| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
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| 81 | ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG SYSTEM AND METHOD | US11679486 | 2007-02-27 | US20080208399A1 | 2008-08-28 | Tuan A. Pham |
| An electronic flight bag (EFB) system for use on a mobile platform, for example, a commercial or military aircraft. The EFB system includes first and second independent processors that run first and second independent software applications. The first software application may be a Type C application requiring a high level of governmental agency certification for use on an aircraft while the second application may be a commercially available, off-the-shelf software application that requires no certification. The two processors share a common display, although the first processor is provided with control over the display so that use of the display by the second processor can be inhibited or limited by the first processor as may be needed to display more critical flight or aircraft related information. The first processor is also provided with control over a switching subsystem that can interrupt the flow of information from external I/O devices to and from the second processor, if needed. | ||||||
| 82 | Electronic flight kit and method | US10026049 | 2001-12-21 | US06606544B2 | 2003-08-12 | Floyd A. Glenn, III; Charles Barba; Edward Popp; Jason Donmoyer; Serge Schremmer |
| A flight kit having a process and a set of software tools for: marking up and restructuring of flight information content such as manuals, checklists, aerodynamic data, and alerting information; converting and storing this content in an electronic form; dynamically generating a user interface based on the specific data; and delivering this to a flight crew. The flight kit can provide remote data updates and management of flight kit applications via Internet connectivity. | ||||||
| 83 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG | US15136589 | 2016-04-22 | US20160239064A1 | 2016-08-18 | Michael Haukom; Thomas J. Horsager; Brett Willenbring |
| A control system for providing electrical power to an electronic flight bag device on an aircraft. The control system including a power switching component coupled to a plurality of power sources and at least one electronic flight bag device. The power switching component is operative and configured to selectively apply electrical power from at least one of the plurality of power sources to the at least one electronic flight bag device based upon a condition of the aircraft. | ||||||
| 84 | Methods and devices for forced air cooling of electronic flight bags | EP10006593.7 | 2010-06-24 | EP2275901A3 | 2015-09-16 | Wicks, Curtis |
An electronic flight bag computer (EFB) includes a housing defining first and second compartments that are fluidly isolated from and in thermal communication with one another. The first compartment contains electronic components connected to a user interface on an exterior portion of the housing for providing interactive flight related computation functions to a user. The second compartment contains a forced convection cooling component in thermal communication with the electronic components. The forced convection cooling component directs a flow of cooling fluid into the second compartment to convey heat produced by the electronic components out of the housing, such that the cooling fluid in the second compartment remains fluidly isolated from the electronic components in the first compartment of the housing.
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| 85 | SINGLE PROCESSOR CLASS-3 ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG | EP11709520.8 | 2011-02-23 | EP2539818A1 | 2013-01-02 | SHULER, Jason; SCHAAF, Jonathan; LINDGREN, Andrew; FEDKE, Micah; SCHOTZ, Peter; OWCZARSKI, David; GUPTA, Ram; CHERNYAKOVA, Liya; ZOBACHEV, Eugene; HOLUPCHINSKI, Nicholas; CHULA, Stephen; HUNGERFORD, Matthew; HERING, Jeffrey; JONES, David; NEWMAN, Bernard; LEHSTEN, John |
| An electronic flight bag providing computational services for an aircraft and communicating with aircraft avionics may execute aircraft-design-approved Type-C applications together with non-design-approved Type-A/B on a single processor through specific modifications of the operating system to control memory and processor access thereby providing isolation comparable to that of dual processor systems in which the Type-C applications and Type-A/B applications are executed on different processors. | ||||||
| 86 | Methods and devices for forced air cooling of electronic flight bags | EP10006593.7 | 2010-06-24 | EP2275901A2 | 2011-01-19 | Wicks, Curtis |
An electronic flight bag computer (EFB) includes a housing defining first and second compartments that are fluidly isolated from and in thermal communication with one another. The first compartment contains electronic components connected to a user interface on an exterior portion of the housing for providing interactive flight related computation functions to a user. The second compartment contains a forced convection cooling component in thermal communication with the electronic components. The forced convection cooling component directs a flow of cooling fluid into the second compartment to convey heat produced by the electronic components out of the housing, such that the cooling fluid in the second compartment remains fluidly isolated from the electronic components in the first compartment of the housing.
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| 87 | User-configurable electronic flight bag | US10874889 | 2004-06-23 | US07769501B2 | 2010-08-03 | Robert Allen Lusardi; Scott Myles Crockard |
| An electronic flight bag for use aboard an aircraft during flight is disclosed. The electronic flight bag includes an electronic storage device which acts as a container for storing various user-configurable flight-related objects, such as flight routes as defined by way-points, airport information that includes approach routes, associated fight charts or other desired charts, temporary flight restrictions, and weather information as well as any other user-defined data objects associated with the flight. For example, the electronic flight bag may be used in corporate aircraft and may include one or more data objects that relate to the corporate policies with respect to flights. The data objects may also include time-sensitive data and contain time flags that can be updated by way of a communication link during flight. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the data objects are user-configurable so that a user can include virtually all information that is relevant to a particular flight. | ||||||
| 88 | Electronic flight bag user interface system | US11803959 | 2007-05-16 | US20100262318A1 | 2010-10-14 | Jeffrey J. Ariens |
| An electronic flight bag user interface system that has a multi-function flight information display unit in electronic communication with a remote processing unit. The processing unit is in electronic communication with an aircraft avionics system. Pre-loaded flight information allows the user to access and display flight information on the display unit in digital electronic format, including charts and plates, flight manuals, weather information, camera viewing information, ship library information, and revision status of software programmed in the processing unit and revision status of pre-loaded charts, plates and manuals. The system operates on a single or a dual operating system platform, a Windows® based operating system and the other based on a DO178B certified operating system. | ||||||
| 89 | ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG HAVING FILTER SYSTEM AND METHOD | US11681591 | 2007-03-02 | US20080215193A1 | 2008-09-04 | Thomas W. Hanson |
| A system and method for filtering information from an electronic flight bag system (EFB) used on a mobile platform, for example, on an aircraft. In one embodiment the system makes use of an EFB having a display with a selection to enable a filter. When the filter is enabled, the user is presented with a plurality of options for limiting retrieved information to only specific types of information or data. This allows one, two or more layers of filtering to be implemented on the information that is searched and obtained from the EFB, and enables a limited subset of information to be obtained that is available for viewing on a display associated with the EFB. The system and method eliminates or significantly reduces the amount of non-relevant information that the crew members are required to review when attempting to obtain specific types of information from the EFB. | ||||||
| 90 | User-configurable electronic flight bag | US10874889 | 2004-06-23 | US20050288831A1 | 2005-12-29 | Robert Lusardi; Scott Crockard |
| An electronic flight bag for use aboard an aircraft during flight is disclosed. The electronic flight bag includes an electronic storage device which acts as a container for storing various user-configurable flight-related objects, such as flight routes as defined by way-points, airport information that includes approach routes, associated fight charts or other desired charts, temporary flight restrictions, and weather information as well as any other user-defined data objects associated with the flight. For example, the electronic flight bag may be used in corporate aircraft and may include one or more data objects that relate to the corporate policies with respect to flights. The data objects may also include time-sensitive data and contain time flags that can be updated by way of a communication link during flight. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the data objects are user-configurable so that a user can include virtually all information that is relevant to a particular flight. | ||||||
| 91 | Single processor class-3 electronic flight bag | US13120372 | 2011-02-23 | US09223633B2 | 2015-12-29 | Jason Shuler; Jonathan Schaaf; Andrew Lindgren; Micah Fedke; Peter Schotz; David Owczarski; Ram Gupta; Liya Chernyakova; Eugene Zobachev; Nicholas Holupchinski; Stephen Chula; Matthew Hungerford; Jeffrey Hering; David Jones; Bernard Newman; John Lehsten |
| An electronic flight bag providing computational services for an aircraft and communicating with aircraft avionics may execute aircraft-design-approved Type-C applications together with non-design-approved Type-A/B on a single processor through specific modifications of the operating system to control memory and processor access thereby providing isolation comparable to that of dual processor systems in which the Type-C applications and Type-A/B applications are executed on different processors. | ||||||
| 92 | Single Processor Class-3 Electronic Flight Bag | US13120372 | 2011-02-23 | US20110238239A1 | 2011-09-29 | Jason Shuler; Jonathan Schaaf; Andrew Lindgren; Micah Fedke; Peter Schotz; David Oczarski; Ram Gupta; Liya Chernyakova; Eugene Zobachev; Nicholas Holupchinski; Stephen Chula; Matthew Hungerfood; Jeffrey Hering; David Jones; Bernard Newman; John Lehsten |
| An electronic flight bag providing computational services for an aircraft and communicating with aircraft avionics may execute aircraft-design-approved Type-C applications together with non-design-approved Type-A/B on a single processor through specific modifications of the operating system to control memory and processor access thereby providing isolation comparable to that of dual processor systems in which the Type-C applications and Type-A/B applications are executed on different processors. | ||||||
| 93 | AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF LOGON CREDENTIALS FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY OF ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG(EFB) | EP16150505.2 | 2016-01-07 | EP3046305B1 | 2017-06-07 | HENZL, Martin; GOTTHARD, Petr |
| 94 | AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF LOGON CREDENTIALS FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY OF ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG(EFB) | EP16150505.2 | 2016-01-07 | EP3046305A1 | 2016-07-20 | HENZL, Martin; GOTTHARD, Petr |
Automated distribution of wireless logon credentials for an electronic flight bag (EFB) is provided. In one embodiment, a method for secured aircraft wireless network access comprises: establishing a NFC link between an EFB and an NFC node, wherein the node is hardwired to a wireless access point coupled to EFB service applications via an aircraft network. The access point provides a plurality of wireless channels for accessing the network, each are single user wireless channels. In response to a request from the EFB, determining whether a first wireless channel is available; if the first wireless channel is available, generating a logon credential associated with the first wireless channel and transmitting the credential to the EFB with the NFC node; establishing a second link between the EFB and the wireless access point using the credential; and transferring data between the EFB and EFB server applications over the second link.
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| 95 | Integrating portable electronic devices with electronic flight bag systems installed in aircraft | US11180202 | 2005-07-13 | US20070055416A1 | 2007-03-08 | David Allen |
| An electronic flight bag apparatus includes an electronic flight bag (EFB) system installed in an aircraft and which interfaces with a ground network, and a portable EFB device connectible with the EFB system via a trusted secure connection. This apparatus makes it possible for a flight crew member to remove the portable device from the aircraft, enter flight information into the device in a convenient manner, and transfer the information to the installed EFB system. Auxiliary crew members may use the portable device during flight to assist the flight crew. | ||||||
| 96 | Integrating portable electronic devices with electronic flight bag systems installed in aircraft | US11180202 | 2005-07-13 | US08732233B2 | 2014-05-20 | David L. Allen |
| An electronic flight bag apparatus includes an electronic flight bag (EFB) system installed in an aircraft and which interfaces with a ground network, and a portable EFB device connectible with the EFB system via a trusted secure connection. This apparatus makes it possible for a flight crew member to remove the portable device from the aircraft, enter flight information into the device in a convenient manner, and transfer the information to the installed EFB system. Auxiliary crew members may use the portable device during flight to assist the flight crew. | ||||||
| 97 | Method and apparatus for using electronic flight bag (EFB) to enable flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) | US13676850 | 2012-11-14 | US08768534B2 | 2014-07-01 | Robert Lewis Lentz |
| A method for using an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) located on an aircraft to communicate Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) data to a remote aircraft flight data collection unit is provided. The method is directed to receiving FOQA data from one or more aircraft systems with an EFB on an aircraft while the aircraft is in-flight, and automatically transmitting the received FOQA data from the EFB to a remote aircraft flight data collection unit for analysis. | ||||||
| 98 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG (EFB) TO ENABLE FLIGHT OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE (FOQA) | US13676850 | 2012-11-14 | US20130124018A1 | 2013-05-16 | Robert Lewis LENTZ |
| A method for using an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) located on an aircraft to communicate Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) data to a remote aircraft flight data collection unit, is disclosed. The method may include receiving FOQA data from one or more aircraft systems while the aircraft is in-flight, and automatically transmitting the received FOQA data to a remote aircraft flight data collection unit for analysis. | ||||||
| 99 | Automated distribution of logon credentials for establishing wireless connectivity of electronic flight bag (EFB) | US14599198 | 2015-01-16 | US09402182B1 | 2016-07-26 | Martin Henzl; Petr Gotthard |
| Automated distribution of wireless logon credentials for an electronic flight bag (EFB) is provided. In one embodiment, a method for secured aircraft wireless network access comprises: establishing a NFC link between an EFB and an NFC node, wherein the node is hardwired to a wireless access point coupled to EFB service applications via an aircraft network. The access point provides a plurality of wireless channels for accessing the network, each are single user wireless channels. In response to a request from the EFB, determining whether a first wireless channel is available; if the first wireless channel is available, generating a logon credential associated with the first wireless channel and transmitting the credential to the EFB with the NFC node; establishing a second link between the EFB and the wireless access point using the credential; and transferring data between the EFB and EFB server applications over the second link. | ||||||
| 100 | Self-Contained Avionics Sensing And Flight Control System For Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | US11422984 | 2006-06-08 | US20070069083A1 | 2007-03-29 | Qamar Shams; Michael Logan; Robert Fox; Melanie Fox; John Ingham; Sean Laughter; Theodore Kuhn; James Adams; Walter Babel |
| A self-contained avionics sensing and flight control system is provided for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system includes sensors for sensing flight control parameters and surveillance parameters, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Flight control parameters and location signals are processed to generate flight control signals. A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is configured to provide a look-up table storing sets of values with each set being associated with a servo mechanism mounted on the UAV and with each value in each set indicating a unique duty cycle for the servo mechanism associated therewith. Each value in each set is further indexed to a bit position indicative of a unique percentage of a maximum duty cycle for the servo mechanism associated therewith. The FPGA is further configured to provide a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) generators coupled to the look-up table. Each PWM generator is associated with and adapted to be coupled to one of the servo mechanisms. | ||||||
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