| CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A system in an aerial vehicle for providing an intelligent electronic checklist (ECL), the system comprising:
a display device; and
a controller comprising one or more processors and non-transitory computer readable media encoded with programming instructions, the controller configured to:
receive aircraft data from one or more avionics systems;
select, based on the aircraft data, an appropriate ECL, the appropriate ECL comprising a plurality of checklist items that are to be performed to complete the ECL;
generate an ECL display window, the ECL display window comprising a checklist information display panel and a checklist item display panel, the checklist information display panel comprising a first tab and an annotations area that is accessible via the first tab and that displays one or more annotations that are associated with a checklist item from the ECL that is active, the checklist information display panel further comprising a second tab and a virtual pilot area configured for displaying an explanation for the checklist item from the ECL that is active wherein the virtual pilot area is accessible via the second tab;
populate the checklist item display panel with a plurality of checklist items from the ECL, wherein the checklist item display panel is scrollable to display checklist items from the ECL that occur earlier or later than a checklist item that is in focus;
automatically populate the annotations area with information relating to a checklist item that is active;
automatically classify the information relating to the checklist item according to a first priority level when the information comprises a first level of importance,
automatically classify the information relating to a checklist item according to a second priority level when the information comprises a second level of importance;
automatically classify the information relating to a checklist item according to a third priority level when the information comprises a third level of importance;
wherein the first priority level has a higher level of importance than the second priority level and the second priority level has a higher level of importance than the third priority level;
provide the first tab with a warning label when the information relating to the checklist item is classified according to the first priority level;
provide the first tab with a caution label when the information relating to the checklist item is classified according to the second priority level;
provide the first tab with a notes label when the information relating to the checklist item is classified according to the third priority level; and
cause the ECL display window to be displayed on the display device.
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