Aircraft cockpit warning and display system and helicopter warning and display system (VARIABLE PRIORITY COCKPIT WARNING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM)

摘要

The aircraft alert and display system of the present invention monitors the status of various aircraft devices 20, 22 and displays indications 52,53,59,67 indicating the cockpit listenable and visually viewable messages and operational status of the device to provide. The operational status of the aircraft is monitored (37,40) in response to a change in the operational state of the aircraft relative to a given device state, and the priority level of the visually observable, cockpit-capable message is determined by the pilot's It is modified to attract attention. In addition, information may be displayed 52 to the pilot indicating the specific action required to lower the priority level of the cockpit message / indication.