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Title:
VISUAL DISPLAYS FOR AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DECK
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013039910
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a head down display that has an adjustable brightness.

A cockpit 112 for an aircraft 100 includes: a windscreen 122 through which light may pass; a seat 130 spaced from and facing the windscreen; a flight deck 114 having at least a part disposed below the windscreen and having the head down display 142 having an adjustable brightness that may be set by a brightness signal; a camera 146 having a field of view including at least a part of the at least one seat and outputting an image signal indicative of luminance information within the field of view; and a processor operably coupled to the camera and the head down display and configured to receive the image signal, determine a luminance of at least a part of the field of view, determine a brightness for the head down display based on the determined luminance, and output to the head down display a brightness signal corresponding to the determined brightness.


Inventors:
DAVIES JOHN ALUN
Application Number:
JP2012140460A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2013
Filing Date:
June 22, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
B64D45/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2010500217A2010-01-07
JPH07117559A1995-05-09
JP2006030713A2006-02-02
JP2001506772A2001-05-22
JP2008170785A2008-07-24
JP2007279405A2007-10-25
JPH05173529A1993-07-13
JPH06255388A1994-09-13
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Arakawa Satoshi
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
Takuto Tanaka