US 12,406,585 B2
Prioritizing crew alerts
Sebastian Sprengart, Ober-Ramstadt (DE); Stefan Neis, Bensheim (DE); Sarah Schmidt, Frankfurt (DE); Moustafa I. Zohdi, Darmstadt (DE); and Lars Fucke, Frankfurt (DE)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/627,112.
Application 18/627,112 is a continuation of application No. 17/749,827, filed on May 20, 2022, granted, now 12,014,637.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290210 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/21 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/21 (2025.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by a processor of an aircraft, comprising:
storing an alert database defining alert events for the aircraft, the alert events indicating deviations from a desired operation of the aircraft;
detecting an alert event of one of the alert events to be output to a crew of the aircraft by monitoring an output of a sensor in the aircraft, wherein the alert database stores a suggested alert level for the alert event;
searching the alert database to identify a crew response for the alert event;
identifying, in response to determining to output the alert event to the crew, a current flight operational phase of the aircraft;
contextualizing, based on the current flight operational phase of the aircraft, the alert event to assign an alert level to the alert event, wherein the alert level assigned to the alert event is lower than the suggested alert level for the alert event and wherein the contextualizing comprises lowering the alert level below the suggested alert level in response to determining the alert event has an operational impact on a future flight phase but does not have an operational impact on the current flight operational phase of the aircraft; and
outputting, for display, the alert event.