordinate system of the avionic screen, dimensions of the second window, and cropping of the second graphic feed coming from the open-world equipment item when this feed is cropped in the open-world window.