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Signals from warning systems are passed to a hazard prioritization computer. The prioritization computer also receives inputs from the aircraft's air data and inertial reference system. The alert prioritization computer includes three functional modules: (1) hazard detection, identification and moni

Signals from warning systems are passed to a hazard prioritization computer. The prioritization computer also receives inputs from the aircraft's air data and inertial reference system. The alert prioritization computer includes three functional modules: (1) hazard detection, identification and monitoring, (2) threat assessment and (3) display and alert prioritization logic. The hazard prioritization computer processes the warning system signals, along with stored data from a hazard database to compute a severity component of threat and a proximity component of threat. These two components are processed to produce an overall threat value for each hazard. This overall threat value is then processed to provide alert and display generation and prioritization for the flight crew and/or the aircraft's auto-flight system.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An aircraft dynamic, multi-attribute hazard prioritization system comprising:at least two aircraft warning systems, each system operable to produce a hazard signal having associated therewith at least two hazard attributes including a time to hazard related signal, .tau.;

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An aircraft dynamic, multi-attribute hazard prioritization system comprising:at least two aircraft warning systems, each system operable to produce a hazard signal having associated therewith at least two hazard attributes including a time to hazard related signal, .tau.;said system further comprises a hazard database for storing a severity signal,s, for each of said at least two aircraft warning systems;processing means for processing said hazard signals through a predetermined threat function, said processing means combining real-time measurements of said hazard attributes including time to hazard related signals, .tau., contained in each of said hazard signals and the retrieved severity signals, s, to continuously assess the real-time threat values for hazards identified and thus to assign threat priorities to the hazards identified by each of said at least two aircraft warning systems, andaircraft display and alerting systems, responsive to the threat priorities of the signals from each of said at least two aircraft warning systems, to predeterminedly activate aircraft displays and alerts.