JP2675752B2 - User interface device for airfield flight ticket management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system for assisting air traffic control operations when an air traffic controller gives an instruction regarding takeoff and landing to an aircraft pilot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional tower control at an airfield, a controller observes the inside of an airfield or directly looks at a radar screen according to a flight chart (strip) printed out about a flight plan of an aircraft to be controlled, and While monitoring the situation such as the location of the vehicle and the vehicle, it communicates and confirms with pilots and related parties by wireless or wired telephone. In addition, FD (flight plan coordinator), CD (control approval transmission controller), GC (airport controller), LC (takeoff and landing controller) controllers handle the flight charts directly by hand to correct the plan. A ballpoint pen is used for the operation, and the control is transferred by handing the flight ticket.

However, in the conventional control method as described above, it is becoming difficult for the controller to judge the situation as the amount of arrivals and departures of the aircraft increases. In addition, it is difficult to perform efficient operation because transfer of flight tickets between controllers, confirmation / change of flight plans, and contact with pilots are complicated.

Further, since vehicles on the airfield are not included in the flight ticket management, they are in a situation where they are not centrally managed with the aircraft. Regarding the towing car, the pilot is carrying out pushback work while communicating with the vehicle in accordance with the communication content instructed by the controller (GC).

As described above, the handling of air traffic controllers using flight charts causes a complicated and overloaded situation as the number of aircraft increases. There is a demand for air traffic control work support that can reduce the load on feedback to and give more accurate and prompt instructions.

For this purpose, a user interface form of the electronic navigation system, which reflects the conventional role of the controller and the work and the flow of thinking of the controller, is indispensable. In this case, the operation control form
It is necessary not only to adopt the same format as possible, but also to change the format of the management information of the flight ticket according to the purpose and situation and present the necessary flight ticket management information items to the controller in an easy-to-understand display format.

On the other hand, requests and confirmations from the pilot are currently transmitted by voice to the controller, and the controller corrects the flight ticket management information based on the contents and informs the related parties. However, since it is difficult to understand the content only by such voice communication and there is a risk of misunderstanding, it is desired to enable visual communication.

[0008]

As described above, the current situation of the controller because the controller's response using the flight ticket causes a complicated and overloaded situation as the number of aircraft increases. It is desired to support the control work so as to reduce the burden of grasping and judging, and the operation and feedback to the related persons, and being able to give more accurate and prompt instructions. Further, it is desired that communication between the pilot and the controller can be communicated not only by voice but also visually.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and reduces the load of grasping and judging the situation of the controller, the operation and the feedback to the persons concerned, and more accurate and quick instructions can be given. Another object of the present invention is to provide a user interface device for an airfield flight ticket management system that can visually communicate not only voice but also communication between a pilot and a controller.

[0010]

In order to solve the above problems, a user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system according to the present invention is firstly shared in advance by airfield control, and in cooperation with each other, an airfield flight ticket. Is required for each of the assigned control operations, and an information display device and an input device provided for each control seat that performs each of the assigned control operations. Editing the operation sheet management information obtained by this means and the operation sheet management information obtained by this means according to the assigned control work and according to the instruction content from the input device provided for each control seat. According to the information processing means to be processed and the instruction from the input device provided for each control seat, the flight ticket management information obtained by the information processing means is stored in the information of the corresponding control seat. And displays on the display device, characterized by comprising an information output means for displaying the operation slip management information associated control service on the same screen.

Secondly, in the structure having the first characteristic,
When the operation slip management information to be transferred and the transfer destination are designated by the input device from the list of the flight slip management information displayed on the information display device, the information processing means transfers the information to the transfer destination. The information output means includes updating means for deleting the transferred information from the flight ticket management information displayed upon completion of the transfer and updating the display of the flight ticket management information for the transfer-controlled seat.

Thirdly, in the structure having the second characteristic,
The information output means displays part or all of the flight ticket management information as index information, and the information processing means specifies one of the flight ticket management information in the index information as transfer information through the input device. When
It is characterized by having an information transfer means for transferring the designated flight ticket management information.

Fourthly, in the structure having the second characteristic,
Further, the information output means, when transferring the flight ticket management information by the information processing means, in the control seat of the transfer destination,
The flight ticket management information is characterized by having a means for visually displaying an operation route from the transfer control seat to the transfer control seat.

Fifthly, in the structure having the second characteristic,
The information output means, if the operation sheet management information to be further transferred has all the information items that can be accepted by the transfer destination, is checked at the transfer control seat, and if it is instructed that the information cannot be accepted through the input device, the transfer is performed. It is characterized in that it has means for displaying a warning message as well as displaying information items that are not available in the original control seat.

Sixth, in the structure having the first characteristic,
The information acquisition unit further includes a reception message acquisition unit that acquires transmission / reception message information between the aircraft and each control seat, and the information output unit further displays transmission / reception message information between the aircraft and each control seat. Message display means for displaying, index display means for displaying a list of index information of messages received from the aircraft,
It is characterized by further comprising: a menu display unit indicating a destination, and a transmission unit for transmitting the message information designated to the destination designated according to the instruction from the input device.

Seventh, in the sixth characteristic configuration,
The information output means further comprises means for visually identifying / clarifying that the flight ticket management information or message is being transferred, transmitted, or received.

Eighth, in the sixth characterizing configuration,
The received message acquisition means is a voice message input means for inputting a pilot voice message from the aircraft to the control seat, a voice message of the controller from the control seat to the aircraft, and voice recognition for recognizing the input voice obtained by this means. Means, a text conversion means for converting the recognition result obtained by this means into text, and a message interpretation means for grasping the contents of the text message obtained by this means and identifying and interpreting the item information of interest therein. However, based on the text information interpreted by the message interpreting means, the information output means has an updating means for updating the response message to the control personnel and the pilot and the flight ticket management information, and a display means for displaying. Characterize.

Ninth, in the structure having the first characteristic,
The information processing means has means for managing the flight ticket management information for each aircraft so as not to be changed by a plurality of control seats at the same time.

Tenthly, in the structure having the first characteristic, the information acquisition means has a model data storage unit for storing the layout of the airport, the positions and movements of aircrafts and vehicles as structural data of an airport map, The information output means,
The information processing apparatus further comprises means for displaying an airport map in the airport map information display area based on the data of the model data storage unit.

Eleventh, in the structure having the tenth feature, the information acquisition means has a sensor device for detecting position coordinates of an aircraft or a vehicle on an airport map.

Twelfthly, in the structure having the first characteristic, further, the function of all or some of the control seats is separated into a plurality of terminals, and means for communicating with each other to manage the flight chart is provided. And

Thirteenth, in the configuration having the first characteristic, the information output means is a means for displaying a part or all of the flight ticket management information in the form of a form or an image of a file folder for each aircraft to be controlled. It is characterized by having.

Fourteenth, in the structure having the first characteristic, the information processing means further performs optimum inference based on the current positions of the aircraft and vehicles and the progress of the preparation for takeoff and landing. advance the relevant knowledge data from a registered knowledge data retrieval, characterized in that it comprises means for inferring based on this.

Fifteenthly, in the structure having the first characteristic, the control seat is intended for control work such as flight plan adjustment, control approval transmission, airport surface control, and takeoff and landing control.

[0025]

According to the present invention, the controllers can communicate with each other through the dialog with the assigned computer terminal screen, using the same communication as e-mail, in the same manner as the conventional flight schedule, or in accordance with the purpose or the situation. Transfer the flight ticket information in the modified format. Infer the next operation instruction candidate for the aircraft to be controlled from the knowledge base related to the situation and operation of the aircraft at the airfield along with the conventional visual inspection and radar screen, and automatically present it to the controller from the computer. As a result, the load on the controller's judgment can be reduced.

Each controller designates the transfer destination of an appropriate flight slip and transfers the transfer while referring to the status of the aircraft at the airfield and the processing status of other controllers on the same screen on the screen. This will provide support for streamlining the work of conventional controllers.

Messages from pilots and inquiries, and speech contents of the controller are converted into text information by voice recognition, and the information portion necessary for control is automatically identified. Based on this information, the flight ticket information will be automatically changed after confirmation by the controller.

Feedback of information to other controllers and pilots is carried out in the form of one or both of voice and text using the flight information determined at each control stage and a fixed communication message normally used. .

[0029]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Here, FD (Flight Plan Coordinator), CD (Control Approval Transfer Controller), GC (Airport Control Controller), LC (Takeoff and Landing Controller) services, which are generally shared as control operations, are supported here. The case of doing is described.

FIG. 1 shows a network configuration of a user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system according to the present invention. A is a server and B1 to B3 are clients, which are connected to each other through a data bus BUS and are unique to each other. Has a data file. Here, it is assumed that the FD is assigned to the server A and the CDs, GCs, and LCs are assigned to the clients B1, B2, and B3, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the server (FD) A, FIG.
Shows the configuration of the client (CD, GC, LC) B. The configuration of the client B shown in FIG. 3 is almost the same as the configuration of the server A shown in FIG.
3, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals, and different parts will be described here. Further, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 respectively show specific configurations of main parts.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a mouse as an input means for designating the displayed menu items and buttons and designating the operation position. Data input by the mouse 11 is sent to the mouse input processing section 12. Sent.

The mouse input processing unit 12 is constructed as shown in FIG. 4, and the mouse input data is inputted through the mouse I / O interface 121 to the X / Y coordinate detection unit 122, the mouse button release detection unit 123, and the mouse button press. Detector 1
24 is input.

X / Y detected by the X / Y coordinate detection unit 122
The Y coordinate is sent to the mouse cursor display control unit 127, and also to the click operation item detection unit 131 and the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application activation processing unit 13. Further, the mouse button operation results detected by the mouse button release detection unit 123 and the mouse button press detection unit 124 are both sent to the drag detection unit 125 and the click detection unit 126.

The drag detecting section 125 detects that the middle button 112 of the mouse 11 has performed a drag and drop operation from the mouse button operation results sent from the mouse button release detecting section 123 and the mouse button press detecting section 124. The detection result is sent to the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application activation processing unit 13 and at the same time sent to the mouse cursor display control unit 127.

The click detection unit 126 detects from the mouse button operation results sent from the mouse button release detection unit 123 and the mouse button press detection unit 124 that the left button 111 of the mouse 11 has clicked on an item. The detection result is sent to the click operation item detection unit 131 of the application activation processing unit 13.

Here, the mouse cursor display data storage unit 128 stores the mouse cursor display data for indicating the pointing position on the display screen. The drag icon display data storage unit 129 stores the middle button 112 of the mouse 11. It stores the drag icon display data to be displayed along the drag route when dragging by holding down.

The mouse cursor display control unit 127
The mouse cursor display data storage unit 1 receives the display coordinates of the mouse cursor sent from the X / Y coordinate detection unit 122.
28 and the drag icon display data storage unit 129, the mouse cursor display data and the drag icon display data are read out, and the display data are sent to the display drive control unit 146 of the display processing unit 14.

In the application start-up processing unit 13, the click operation item detection unit 131 displays the mouse operation data sent from the X / Y coordinate detection unit 122 and the click detection unit 126 and the display coordinates of the input items of the menu and buttons. The input item at the time of clicking is detected from the stored data stored in the window display status storage unit 15, and the detected input item is sent to the processing determination unit 134.

According to the flow shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the menu instruction detection unit 132 stores the data of the mouse operation sent from the X / Y coordinate detection unit 122 and the drag detection unit 125 and the storage of the window display status storage unit 15. It detects the input item and processing number when clicking from the data, and the detected input item and processing number are the drag source /
It is sent to the drop destination item storage unit 133.

Here, when the drag and drop operation is performed, when the drag source and the drop destination are flight control item items of the control seat (the same control seat of FD, CD, GC, LC), the flight ticket transfer check is performed. In the case of a prohibited transfer direction, the value is checked by the value of the data in the data storage unit 33 (transfer direction check data, transfer data maintenance check data).
If you ignore the operation and there is insufficient control data at the time of transfer, invalidate the operation data transfer processing, display the missing data item in the pop-up window, and enter the confirmation by the controller and display it before operation. Return to.

Drag source / drop destination item storage unit 133
Stores a menu item and a process number for a drag operation start and a drop operation in a series of mouse operations from the drag operation to the drop operation detected by the menu instruction detection unit 132, and the item is sent to the process determination unit 134. To be

The process determination unit 134 determines the next process content according to the type of mouse operation and the operation item from the click operation item detection unit 131 or the menu instruction detection unit 132, and the received message display data generation of the display data generation unit 16 is performed. Unit 163, transmission data generation unit 17, transmission processing unit 1
8. The control is transferred to any one of the flight ticket display data generating unit 164, the flight management information updating unit 19, and the inference processing unit 20.

The window display status storage section 15 stores the display coordinates and display order of various display parts of the window, such as the window being displayed on the display screen, the command instruction button, and the menu display bar.

In the display processing unit 14, the window display control unit 143 causes the window display data generation unit 145 to send the window frame display data storage unit 144 to the window display data generation unit 145 in response to an initial state and a display request from the application from the process determination unit 134. Control is performed to generate display content data from the window frame and the window display content storage unit 142, and display of various display parts of the window, such as the window to be displayed, command instruction buttons in the window to be displayed, and menu display. The type of items, display coordinates, and display order are stored in the window display status storage unit 15.

The window display data generation unit 145 receives the request from the window display control unit for the window display data storage unit 144 and the window display content storage unit 1.
The data of 42 is read, and the display data of the window is generated.

The display drive control unit 146, based on the window display data sent from the window display data generation unit 145 and the mouse cursor display data sent from the mouse cursor display control unit 127, a display device 24 such as a CRT. Is to drive.

In the display data generation unit 16, the transmission display data generation unit 161 reads the data from the transmission data storage unit 25, creates the data to be displayed in the communication message display area, and stores the display data in the window display data writing unit 141. It is what is sent.

The received message index list display data generation unit 162 includes a received message data storage unit 30.
The received message data is read from the device to create a list of index data (transmitter, message start data, etc.) of the received message displayed on the display device 24.

Received message display data generator 163
Is a click operation item detection unit when the item data created by the received message index list display data generation unit and displayed in the received message list display area (reference numeral 9 in FIGS. 11 to 14) of the display device 24 is clicked. It is activated by the process determination unit 134 via 131,
Read data from the received message data storage unit 30,
The display data for displaying the data of the received message list 9 of FIGS. 11 to 14 in the communication message display area 8 is generated.

The flight ticket display data generation unit 164 uses the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 (381 to 384) to write the flight ticket management information indicated by reference numerals 2, 3 and 4 in FIG. 11 to FIG. Reference numeral 2.1 to 14
1.3 departure / arrival distinction (D / A), 1.4 flight number)
The data for displaying is created.

The airport map display data generation unit 165, based on the information of the flight simulation unit 42, as shown in the display examples of the airport map information display window 1 of FIGS. The display data is created so that an icon in the shape of an aircraft can be displayed.

The inference result display data generating section 166 is for generating display data for displaying the processing result of the inference processing section 20. The drag display data generation unit 167 is for generating display data for drag-displaying information from another seat sent through the communication processing unit 36.

The transmission data generator 17 is shown in FIGS.
One of the data items of the flight ticket display data group 2 (2.
1, 2.2, 2.3) is dragged and dropped to the transmission / reception destinations 7.1-7.2 (drag source, drop destination) is sent from the process determination unit 134, or key input is performed. Thus, when the transmission data is sent from the key input data detection unit 23, the transmission data is stored in the transmission data storage unit 25.

The transmission processing section 18 receives a transmission start button (reference numeral 8. in FIGS. 11 to 14 from the processing determination section 134).
When the click operation of 2) is transmitted, the destination (7.1 to 7.3 aircraft pilot, ACC or IFR) dropped or clicked in the display area of the destination 7 in FIGS. 11 to 14. The data displayed in the communication message display area 8 is transmitted while the text data in the transmission data storage unit 25 is synthesized and output by the speech synthesis unit 34.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a keyboard as a means for inputting transmission data. The mouse cursor is moved to the communication message display area of the display device 24, and the left button 1 of the mouse 11 is pressed.
When 11 is clicked and the input cursor (CARET etc.) is displayed, the data input by key input is
It is input to the key input data detection unit 23 via the O interface 22, and is transmitted via the transmission data storage unit 25 or the like.
Key input data is displayed in the communication message display area.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a flight schedule plan data storage unit for storing the flight schedule plan data created in advance. Reference numeral 27 is a voice input unit for inputting a request or confirmation information by a speech from an aircraft or vehicle operator, and voice data is stored in the voice input data storage unit 28.

Reference numeral 29 is a voice recognition unit for performing voice recognition on the voice input data from the voice input unit according to the method of a specific speaker or an unspecified speaker voice, and converting it into text. The text data obtained here. Is stored in the received message data storage unit 30 as received message data.

31 is an ACC (Air Traffic Control Department) or IF
A text message receiving unit that receives a reply message to an inquiry from R (meaning instrument flight control room) in the form of text, and the text message data obtained here is stored in the reception message data storage unit 30 as reception message data. .

Reference numeral 32 denotes the voice input data storage unit 2 in which the contents of the utterance are stored when the received message displayed in the communication message display area 8 of FIGS. 11 to 14 is voice input.
8 is an audio output unit that reads out the data of 8, and reproduces and outputs the data.

Reference numeral 35 denotes the received message data storage section 30.
Read the received message data from the taxi route,
Operation information such as runway direction angle and altitude information is extracted,
This is a message interpreting unit that is sent to the flight ticket management information updating unit 19.

The flight ticket management information updating unit 19 is extracted from the received data of the flight request from the pilot to the controller or the transmission data (voice or text) of the response from the controller to the pilot in the message interpreting unit 35. In accordance with the control information, the confirmation from the ACC and the IFR, and the content of the change instruction, the content of the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 of the aircraft currently controlled is updated.

In the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 of the server,
A control seat number (1: FD, 2: CD, 3: G) that manages each transfer of the flight ticket issued for each aircraft to another control seat
C, 4: LC) is updated. Management is performed to allow write access from one control seat at the same time by updating the data in the flight ticket management data storage units 381 to 384 corresponding to the control positions (FD, CD, GC, LC) in the aircraft control position storage unit 46. To be done.

On the other hand, the client updates the flight ticket management data of its own seat by self-management, sends the updated content to the server through the communication processing unit 36, and stores it in the flight ticket management data storage unit 38. The flight ticket management index data of other client control seats is updated by receiving update data from the server. With this, access control of the entire server and client is performed.

Further, when updating the flight ticket data of the self-control seat, the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 transfers the transfer mode data M (i) and the strip mode data S (i) (i is shown in FIG. 9). , Computer number) (hereinafter M
(I), S (i) are referred to as mode data),
These mode data are attached to other control seats together with the operation management data and transmitted via the communication processing unit 36. When the flight management data and the mode data are received from the other control seats via the communication processing unit 36, the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 updates the mode data together with the corresponding flight ticket management data.

The updated mode data is stored in the mode data storage unit 43 for each mode and is sent to the menu instruction detection unit 132 as needed. Further, the information of the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 for which the management of the control has already been completed is stored in the completion data storage unit 44.

Since the menu instruction detecting unit checks the direction of transfer and the maintenance status of the data items of the flight form, the operation form management information updating unit 19 has, for example, the GC flight form 2. When a drag and drop operation is performed from 1 to the index 4.4 of the LC flight ticket, the information on the flight ticket data item designated by the GC in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 is read from the GC flight ticket management data storage unit 383 to the LC flight ticket After the copying is normally completed in the management data storage unit 384, the copy is deleted from the GC flight ticket management data storage unit 383.

The timer 37 uses the timer 47, for example, 30 minutes before the departure time of the aircraft registered in the flight ticket plan data storage unit 26, for example, the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 of the FD.
It is the flight data registration section before the scheduled flight time that is registered in 1.

Reference numeral 38 stores operation sheet management data managed by each control seat. 381 is an operation sheet management data storage unit managed by FD seats, and 382 is operation sheet management transferred to CD seats. A data storage unit, 383 is a flight ticket management data storage unit transferred to the GC seat, and 384 is a flight ticket management data storage unit transferred to the LC seat.

Reference numeral 39 denotes an aircraft / vehicle position detecting section for automatically detecting the positions of vehicles such as aircraft and towing cars in the airfield by a position detection sensor 40 such as satellites and radars.

Reference numeral 41 denotes an airport map model data storage unit which stores structural data regarding parking and parking of aircraft and vehicles at airports, travel routes and restrictions. 42 is a flight ticket management information update unit 19 and an airport map model data storage unit 4
It is a flight simulation unit that updates the flight status based on the data of No. 1 and the position information of the aircraft / vehicle position detection unit 39.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a communication control processing unit for transmitting operation management data, aircraft / vehicle position data, etc. to other control seats or receiving data from other control seats. Reference numeral 45 denotes an operation knowledge storage unit that stores operation knowledge necessary for the inference processing unit 20.

Here, the processing contents of the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application start processing unit 13 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. First,
A computer number is set in advance in i (step ST
1), Kc own control seat number (0: No control seat, 1:
FD, 2: CD, 3: GC, and 4: LC are registered (step ST2).

Then, waiting for the start of dragging (step S
When the dragging is started in T3) (Y), it is determined whether the dragging source is the flight ticket management data (step ST4).
If it is not the flight ticket management data (N), it is ignored, and if it is the flight ticket management data (Y), the drag source control seat number is registered in Kr (step ST5).

At this point, the drag source Kc is the self-control seat K
It is determined whether or not r (Kc = Kr) (step ST
6), ignore if Kc = Kr (N), Kc = Kr
If so (Y), wait for the drop operation (step ST
7).

If the drop is completed (Y), it is judged whether the drop destination is the communication partner (step ST8), and if it is the communication partner (Y), the process proceeds to step ST23 in FIG. If it is not the communication partner (N), it is judged whether or not the drop destination is the flight ticket management data (step ST9). If it is not flight management data, it is ignored (N). If it is flight management data (Y), the drop control seat number is registered in Kd.

Here, the registration number Kd is the self-control seat Kc.
Is determined (Kd = Kc) (step ST1
1) If Kd = Kc (Y) is ignored, if Kd = Kc (N), the current transfer mode data M (i) is registered in m, and the current strip mode S (i) is registered in s. Yes (step ST12). Then, the data value of the n-th flight slip transfer check data storage unit 33 is registered in x (see FIG. 9B) (step ST13).

Here, the data items are complete (x =
m) or not (step ST14), and if x = m (N), the process proceeds to step ST21, and if x = m (Y), y is stored in the mth flight ticket transfer check data storage unit 33. The data value is registered (see FIG. 9A) (step ST15).

Next, it is judged whether or not the transfer destination is correct (y = s) (step ST16), and if y = s (N) is ignored, and if y = s (Y), the process number is set. The transfer processing number is registered (step ST17), and the computer number of the flight slip is registered at the drag source (step ST1).
8) Register Kd in the drop destination (step ST1
9) Then, the process number is stored in the drag source / drop destination item storage unit 133 (step ST20), and the process ends.

In step ST14, x = m
If not (N), a pop-up window is displayed to display "insufficient data items" (step ST2).
1), waiting for confirmation operation (step ST22), and when confirmation is made, returns to step ST3.

On the other hand, in step ST8, when the drop destination is the communication partner (Y), it is judged whether or not the drop destination is an assistant (step ST23), and if it is not the assistant (N), the process number is set to the transmission process number. Is registered (step ST24), and the destination number is registered in the drag destination (step ST25). Here, 0 is no destination number, 1 is pilot, 2 is ACC, 3
Is IFR. Furthermore, the computer number of the flight slip is registered in the drag source, and the process proceeds to step ST20.

In step ST23, if the drop destination is the assistant (Y), the inference processing number is registered in the processing number, and the process proceeds to step ST26.
By the way, in this embodiment, communication is performed only between the server (FD) A and the clients (CD, GC, LC) B1 to B3. Therefore, the clients B1 to
Communication between B3s is always performed via the server A. The range of communication data between the server A and the clients B1 to B3 is different as follows. FIG. 8 shows how the data is exchanged, and FIG. 9 shows an example of the order of data transfer.

The server A uses all the clients B1 to B
The control is performed so as to have the flight ticket management information of 3. (1) Data sent from the server to the client: ・ All data of the flight schedule and transfer / strip mode of the aircraft with the computer number i to be transferred ・ Transfer partner when the flight management information is changed by either the server or the client All flight ticket index data other than seats and transfer / strip mode (2) Transmission data from client to server: ・ All flight ticket data and transfer / strip mode of the aircraft with computer number i to be transferred ・ Operation management information on own client All flight ticket in-data except transfer partner's seat and transfer / strip mode when a change is made. As an example of multiple workers exchanging information, confirming and approving via personal computer terminals, e-mail There are systems and distributed development environments.

In the present invention, the controllers use the same communication as the electronic mail through the dialogue with the assigned computer terminal screens and use the same format as the conventional flight ticket, or according to the purpose and the situation. Transfer the flight ticket information in the modified format. Infer the next operation instruction candidate for the aircraft to be controlled from the knowledge base related to the situation and operation of the aircraft at the airfield along with the conventional visual inspection and radar screen, and automatically present it to the controller from the computer. As a result, the load on the controller's judgment can be reduced.

Each controller designates the transfer destination of an appropriate flight slip and transfers the transfer while referring to the status of the aircraft at the airport and the processing status of other controllers on the same screen on the screen. This will provide support for streamlining the work of conventional controllers.

Messages from pilots and inquiries, and speech contents of the controller are converted into text information by voice recognition, and the information portion necessary for control is automatically identified. Based on this information, the flight ticket information will be automatically changed after confirmation by the controller.

The feedback of information to other controllers and pilots is carried out in the form of one or both of voice and text using the flight information determined at each control stage and the fixed communication message normally used. .

FIG. 10 shows an example of flight ticket management data.
11 to 14 show examples of display screens, and the operation means will be described. 11 to 14 show a window display screen by a tiling method showing an embodiment of a computer terminal screen for seats to be controlled according to the present invention, (a)
Is a FD seat, (b) is a CD seat, (c) is a GC seat, and (d) is a LC screen.

In FIGS. 11 to 14, reference numeral 1 is an airport surface information display window for displaying the appearance of the airport viewed from above and the position and status of the aircraft. 1.1 and 1.2 are the right and left runway direction angles (1/10 of the value in 360 ° units), and 1.3 is the runway exit number (W1-W).
7) and 1.4 are corners of the taxi route (P1 to P
7) and 1.5 are spot numbers (circle numbers) where the aircraft are parked. Flight number YYY at spots 1, 2 and 4
566, XXX345, ABC211, and ZZZ333 are parked (in FIG. 16, ABC211 is taxiing at P4). D indicates the departure aircraft.

Reference numeral 2 is a window for displaying the flight information of the control seat which is the target. Reference numeral 3 is a window for displaying the flight ticket information index of the original control seat for which control is transferred to the control target seat. Reference numeral 4 is a window for displaying the flight ticket information index of the control seat to which the control is transferred.

In each of the control seat terminals shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, the mouse display cursor of the mouse 11 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is displayed on the window 2 of the control target seat, for example, in the item such as 2.1 flight number (ABC211). 5 is moved and the middle mouse button 112 in FIGS. 2 and 3 is pressed, drag and drop for movement
An icon (hereinafter referred to as a D & D icon) 10 is displayed together with the cursor 5. (In FIGS. 11 to 14, the case of the mouse cursor alone (5) and the case of the D & D icon (the aircraft display at the upper left of 10) are shown on the same screen for convenience.

When the D & D icon is moved to and released from the empty item area 4.4 of the transfer destination window while pressing the middle button 112, the operation information of the control target seat 2.1 is transferred to the transfer destination control seat. The operation information of 2.1 in the current control target seat window disappears, and the index of the operation vote information displayed in 2.1 is displayed in 4.4 of the transfer destination window.

The D & D icons in FIGS. 11 to 14 are
Although the information such as the first flight number of the flight chart of 2.1 shows the entire flight chart information, all the flight chart information may move according to the D & D operation, or icons and cursors of other symbols. May be used.

11 to 14, 2.4, 2.
The runway direction angle of 5, 2.6, the spot number, and the approval transmission time are the information determined and written by the control process. Reference numeral 6 is an area for displaying current environmental information such as time, wind direction, wind power, and temperature.

Reference numeral 7 is an area for designating a destination for sending or inquiring. In the case of FIGS. 11 to 14, there are three types of assistants 7.3 provided by the system of the present invention using means such as pilot 7.1, ACC (air traffic control unit) or IFR 7.2 as a transmission partner and knowledge processing. The other party is prepared.

Reference numeral 8 is an area for displaying an assistant reply message, a send message, and a receive message. 9
Is an area for displaying the role of the other party of the message transmission source with an icon and the other party's name in 9.2 when receiving the message, and displaying the top information of the received message in 9.1.

In FIG. 13, for the assistant, if the flight slip 2.1 is dragged and dropped onto the assistant (Assistant) of 7.3, the direction angle of the runway and the taxi route instructed by the control by GC are inferred. Part 20
It is inferred by the knowledge processing of and is displayed in the reply / communication message area 8.1.

As for the received message, when the index list displayed in the received message list display area 9 is clicked on in FIG. 13 with 9.1 or 9.2 with the mouse 11, the received message full text (see FIG. 13) is displayed in the reply / communication message area. Then 8.1) is displayed.

A specific processing flow will be described with reference to FIG. The following is the display of the flight ticket and transmission / reception messages for each control seat focusing on the departure flight ABC211. Generally, the flight ticket management information is called a strip.

The set values of the transfer mode data M (i) and strip mode data S (i) according to the present invention are also shown below. Here, i indicates the computer number of the flight schedule planning data. I = 0004 in "ABC211"
Then, the initial values at the stage of being transferred from the flight plan data storage unit 26 to the FD seats are M (i) = 0 and S (i) = 0. (1) FD seat Step 1: The strip of flight ABC211 transferred from the flight ticket plan data storage unit 26 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time is displayed as shown in FIG. 15 (a). When it is confirmed that the initial data items are complete, the transfer mode data M (i) indicating the current transfer stage is set to 1 and S (i) indicating the stage where the strip data is prepared is set to 1.

Step 2: The transfer from the FD seat to the CD seat is executed. (2) CD seat Step 3: Strip the transferred ABC211 flight (same as above) and set M (i) = 2.

Step 4: Display the content of the voice message received from the pilot to the FD (5 minutes before s
tart.destination Chitose, flight level 390, gate
Four.).

Step 5: Display the transmission contents of the voice message from the FD to the pilot (ABC211 clear to Ch)
itose SNE5 <> SNE V11, flight level 390.). Step 6: As shown in FIG. 15B, the spot number 4 is displayed on the strip.

Step 7: Transfer the flight ticket management information from the CD seat to the FD seat. (3) FD seat Step 8: Display the transferred ABC211 strip (same as above) and set M (i) = 3.

Step 9: Request clearance (takeoff permission) from the FD to the ACC. Step 10: Receive and display clearance from ACC (ABC211 is cleared to Chitose Airport. Flight plan
ned Route, Maintain Flight Level 370, Departure Fr
equency 126 decimal 0, Squawk 5301.).

Step 11: As shown in FIG. 15 (c), the control approval contents (for example, altitude 390 3
Change to 70). When the data items are complete as shown in the figure, S (i) = 4.

Step 12: Transfer the flight ticket management information from the FD seat to the CD seat. (4) CD seat Step 13: Display the strip of transferred ABC211 flight (same as above) and set M (i) = 4.

Step 14: Display the contents of the voice message received from the pilot to the CD (Ready to start e
ngines.). Step 15: Display the contents of the voice message transmission of the confirmation response from the CD to the pilot.

Step 16: Display the contents of the voice message received from the CD to the pilot (Roger, Clear to
Chitose Airport, Flight planned Route, Maintain Fl
ightLevel 370, Departure Frequency 126 decimal 0,
Squawk 5031.).

Step 17: As shown in FIG. 15D, the control approval transmission time is displayed on the strip. When the data items are complete as shown in the figure, S (i) = 4. Step 18: Transfer the flight ticket management information from the CD seat to the GC seat. (5) GC seat Step 19: Display the transferred ABC211 strip (same as above) and set M (i) = 5.

Step 20: Display the received content of the voice message from the pilot to the GC (Request Push bac
k Gate 4.). Step 21: Display the message transmission contents from the GC to the pilot (Pushback instruction).

Step 22: Display message reception contents from pilot to GC (Request Taxi). Step 23: Ask the system assistant for a taxi route.

Step 24: Display the inference result from the system (Runway 17, taxi via P4, W2; runway "17")
And use the P4 and W2 taxi routes). Step 25: Notify the pilot of the inference result from the GC to the pilot.

Step 26: As shown in FIG. 15E, the runway direction angle value "17" is additionally displayed on the strip. When the data items are complete as shown in the figure, S (i) = 5.

Step 27: Transfer the flight ticket management information from the GC seat to the LC seat. (6) LC seat Step 28: Display the strip of the transferred ABC211 flight (same as above) and set M (i) = 6.

Step 29: Display the received content of the voice message from the pilot to the LC (Ready for Take o
ff.). Step 30: Display the content of the response message sent from the LC to the pilot (Taxi into position and hol
d.).

Step 31: Request takeoff clearance from LC to IFR. Step 32: Display the content of the takeoff permission reception from IFR to LC (ABC211 isapproved.).

Step 33: Display the content of the takeoff permission notification from the LC to the pilot (Roger.Cleared for Take o
ff.). Step 34: As shown in FIG. 15 (f), the takeoff time is displayed on the strip. When the data items are complete as shown in the figure, S (i) = 6.

Step 35: Transfer the flight ticket management information from the LC seat to the FD seat. (7) FD seat Step 36: The transferred ABC211 flight strip is displayed (same as above), and M (i) = 7.

Step 37: The strip data is moved to the completion box by the D & D operation, and S (i) = 7. Step 38: Delete the strip of ABC211 from the display of the FD seat.

The operation of the embodiment will be described below along the flow of the above processing. In the present invention, when the system is booted by a method such as turning on the power of the computer system in the order of the server and the client in FIG. 1, control is transferred to the window display control unit 143 and stored in the window display content storage unit 142. Initial screen (fixed display screen excluding the flight slip data of each window in FIGS. 11 to 14 and aircraft) is displayed.

In the server, the window display control unit 143 further activates the flight schedule data registration unit 37 before the fixed time, and the index information (the flight number of the aircraft in this embodiment) of the flight schedule planning data in the data format shown in FIG.
Is a symbol 3 (Planned lis
It is displayed as 3.1 to 3.3 in t).

Hereinafter, description will be made in correspondence with the flow of the above processing. (Step 1) Pre-time flight ticket data registration unit 3 of the server
7, the data in the flight ticket plan data storage unit 26
Based on the current time information from the timer 47 and the scheduled departure time (Fig. 10 (6)) of the flight schedule management data, the flight schedule data of the aircraft 30 minutes before or after that is read, and the flight schedule management data storage unit 381 of the FD is read. Write in.

Hereinafter, assuming the screens of FIG. 11 to FIG. 14, the process in which the flight ticket is transferred from the server (FD) to the client (CD, GC, LC) in the order of the processing flow will be described. To do.

First, as shown in FIG. 11, as the flight schedule data 30 minutes before, the data of 2.1 to 2.3 are registered in the FD by the flight schedule data register 37 before the fixed time, and the plan list (Planned The data displayed in 3.1 to 3.3 of list) are registered in the flight schedule plan data storage unit 26, and the CD display data of 4.1 to 4.3 are registered in the CD flight schedule management data storage unit 382. Imagine the situation.

At this point, the FD and CD data are sent to the CD client via the communication processing unit 36. CD
In the client, the FD of the flight ticket management data storage unit 38
The index information is written in 381, all the information of the transferred CD is written in the CD 382, and the flight ticket management information is displayed in a format according to FIG. The GC or LC client also writes the index information of other control seats in the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 by the same communication processing, and displays the flight ticket management information in the format according to FIGS. 13 and 14.

Further, the layout information including the positions of the aircraft and the vehicle in the airport map information display window 1 of FIG. 11 receives the information from the aircraft / vehicle position detecting section 39, and the navigation simulation section 42 generates the display data. Based on the time information from the timer 47, it is transmitted to the airport map display data generation unit 165 of the unit 14 at regular time intervals (for example, every 10 seconds),
It is displayed via the display processing unit 14. These position information is transmitted from the communication processing unit 36 of FIG. 2 of the server to the communication processing unit 3 of FIG. 3 of the client (CD, GC, LC) at regular intervals.
The location information is transmitted from the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 to the flight simulation unit 42 together with the flight number and the like, and is automatically reflected on the screen via the airport map display data generation unit 165.

The transitions of M (i) and S (i) are as shown in the flow of processing. Hereinafter, except for the first transfer operation, the description of the setting operation of the mode data M (i) and S (i) will be omitted. Since i = 0004 of the ABC211 flight, the mode data of this flight is represented by M (4) and S (4), respectively.

First, the operation of the server (FD) will be described. When it is checked that all the items (1) to (11) in FIG. 10 have been input, M (4) and S (4) are set to 1, respectively. (Step 2) When the flight slip display data item of reference numeral 2.1 in FIG. 11 is dragged and dropped to 4.4, the menu display items of the drag source and the drop destination from the mouse input processing unit 12 are the application start processing unit. 13 is transmitted to the menu instruction detection unit 132. In the menu instruction detecting unit 132, the values of the transfer mode data M (4) and the strip mode data S (4) are stored in the operation form transfer check data storage unit 3 according to the data in the operation form transfer check data storage unit 33.
Check according to the check flow stored in 3. If the transfer according to the flow does not allow the transfer, the drag / drop operation is ignored and the following processing is not performed.

[0130] The transfer source is the self-control seat of the FD, and M (4)
Since = 1, the value "1" corresponding to the value "1" of M (4) in FIG. 9 (b) matches the current value of S (4), and FIG. Since the value “2” corresponding to the value “1” of M (4) of) matches the value “2” of the control seat number of the transfer operation destination, the transfer operation is permitted and the transfer processing is performed. .

Regardless of whether the drag-and-drop operation is permitted or ignored, the drag detection unit 125 notifies the mouse cursor display control unit 127 of the end of the operation, and D
The display of the & D icon disappears from the screen due to the transmission from the menu instruction detection unit 132 to the mouse cursor display control unit 127.

When it is confirmed that the control seat number of the transfer destination and the current flight ticket management data are complete, and the transfer operation is accepted, the menu items of the drag source and the drag destination are the drag source / drop destination item storage section 133. And is transmitted to the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 via the process determining unit 134.

Next, the transfer processing operation in the FD server and the CD client will be described. The flight ticket management information updating unit 19 of the FD server, via the communication processing unit 36, sits in the control seat of the client of the CD, ABC2 of computer number = 0004.
Transfer the contents of FD data of Flight 11 to CD together with mode data. In the CD client, the communication processing unit 3
6, the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 writes it in the flight ticket management data storage unit 382 of the CD, and the FD
Delete the index data of ABC211 flight.

When this process is completed, the transfer mode data M (4) is updated to 2, and the updated mode data and the normal end of the write update are notified to the server via the communication processing unit 36. (Step 3) In the CD client, the operation sheet display data generation unit 164 of the display data generation unit 16 displays the C of 2.1 in FIG. 9B.
A request for D data display is made, and the display of FD index data displayed in 3 is deleted.

In FIG. 12, only the transfer result is displayed, and the transfer source FD index is not displayed. Further, the CD display also shows the display screen after 2.2 and 2.3 are registered, not immediately after the transfer.

In the FD server which has received the updated mode data from the CD client and the normal end of the write update via the communication processing unit 36, the flight ticket management information updating unit 1
9 is a CD showing the FD data contents of the ABC211 flight with the computer number = 0004 in the FD flight ticket management data storage unit 38
Writing the operation slip management data storage unit 382, erases the FD data FD operation slip management data storage unit 381 updates the mode data according to the received data, the display data generation unit 16 to 2.1 in FIG. 11 The displayed FD data is erased and 4.4 of the CD index display area is displayed.

Further, the FD server transmits the index data and the mode data to the GC and LC clients via the communication processing unit 36, the transfer of the ABC211 flight with the computer number = 0004 from the FD to the CD is completed. Upon receiving the updated mode data and the completion of transfer from FD to CD from the server, each client of GC and LC receives the received flight ticket management information update unit 19 from the computer number of the flight ticket management data storage unit 38 = 0004.
Write the transfer data contents of ABC211 flight to CD,
The FD data is erased and the mode data is updated according to the received data. In the GC client, the information transferred to the CD index of FIG. 13 is displayed via the display data generation unit 16.

The operation when the above-mentioned transfer process is visually visible at the transfer destination will be described below. On the server, press the middle mouse button 112 on the FD flight ticket ( mark in Figure 11
When a drag from the No. 2) is detected and it is detected that it has entered an area within a certain fixed range (for example, an area of 1/4) adjacent to the CD area of the FD display area, the CD is transmitted via the communication processing unit 36. Send the start of dragging from the FD to the CD area and the mouse coordinates to the client.

In the received CD client, the received information is transmitted from the communication processing section 36 to the display data generating section 16, and the drag display data generating section 167 displays the drag state as a visual display mode shown in 10 of FIG. 12 is a "transfer icon") and is adjacent to the FD index display area 3 of FIG. 12 in a fixed range near the CD area of the FD display area on the server side (for example, 1/4 area).
The display position is calculated and displayed by the proportional distribution in the vertical and horizontal directions.

When the drag is moved to the CD index display area 4 on the server, C is also sent via the communication processing unit 36.
It is transmitted to the D client, and in the drag display data generation unit 167, the transfer icon is moved to the CD flight ticket display area of the CD client in FIG. 12, and in the horizontal direction of the screen, the corresponding information position (in the flight number display area such as ABC211 etc. Position) and display the transfer icon. The processing after the drop operation is the same as above.

Next, the operation of the CD client in the next step will be described. (Step 4) ABC2 via the voice input unit 27 of FIG.
Voice from pilot of flight 11 "5 minutes before star
t. Destination Chitose, flight level 390. gate 4 ''
To receive. This received voice is stored in the voice input data storage unit 2
8 is stored in the received message data storage unit 30, and the received message data storage unit 30 stores the received content in the received message index list display data generation unit. A request to create a received data index list display is made to 162.

In the received message index list display data generation unit 162, the received message data storage unit 3
The received data of 0 is read out, and the head of the received message is displayed at 9 in FIG. 11 together with the sender.

[0143] Here, the 9.1 or 9.2 in FIG. 12 is clicked by the mouse left button 111 in FIG. 3, the mouse input processing unit 12, Abu publication start processor 13
It is determined that the reception data index item of the other party 9.1 is designated via the, and the reception message data generation unit 163 is activated, and the reception message data storage unit 30 is activated.
Data of the answer / communication message display area 8.
1 is displayed. (Step 5) CD controller voice response to voice from pilot "ABC211 clear to Chitose SNE5 <> SNE V11, flight l
When "evel 390" is input via the voice input unit 27, it is also stored in the voice input data storage unit 28, converted by the voice recognition unit 29 into a text delimited by a space for each word, and the received message data is stored. It is stored in the unit 30. (Step 6) The text in which the voice is recognized by the pilot is called text A, and the text in which the response voice of the CD controller is recognized is called text B. The message interpreting unit 35 interprets the following units as meaningful information.

Text A: (1) 5 minutes before start. (Control request from pilot 5 minutes before engine start) (2) Destination Chitose, (Destination Chitose) (3) flight level 390. (3900 feet altitude) (4) gate4 (No. 4 of parking spot number) Text B: (1) ABC211 (Flight number subject to ATC approval) (2) clear to Chitose (Control to destination Chitose) (3) SNE5 <> SNE V11, (route information) (4) flight level 390 (altitude 3900 feet) The response result of the text B to the text A is sent to the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 as the interpretation result. In operation slip management information update unit 19, the text A, audio from correspondence between the contents of B and operation slip management data storage unit CD382, for 2.1 operation slip information in FIG. 12 that are currently CD target It is identified as response information and is not currently registered in the flight ticket management data storage unit CD382,
The spot number of the text A (4) is identified as the additional information, stored in the CD flight ticket management data storage unit 382, the strip mode data S (4) is updated to 2, and the display data generation unit 16 "4" is displayed as 2.1 spot number 2.5 in 12.

At the same time, the flight slip data and mode data of the flight ABC211 to which the spot number is added are sent to the server via the communication processing unit 36. Then, the server (F
D), the operation in another client will be described.

When the server receives the flight ticket Derata and mode data of the flight ABC211 to which the spot number is added via the communication processing unit 36 of FIG. 2, the data is sent to the flight ticket management information updating unit 19 and the CD The flight ticket management data storage unit 382 and the mode data 43 are updated.

Further, the server transmits the mode data to the GC and LC clients via the communication processing unit 36, and the GC and LC clients update the mode data of the self-control seat. (Step 7) In the same manner as in Step 2, the operation of transferring flight slip information from the CD seat to the FD seat is performed in the same manner.

Next, the operation of the server (FD) will be described. (Step 8) In the same operation as in Step 3, the transferred ABC211
The strip display of flights is performed. (Step 9) When the mouse cursor is on the ABC211 flight 2.1 in FIG. 11 , while dragging and dropping the mouse button 112 shown in FIG. From 12, the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application activation processing unit 13 determines that the flight slip data is transmitted, and stores the data of the ABC 211 as the drag source and the ACC as the drop destination in the drag source / drop destination item storage unit 133.

The processing determination unit 134 reads the flight ticket data of flight ABC211 from the FD 381 of the flight ticket management data storage unit 38, sends it to the transmission data generation unit 17, and stores the transmission data in the transmission data storage unit 25. The stored transmission data is generated by the transmission display data generation unit 161 of the display data generation unit 16 and is displayed in the reply / communication message display area 8.1 of FIG. 11 via the display processing unit 14.

When the transmission start button 8.2 is clicked by the left mouse button 111 of FIG. 2, the coordinate information of the click is clicked by the application start processing section 13 via the click detecting section 126 of the mouse input processing section 12. It is sent to the item detection unit and sent to the processing determination unit 134 that the transmission start button has been clicked.

The processing discrimination unit 134 checks the transmission data generation unit 17 for a transmission start instruction immediately after transmitting the transmission source / destination information, and activates the transmission processing unit 18 to start transmission. The transmission processing unit 18 performs data transmission of the data stored in the transmission data storage unit 25 to the designated ACC. (Step 10) The response message “ABC211 is cleared to the reply message from the ACC via the text message receiving unit 31.
Chitose Airport, Flight planned Route, Maintain Fl
ight Level 370, Departure Frequency 126 decimal 0,
Squawk5301 "is received, the received message is stored in the received message data storage unit 30, and the received content is requested to the received message index list display data generation unit 162 of the display data generation unit 16 for the received data index list display creation.

In the received message index list display data generation unit 162, the received message data storage unit 3
Reading the received data of 0, and displays the head portion of the received message 9.2 with sender of 9.1 in FIG. 11. 9.1 in FIG. 11 and 9.2, showing an example in which the source and the beginning portion of the received message.

[0153] Here, 9.1 or in FIG. 11, the left button 111 of the mouse of FIG. 2, when 9.2 is clicked,
Mouse input processing unit 12, application start processing unit 1
11, it is determined that the reception data index item from the transmission source 9.1 is designated, the reception message data generation unit 163 is activated, and the data in the reception message data storage unit 30 is returned to the reply / communication of FIG. The message is displayed in the message display area 8.1. 8.1 in Figure 11 is an example of display of the received message data. (Step 11) When the received message from the ACC is displayed at 8.1 in FIG. 11 , the data in the received message data storage unit 30 is interpreted in the same manner as in Step 6, and the altitude which is the content transmitted to the ACC is displayed. The flight management information updating unit 19 detects that the 390 has been changed to the altitude 370, and the changed content is FD.
While writing to the flight ticket management data storage unit 381 of
Flight ticket display data generation unit 164 of the display data generation unit 16
On the other hand, the control approval content is shaded with the change information “FPR M370” of altitude information in 2.1.1.1 of 2.1 in the flight ticket display diagram of ABC211 flight. At this time, the operation management information updating unit 19 updates the strip mode S (4) to 3. (Step 12) In the same operation as in Step 2, the transfer processing of the flight slip information from the FD seat to the CD seat is performed.

Next, the operation of the client (CD) will be described. (Step 13) In the same operation as in Step 3, the transferred ABC211
The strip display of flights is performed. (Step 14) In the same operation as Step 4, the pilot reads "Ready
Receive the voice message "to start engines". (Steps 15 and 16) By voice, from the CD to the pilot in the same operation as in Step 5, a confirmation response message and a voice message "Roger, Clear to Chitose Airport, Flight planned"
Route, Maintain Flight Level 370, Departure Freque
ncy 126 decimal0, Squawk 5031 ”is transmitted. (Step 17) the current time is read from the timer 47, at time in minutes portions the same operation as in step 6, 2.6 in FIG. 12
Is displayed at the control transmission approval time and is recorded in the CD flight ticket management data storage unit 382. (Step 18) In the same operation as in Step 2, the flight ticket information is transferred from the CD seat to the GC seat.

Next, the operation of the client (GC) will be described. (Step 19) By the same operation as in Step 3, the transferred ABC211
The strip display of flights is performed. (Step 20) In the same operation as in Step 4, the pilot performs “Reques
t Push back Gate 4 ”voice message is received. To 9.1, 9.2 in FIG. 13 shows a display example of a source and the beginning portion of the received message. (Step 21) An acknowledgment message is transmitted by voice from the CD to the pilot in the same operation as in Step 5. (Step 22) Perform the same operation as in Step 4
"t Taxi" voice message is received. (Step 23) When the mouse cursor is on the ABC211 flight 2.1 in FIG. 13 , while dragging and dropping the mouse button 112 in FIG. 3 to the assistant 7.3 Assistant of the transmission destination, the mouse input processing unit 12 From the above, the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application activation processing unit 13 determines that it is an assistant request for system support processing, and
The data of C211 and the assistant of the drop destination are stored in the drag source / drop destination item storage unit 133.

The process determination unit 134 makes an inference request to the inference processing unit 20 about the taxi route of the ABC211 flight. (Step 24) The inference processing unit 20 sends the requested AB
The flight schedule data of flight C211 is read from the GC flight schedule management data storage unit 383, and further, the current position of the aircraft or vehicle sent from the flight simulation unit 42, the information of the airport map model data, and the flight status of other aircraft are displayed. Inference is performed based on the knowledge data in the operation knowledge storage unit 45 in which knowledge about the corresponding taxi method is stored, and the inference result “Runway 17,
taxi via P4, W2 "is sent to the inference result display data generation unit 166 of the display data generation unit 16 and displayed in the answer / communication message display area 8.1 of FIG. 13 via the display processing unit 14. (Step 25) Here, when the other party 7.1 (pilot) in FIG. 13 is clicked with the left mouse button 111 and the transmission start button 8.2 is further clicked with the left button 111, the coordinate information of the click is the mouse. It is sent to the click item detection unit of the application activation processing unit 13 via the click detection unit 126 of the input processing unit 12, and sends to the processing determination unit 134 that the transmission start button has been clicked.

The process discrimination unit 134 sends the inference result to the transmission data generation unit 17, and activates the transmission processing unit 18 to start voice transmission to the pilot. The transmission processing unit 18 converts the data stored in the transmission data storage unit 25 into the voice synthesis unit 34.
, And convert it to voice and transmit the inference result to the pilot. (Step 26) By the same operation as in Step 6, the direction angle of the runway of 2.4 in FIG. 13 is displayed from the inference result and recorded in the GC flight ticket management data storage unit. (Step 27) In the same operation as in Step 2, the flight ticket information is transferred from the GC seat to the LC seat.

Next, the operation of the client (LC) will be described. (Step 28) By the same operation as in Step 3, the transferred ABC211
The strip display of flights is performed. (Step 29) In the same operation as Step 4, the pilot prompts “Ready
Receive the voice message "for Take off". (Step 30) A voice response message “Taxi into position and” is sent from the LC to the pilot in the same operation as in Step 5.
"hold" is transmitted. (Step 31) When the mouse cursor is on the ABC211 flight 2.1 of FIG. 14 , dragging and dropping it to the IFR of 7.2 of the transmission destination while holding down the middle mouse button 112 shown in FIG. 3, the mouse input processing unit From 12, the menu instruction detection unit 132 of the application activation processing unit 13 determines that the flight slip data is transmitted, and stores the data of the drag source ABC 211 and the drop destination IFR in the drag source / drop destination item storage unit 133.

The processing determination unit 134 sends the flight slip data of the flight ABC211 to the transmission data generation unit 17, and stores the transmission data in the transmission data storage unit 25. The stored transmission data is generated by the transmission display data generation unit 161 of the display data generation unit 16 and is displayed in the reply / communication message display area 8.1 of FIG. 14 via the display processing unit 14.

When the transmission start button 8.2 is clicked by the left mouse button 111 in FIG. 3, the coordinate information of the click is clicked by the application start processing section 13 via the click detecting section 126 of the mouse input processing section 12. It is sent to the item detection unit and sent to the processing determination unit 134 that the transmission start button 8.2 was clicked.

The processing discriminating unit 134 checks the transmission data generating unit 17 for a transmission start instruction immediately after setting the transmission destination and transmission data, and activates the transmission processing unit 18 to start transmission. The transmission processing unit 18 performs data transmission of the data stored in the transmission data storage unit 25 to the designated IFR. (Step 32) The take-off permission response message “ABC211 is from the IFR via the text message receiving unit 31.
When "approved" is received, the received message is stored in the received message data storage unit 30, and the received content is requested to the received message index list display data generation unit 162 of the display data generation unit 16 for the received data index list display creation request.

In the received message index list display data generation unit 162, the received message data storage unit 3
Reads the reception data of 0, and displays the head portion of the received message 9.2 with sender of 9.1 in FIG. 14.

[0163] Here, the 9.1 or 9.2 in FIG. 14 is clicked by the mouse left button 111 in FIG. 2, mouse input processing unit 12, Abu publication start processor 13
It is determined that the received data index item 9.1 is designated through the received message data generation unit 163.
Is started, and the data in the received message data storage unit 30 is displayed in the reply / communication message display area 8.1 of FIG. 8.1 in FIG. 14 is an example of display of the received message data. (Step 33) By voice, from LC to pilot By the same operation as Step 5, a voice response message “Roger, Cleared for Tak
e off "is transmitted. (Step 34) When the flight management slip data update unit receives the takeoff time information from the flight simulation unit 42 that has received the information from the aircraft / vehicle position detection unit 39, the takeoff operation is performed in the same manner as the spot number in Step 6. The minute unit information of the time is displayed at the take-off time of 2.2 in FIG. 14 and recorded in the LC flight schedule management data storage unit. (Step 35) In the same operation as in Step 2, the flight ticket information is transferred from the LC seat to the FD seat.

Next, the operation of the server (FD) will be described. (Step 36) By the same operation as in Step 3, the transferred ABC211
The strip display of flights is performed. At this time, the strip is displayed in reverse for identifying the data as the takeoff is completed. (Step 37, 38) highlighted ABC211 flight data was the put in 11
When the dragging and dropping to the completion box 11 displayed at the bottom of the planned list of reference numeral 3 is detected through the mouse input processing unit 12 and the application start processing unit 13 by the same operation procedure as in step 6, The management information update unit 19 transfers this information to the completed data storage unit 44, and the strip display of the ABC211 flight disappears from the FD seat.

Therefore, according to the configuration of the above embodiment,
By performing the above processing, the load on the controller's situation grasp and judgment, operation and feedback to related parties can be reduced, more accurate and quick instructions can be given, and further communication between the pilot and the controller is possible. Not only voice but also visual communication is possible.

Another embodiment according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 17 shows another example of the display form of the flight slip management information of the present invention, which is displayed in a file folder format. This display format cannot display all the information, so 2.
2.3 to 2.6, except for the flight charts of 1 and 2.2,
The first position column is displayed as a tag. For the GC, you can see all the information on the designated flight slip by clicking the tag.

FIG. 18 shows a window display screen which allows overlapping, as another embodiment of the display form of the flight ticket management information of the present invention.
1 shows a computer terminal for one GC in a control system having C.

In FIG. 18, 1 is the target G
It is a window which displays the operation information of C. 2 is a window for displaying the operation information index of the other GC. Reference numeral 3 is a window for displaying the flight information index of the CD, which is the original control seat to which the GC is transferred. Reference numeral 4 is a window for displaying an operation information index of LC, which is the control seat to which the control is transferred.

In this GC terminal, when the mouse display cursor 5 of the mouse 1 is moved to the item such as the flight number of 1.1 in the CG window and the middle mouse button 112 of FIG. 3 is pressed,
The D & D icon 6 for movement is displayed at the cursor position.

When the D & D icon 6 is moved to a vacant item of 4.4 in the LC window and released while the middle button 112 is being pressed, the operation information of GC 1.1 is transferred to the LC, and
The operation information of 1.1 in the C window disappears, and the index of the operation information displayed in 1.1 is displayed in 4.4 of the LC window.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the transferred flight ticket management information is automatically transferred only by the judgment and operation of the transfer source controller by preparing the transfer information and checking the transfer destination. However, a means for adding to the existing flight ticket management information through a confirmation operation of the transfer destination may be provided. At this time, the transfer destination controller may have means for selecting refusal or withholding in addition to allowing acceptance.

When the refusal is selected, the control information remains at the transfer source, and the state before the transfer is restored. When the hold is selected, the transfer destination or the transfer source is saved in another management form, and a new operation of the transfer source or the transfer destination can be performed. At this time, the transfer source may have means for performing an operation for switching to another control seat, a transfer acceptance request, an action such as an inquiry to the transfer destination. At the transfer destination, at any time, accept the transfer information that you have selected to hold,
It may have a means for responding such as refusal and continuation of the hold. Further, it may have a means for designating the position of the flight ticket to be transferred.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the transferred flight ticket management information is prepared by checking the transfer information and the transfer destination. If the control data is insufficient, the insufficient data item is displayed and the confirmation operation is performed. Although it is supposed to return to the previous display, it may be possible to display the insufficient data and perform the transfer process by the confirmation operation, or perform the transfer process without the confirmation operation so that it can be identified that the item is insufficient. , May be displayed on the displayed flight slip. At this time, in the case of performing the confirmation operation, similarly to the above, the transfer destination may have a means for selecting rejection or withholding other than accepting the acceptance.

In the above embodiment, the number of strips of each flight ticket to be controlled is displayed on the screen,
Other flight tickets can be displayed by scrolling, but a means for displaying part or all of the flight ticket management information as index information and a means for designating flight ticket information from the index may be provided. At this time, if the index information cannot be displayed, a means for viewing the remaining index information by scrolling may be provided.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the transfer source, the relevant control seat, and the list of operation sheet information for managing the transfer destination are displayed as a list menu or an index, but a part of these is not a set of individual operation information but a transfer source. There is a means to display as control icons, corresponding control seats, transfer destination control seats as icons and graphics, and to transfer the management information from the flight ticket management information list by designating this icon or graphic. Good.

At this time, it is possible to refer to the contents by providing a means for displaying the contents of the flight ticket management information of the control seat displayed as icons or figures by an operation such as clicking the icons or figures with a pointing device. Similar to the above-mentioned embodiment, the transfer operation by the drag & drop operation may be performed.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the transfer processing is performed by the drag & drop operation, but the transfer source and the transfer destination are designated by individually clicking the operation slip information of the relevant management target and the operation slip information of the transfer destination. It may be a means. Also,
When the transfer destination is specified, the designation of the transfer destination may be omitted.

In the above-described embodiment, when the flight ticket management information is transferred, as a means of visually demonstrating the operation process of moving the management information from the transfer control seat to the transfer control seat at the transfer control seat, the aircraft is used as a means. Although the flight number is displayed as an icon, any display form that clearly shows that the transfer operation is performed on the control seat is acceptable.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the transfer information, the designation of the transfer destination, and the movement of the flight schedule management information are carried out by the mouse operation, but this is a means that can be used as a pointing device such as a touch panel, a trackball, and a pen interface. Anything will do. Further, a method such as moving the cursor on the keyboard may be used together.

In the above embodiment, the head information of the flight ticket information is used as the drag icon when the movement route is designated by the pointing device. However, all or part of the flight ticket management information to be transferred is used. Symbolic icons or figures representing information or transfer, or character information or symbol information may be used.

In the above embodiment, the transmission information is dragged and dropped to the destination, the transmission start instruction is displayed at the timing when the transmission data is displayed in the communication message display area, and the transmission start instruction is input. Although the transmission is thereby started, the transmission may be started at the timing when the transmission information is dragged and dropped to the destination or the timing when the transmission information is displayed in the communication message display area. Further, at this time, it may have a means for starting, stopping, or suspending the transmission through a means for confirming whether the transmission may be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation for clearly indicating that the operation is being performed or being received is not performed, but it is possible to visually confirm that the flight ticket management information or the text message is being transferred, or is being transmitted or being received. By providing a means for identifying and clearly identifying the current communication status, a display means for displaying the current communication state to the user may be provided.

In the above-described embodiment, the control seat and the pilot exchange the information using the voice generated by the harmony, and the ACC and the IFR exchange the text information by the communication of the text information. Then, transmission of some or all of the information may be performed by any of spoken voice, voice synthesis, text communication, and multimedia communication.

In the above embodiment, the destination of the received message and the head data of the received message are displayed as index information, but the key information from the title indicating the received message or the interpretation result of the received message may be displayed as an index. .

In the above embodiment, the same message display area is used for the send message display area, the receive message display area, and the send message input area, but all or part of these may be located in different areas.

In the above embodiment, the controller directly communicates or responds to the aircraft pilot by utterance, but the means for inputting as text and the fixed message list already prepared by the system are selected or changed. Alternatively, the message may be transmitted to the destination by voice synthesis or text information transmission.

In the above embodiment, as shown in 2.1.1 of FIG. 11, the fact that the altitude information from the flight plan has been changed by the instruction from the ACC is displayed in the flight ticket information display area. In addition to highlighting the information in the flight ticket information display area after change, such as shading, the altitude information of the flight plan is displayed with a red double line, and the information before the change of flight ticket management information and this information are displayed. The correction may be clearly indicated by simultaneously displaying the information indicating the cancellation and the changed information.

In the above embodiment, as shown in 1 of 9A to 9D, the layout of the airfield, the flight number of the aircraft, the distinction between the departure flight and the arrival flight, and the position at every fixed time are displayed. Dynamic operation of aircraft and vehicles, such as the position and movement of objects running inside the airfield, such as vehicles that push back the aircraft based on the flight ticket management information and the contents of responses and confirmation messages to control personnel and pilots The situation and supplementary information may be added and displayed in the airport map display area.

In addition, while the aircraft is parked, before starting the engine /
Afterwards, the operation and driving status such as pushback, taxiing, gliding, takeoff, vehicle waiting, pushback work, etc., such as addition of expression of injection state and identification information such as color, should be added. Therefore, a means for displaying in the airport map information display area may be provided.

In the above embodiment, the position is detected by using the sensor device for detecting the position coordinate of the aircraft or vehicle,
Although the traveling position of the aircraft is displayed, without using the position detection means, using the operation information management information and the communication information such as the contents of the response / confirmation message to control personnel and pilots,
While simulating or predicting the position, running state or working state of the aircraft or vehicle, there is a means for displaying the aircraft or vehicle in the airport map information display area in the same manner as this example or for identifying the running state or working state. You may. As a special case of this, the direction of the aircraft or vehicle can be changed by emoji or CG (Compute
r Graphics) May have a means to specify as information.

In the above-described embodiment, the display of the fixed range of the airport map is made, but there is a selection means for switching the display range, the detail level of the display information, the display size, etc. and a means for continuously specifying or changing the range. You may have.

Further, there may be provided a means for designating a focused area of the airport map and simultaneously displaying it in a different display area or a display area such as a window having an overlap by a plurality of kinds of display methods and ranges.

Further, it is possible to have a means for displaying the area showing the range of interest of the designated airport map by changing the frame or the display method from other areas. Alternatively, there may be provided means for switching the display range or display size in the airport map display area to the display of the aircraft currently being controlled or a certain range centered on the aircraft.

In the above embodiment, information such as the flight number and model name of the aircraft, such as belonging information and model of the aircraft, is displayed as character information, and the aircraft itself is displayed as an icon having the same figure. Instead of some information of the aircraft or vehicle or the information used in the embodiments, symbol information or different graphics (typically expressing the aircraft flight number, model name, affiliation information, model, etc.) (Including an icon) may be used to identify the pattern information. Further, the pattern information may not be used and may be expressed only by the character information.

In the above embodiment, FD, CD, GC, LC
Each of the control seats corresponded to different terminals, but all or some of the functions of multiple control seats may be concentrated in the same terminal, and the division of roles can be changed as necessary. It may have means. Further, instead of the four control seats, the number of control seats may be changed as necessary, and any form having an equivalent function sharing may be used.

Also, there may be a plurality of terminals having the same control seat function. Among a plurality of terminals in the control seat, there may be a means capable of changing the target terminal used for flight ticket management depending on the situation such as the degree of control congestion.

In the above embodiment, as the flight ticket management information,
Although the operation form (strip) itself currently used as a form is displayed on the screen in a simulated form, any form that can handle and express the information of the operation form may be used.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the reasoning about the taxiing route of the aircraft was made. However, in addition to the presentation of the optimum guide route, the present position of each aircraft or vehicle, such as the confirmation of the flight plan, is prepared for takeoff and landing. It may have means for answering the pilot's request, checking the validity of the confirmation items, and inferring some or all of the instructions to the pilot from the progress status of the pilot.

In the above embodiment, the FD is assigned to the server and the CDs, GCs and LCs are assigned to the other three clients.
The base or a plurality of terminals may have means for switching the functions of each control seat and the server / client.

Further, even if there is a dedicated server, all control seats have the same function, and there is a means for autonomously performing control support processing by communicating with each other in a distributed manner. May be. At this time, even if one certain server plays the role of a server, the server may be switched manually or automatically when a situation such as a failure is detected.

In the above embodiment, the D & D information is transmitted via the server as a method of visually showing the process of the drag & drop (D & D) operation of the transfer of the flight ticket information on the screen of the transfer destination. Any effective method of communication may be used, such as a method of directly communicating with each control seat.

In the above embodiment, even in the functions other than D & D,
Although the communication has been performed via the server, a means for determining the communication route for some or all of the information by the direct or dynamic determination processing without using the server may be used.

In the above embodiment, when the flight tickets of the control seats are designated by drag and drop, they are ignored. However, it is judged that the flight tickets are rearranged, and the flight ticket of the drag source is the drag destination. It may have a rearrangement processing means to be inserted next or before. Further, it may have a means for rearranging by an operation method different from this.

In the above embodiment, the LAN connection form of FIG. 1 was used, but it is also possible to use a star-shaped form centering on the server. In addition, the LAN may be configured by a plurality of lines such as a dual system in order to prevent downtime. Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0205]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the load of grasping and judging the situation of the controller, the operation and the feedback to the persons concerned, and to give a more accurate and quick instruction. It is possible to provide a user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system that can visually communicate not only voice but also communication with a controller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a LAN configuration of an embodiment of a user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server side of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a client side of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a mouse input processing unit and an application activation processing unit of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a display processing unit and a display data generation unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a menu instruction detection unit of the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the processing contents of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing how data is exchanged between the server and the client in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a data transfer sequence according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of flight ticket management data of the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of an FD seat in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a CD seat in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a GC seat display screen of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of an LC seat in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of strips of flight ticket management data according to the same embodiment for each process.

FIG. 16 shows a GC seat in the same embodiment, from a CD seat to a GC seat.
It is a figure which shows an example of the D & D icon during transfer to a seat, and the display screen after transfer.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of flight slip management information simulating a file folder as another embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of flight ticket management information that allows overlapping, as another embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

A ... server (FD), B1-B3 ... client (C
D, GC, LC), 11 ... Mouse, 111 ... Middle mouse button, 112 ... Right mouse button, 113 ... Left mouse button, 12 ... Mouse input processing section, 121 ... Mouse I / O interface, 122 ... X / Y coordinates Detection unit, 123 ...
Mouse button release detection unit, 124 ... Mouse button press detection unit, 125 ... Drag detection unit, 126 ... Click detection unit, 127 ... Mouse cursor display control unit, 128 ... Mouse cursor display data storage unit, 129 ... Drag icon display data storage unit Part, 13 ... Application startup processing unit, 131 ... Click operation item detection unit, 132 ... Menu instruction detection unit, 133 ... Drag source / drop destination item storage unit, 134 ... Process determination unit, 14 ... Display processing unit, 141
... window display data writing section, 142 ... window display content storage section, 143 ... window display control section, 1
44 ... Window frame display data storage unit, 145 ... Window display data generation unit, 146 ... Display drive control unit, 15
... window display status storage unit, 16 ... display data generation unit, 161 ... transmission display data generation unit, 162 ... reception message index list display data generation unit, 163 ...
Receiving message display data generation unit, 164 ... Flight ticket display data generation unit, 165 ... Airport map display data generation unit, 16
6 ... Inference result display data generation unit, 167 ... Drag display data generation unit, 17 ... Transmission data generation unit, 18 ... Transmission processing unit, 19 ... Flight management information updating unit, 20 ... Inference processing unit,
21 ... Keyboard, 22 ... Keyboard I / O interface, 23 ... Key input data detection unit, 24 ... Display device, 25 ... Transmission data storage unit, 26 ... Flight plan data storage unit, 27 ... Voice input unit, 28 ... Voice Input data storage unit, 29 ... Voice recognition unit, 30 ... Received message data storage unit, 31 ... Text message reception unit, 32 ... Voice output unit, 33 ... Flight slip transfer check data storage unit, 34 ...
Voice synthesis unit, 35 ... Message interpreting unit, 36 ... Communication processing unit, 37 ... Pre-fixed time flight data registration unit, 38 ... Flight ticket management data storage unit, 381-384 ... Flight ticket management data storage unit, 39 ... Aircraft Vehicle position detection unit, 40 ... Position detection sensor, 41 ... Airport map model data storage unit, 42 ... Navigation simulation unit, 43 ... Mode data storage unit, 44 ... Completion data storage unit, 45 ... Operation knowledge storage unit, 46 ... Aircraft Control position storage, 47 ... Timer, 1 ... Airport surface information display window, 1.1, 1.2 ... Runway direction angle, 1.3 ... Runway exit number (W1-W7), 1.4 ... Taxi Route turns (P1 to P7), 1.5 ... Aircraft parking spot number, 2 ... Target control seat operation information display window, 2.1,
2.2, 2.3 ... Flight display data item, 2.4 ... Runway direction angle, 2.5 ... Spot number, 2.6 ... Approval transmission time, 3 ... Transfer source control seat Flight ticket information index display Window, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 ... Flight number, 4 ... Transfer control seat Flight ticket information index display window, 4.
1, 4.2, 4.3 ... Flight number, 4.4 ... Transfer destination window empty item area, 5 ... Mouse display cursor, 6 ... Current environment information display area, 7 ... Destination designation area, 7.1 ... Pilot , 7.2 ... ACC or IFR, 7.3 ... Assistant, 8 ... Assistant reply / send / receive message display area, 8.1 ... Answer / communication message area, 9 ... Receive message list display area, 9.1 ... Receive Message top information display area, 9.2 ... Message sender role display area, 10 ... Drag and drop icon.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page Examiner Ryotaro Honjo (56) References 31st Airplane Symposium Lecture Collection “Recent Trends in Information Display Methods for Air Traffic Controllers”, Hiroki Sato, 1993 IEEE COLLOQUIUM ON'SOFTWARE IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SY STEMS-THE FUTURE ', DIGEST NO. 153 "TASK ORIENTED MODELING GO DEVICES-THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DOMAIN", GIKAS, S.R. JOHNSON, P.M. , 1992 INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS, VOL. 5 N O. 2 "DESIGNING WIT H ETHNOGRAPHY: MAKI NG WORK VISIBLE", H UGHES, J. Am. A. 1993 Proceedings of the 32nd Aircraft Symposium "On Electronic Display of Flight Control Sheets for Air Traffic Control", Sachiko Fukushima et al., 1994

Claims (15)

(57) [Claims] 1. An airfield control system, which supports a plurality of control tasks which are preliminarily assigned to each other and which are carried out in cooperation with each other on the basis of an airfield flight chart. An information display device and an input device provided, information acquisition means for acquiring the flight ticket management information necessary for each of the assigned control operations, and the flight ticket management information obtained by this means to the assigned control operations. Accordingly, the information processing means for editing processing according to the instruction content from the input device provided for each control seat, and the navigation obtained by the information processing means according to the instruction from the input device provided for each control seat Displays vote management information on the information display device of the relevant control seat, and displays flight ticket management information for related control operations, including flight ticket management information for other control operations, on the same screen. The user interface device of airfield operation slip management system comprising a that information output means. 2. The information processing means, when the operation device management information to be transferred and the transfer destination are designated from the list of operation device management information displayed on the information display device by the input device, the information is stored. Transferred to the transfer destination, the information output means has an updating means for deleting the transferred information from the operation slip management information displayed when the transfer is completed, and updating the display of the operation slip management information of the transfer destination control seat An airfield flight ticket management system user interface device according to claim 1. 3. The information output means displays part or all of the flight slip management information as index information, and the information processing means transfers one of the flight slip management information in the index information through the input device. The user interface device of the airfield flight chart management system according to claim 2, further comprising: information transfer means for transferring the designated flight ticket management information when designated as information. 4. The information output means, when the flight control information is transferred by the information processing means, the flight control information is transferred from the transfer control seat to the transfer control seat in the transfer control seat. The airfield flight ticket management system user interface device according to claim 2, further comprising means for visually displaying an operation route to be performed. 5. The information output means further checks at the transfer source control seat whether or not the transfer slip management information to be transferred has all the information items that can be accepted by the transfer destination, and is instructed that it cannot be accepted through the input device. 3. The user interface device of the airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 2, further comprising means for displaying information items that are not available in the control seat of the transfer source and displaying a warning message. 6. The information acquisition means further includes reception message acquisition means for acquiring transmission / reception message information between the aircraft and each control seat, and the information output means further includes between the aircraft and each control seat. It has a message display means for displaying transmitted / received message information, an index display means for displaying a list of index information of messages received from the aircraft, and a menu display means for indicating a destination, and further responds to an instruction from the input device. The user interface device of the airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit that transmits the designated message information to the designated destination. 7. The information output means further comprises means for visually identifying / clarifying that the flight ticket management information or message is being transferred, transmitted, or received. User interface device for the airfield flight ticket management system described. 8. The received message acquisition means includes a voice message input means for inputting a voice message of a pilot from the aircraft to the control seat, a voice message of a controller from the control seat to the aircraft, and an input voice obtained by this means. Voice recognition means, a text conversion means for converting the recognition result obtained by this means into text, and a message for grasping the content of the text message obtained by this means and identifying and interpreting the item information of interest. Interpreting means, and the information output means, based on the text information interpreted by the message interpreting means, a display means for displaying a response message to control personnel and pilots and an updating means for updating flight ticket management information. 7. The user interface device of the airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 6, further comprising: 9. The airfield flight operation management according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means has means for managing the flight ticket management information for each aircraft so as not to be simultaneously changed by a plurality of control seats. System user interface device. 10. The information acquisition unit has a model data storage unit that stores the layout of an airport, the positions and movements of aircraft and vehicles as structural data of an airport map, and the information output unit has the model data storage unit. 2. The user interface device for an airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device has means for displaying an airport map in the airport map information display area based on the data of FIG. 11. The user interface device of the airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 10, wherein the information acquisition unit has a sensor device for detecting position coordinates of an aircraft or a vehicle on an airport map. 12. The airfield flight ticket management according to claim 1, further comprising means for separating the functions of all or some of the control seats into a plurality of terminals and communicating with each other to manage the flight ticket. System user interface device. 13. The information output means comprises means for displaying a part or all of the flight ticket management information in the form of a form or image of a file folder for each aircraft to be controlled. User interface device of Airfield Flight Voucher Management System. 14. The information processing means further comprises: based on the current position of each aircraft and vehicle and the progress of the preparation for takeoff and landing ,
Extraction knowledge data corresponding the pre-registered knowledge data for optimal inference, the user interface device airfield operation slip management system according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises means for inferring based on this. 15. The user interface device of an airfield flight ticket management system according to claim 1, wherein the control seat is intended for control operations such as flight plan adjustment, control approval transmission, airport surface control, and takeoff and landing control.