JP3646860B2 - Human-machine interface equipment for air traffic control - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a human machine interface device in an air traffic control console.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a technique in such a field, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2959.
[0003]
In order to move the cursor between display areas (windows), it is necessary to rotate the trackball or mouse ball in an appropriate direction and by an appropriate distance.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the method described above, in order to move the cursor to a certain window, the rotation direction and the amount of rotation of the mouse or the trackball must be adjusted. Therefore, it takes several seconds to move the cursor. It was.
[0005]
This means that the controller must pay attention to the “operation” of moving the cursor in addition to controlling the aircraft, which is the main business. There was a problem of giving a mental burden.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a human-machine interface device for air traffic control that can eliminate the above-mentioned problems and can concentrate on the control itself and control the aircraft quickly and accurately.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides
[1] In an air traffic control human-machine interface device, an intelligent mouse having a wheel and a button, a first window showing an aircraft position display unit, a second window showing an aircraft order display unit, and aircraft information display Display device having a display screen having a third window indicating a control section and a fourth window indicating a control instruction message creation display section, a control instruction input apparatus for inputting data for control instructions, and the intelligent mouse And a control device connected to the display device and the control instruction input device for overall control of the display device and the control instruction input device, and the cursor is instantaneously moved between the windows by the control device simply by operating the wheel of the intelligent mouse. It is configured to move.
[0008]
[2] In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [1] above, when an aircraft is selected and an intelligent mouse wheel is operated, an aircraft object existing in the destination window is already selected. The cursor is instantaneously moved between the windows.
[0009]
[3] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [2] above, wherein an aircraft object existing in a destination window is already in a dragged state as necessary.
[0010]
[4] In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control described in [2] above, when selecting a selection candidate belonging to a set, if the cursor is moved over an object displaying the set, the selection candidate Any one of them is already selected.
[0011]
[5] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [4], wherein the selection state moves between selection candidates only by operating the wheel of the intelligent mouse.
[0012]
[6] In the human machine interface device for air traffic control according to [4] above, if the selected candidate has a further related selection candidate, the selection candidate automatically related when the selected candidate is selected Any one of these is already selected.
[0013]
[7] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [1], wherein a data link message issued to a pilot is selected by wheel operation of the intelligent mouse in an airfield control.
[0014]
[8] In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control, a means for displaying a screen for displaying a part or all of the airport surface and monitoring an aircraft, a means for designating an aircraft tag, and a candidate for the designated aircraft tag A means for displaying the taxing path to be changed, and a means for determining the taxing path by pressing the wheel of the intelligent mouse by changing the candidate of the taxing path indicated as a candidate by rotating the wheel of the intelligent mouse. It is characterized by comprising.
[0015]
[9] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [8] above, wherein the taxing path can be specified at a plurality of branch points.
[0016]
[10] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [8] or [9], wherein the taxing path can be changed.
[0017]
[11] The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to [8] or [9] above, wherein the designation of the taxing route includes an intersection designated when the departure aircraft leaves the runway from the taxing route. And
[0018]
[12] In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control described in [8], [9] or [10] above, other control instruction messages such as pushback designation other than the above-mentioned taxiing path designation and intersection designation Similarly, the selection is performed by the wheel operation of the intelligent mouse.
[0019]
[13] In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control described in [8], [9], [10], [11] or [12] above, the intelligent control is also applied to operations other than the control instruction such as canceling the operation. It can be switched by a mouse wheel operation and can be selected similarly.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a human-machine interface device for air traffic control showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic diagram showing the whole, and FIG. 1 (b) is a schematic diagram of the intelligent mouse. It is. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the display screen, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the control instruction (part A) in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the human-machine interface device for air traffic control.
[0022]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display device, such as a CRT (cathode ray tube), an LCD (liquid crystal display device), a PVD (plasma display device) or the like. A control device 2 is a personal computer or a workstation. 3 is a control instruction input device (input device: keyboard), and 4 is an intelligent mouse.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 1, the intelligent mouse 4 has a wheel 4B that rotates in the middle of the front portion where the operation finger of the main body 4A is located, and two buttons 4C that are sandwiched between the wheels 4B. Yes. The wheel 4B rotates back and forth, and makes one rotation a plurality of times, for example, 18 steps. Moreover, it functions also as a 3rd button by pushing down wheel 4B itself.
[0024]
The intelligent mouse 4 can be used alone or in combination with various keys of the keyboard 3 to provide various functions.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 1, the display screen of the air traffic control human-machine interface device shown in FIG. 2 includes a first area 1-1 that is a first window showing an aircraft position display unit, and an aircraft order display unit. A second window 1-2 showing the second window shown, a third area 1-3 showing the third window showing the aircraft information display section, and a fourth window showing the control instruction message creation display section. 4 regions 1-4.
[0026]
When the part A of the first window 1-1 that is instructed to control the display screen is enlarged, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, the heading 190 (* 190), altitude 120 (80), speed 25 ( * 25) are displayed as the first object 1A, the second object 1B, and the third object 1C, respectively.
[0027]
In FIG. 4, 101 is an intelligent mouse processing unit, 102 is a cursor control unit, 103 is a display processing unit, 104 is a display unit, 105 is a set upper limit value, 106 is a selection state determination unit, 107 is a cursor position holding unit, and 108 is An object management unit, 109 is an input device control unit, and 110 is a taxing path storage unit. Reference numeral 4 denotes an intelligent mouse.
[0028]
[A] Cursor movement (No. 1) between windows on the display screen according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0029]
FIG. 5 is a schematic layout diagram of windows on the display screen.
[0030]
First, the operation of moving the cursor between windows will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0031]
(1) The cursor is displayed in the first window 1-1 with nothing selected.
[0032]
(2) Next, the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 is turned (tilted) by one step (memory).
[0033]
As internal processing of the device in this process,
(A) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives the “rotation direction” and the “rotation step” number of the wheel 4 </ b> B from the intelligent mouse 4.
[0034]
(B) The same data is transmitted to the cursor control unit 102.
[0035]
(3) Next, the cursor instantaneously moves into the second window 1-2.
[0036]
As internal processing in this process,
(A) The cursor control unit 102 confirms the selection state (in this case, “non-selection state”) with the selection state determination unit 106.
[0037]
(B) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the cursor display position (in this case, “second window 1-2”) to the display processing unit 103.
[0038]
(C) The display processing unit 103 displays a cursor on the display unit 104.
[0039]
(4) Next, the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 is turned (tilted) by one step (memory).
[0040]
The internal processing in this step is the same as the internal processing in the above step (2).
[0041]
(5) Next, the cursor instantaneously moves into the third window 1-3.
[0042]
The internal processing in this step is the same as the internal processing in the above step (3). However, in this case, the “second window” is replaced with the “third window”.
[0043]
Thereafter, when this is repeated, the display position of the cursor can be sequentially moved between the windows.
[0044]
Note that the cursor movement destination position in each window can be set for each window.
[0045]
As internal processing in that case,
(A) The cursor display position in each window when there is no selected item in the cursor position holding unit 107 is set.
[0046]
(B) Before the above (3) (b), the cursor control unit 102 confirms the cursor display position to the cursor position holding unit 107.
[0047]
(C) The same processing as the above (3) and after (b). However, in this case, the “second window” is replaced with the “third window”.
[0048]
As described above, according to this embodiment, the controller moves the cursor instantly by moving the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 up and down or back and forth, so that the cursor instantaneously moves into another window. There is an effect that it is possible to concentrate on the control work without almost feeling the burden of the operation itself.
[0049]
If a wheel that rotates back and forth is used as the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4, the cursor moves between the first window and the second window, between the first window and the third window, or between the first window and the fourth window. You can move between windows.
[0050]
[B] Cursor movement (part 2) between windows of the display screen according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0051]
Conventionally, for example, in order to give control instructions to an aircraft that is the second window 1-2 while an aircraft is selected in another window, even if the aircraft is selected in another window, An operation for moving the cursor to the window 1-2 and an operation for dragging the aircraft were required. In this method, in order to move the cursor onto the aircraft in the second window 1-2, the rotation direction and the rotation amount of the mouse or the trackball are adjusted.
[0052]
However, this method requires several seconds to move the cursor and also requires an operation of dragging the selection target. In other words, attention must be paid to the “operation” of moving the cursor other than to control the aircraft, which is the main business, and during that time, the control itself becomes obscured and gives a mental burden to the controller. It was.
[0053]
On the other hand, the cursor movement (part 2) between the windows of the display screen of the present invention can be performed by the operation described below.
[0054]
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of cursor movement (part 2) between windows on the display screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0055]
(1) First, an aircraft (ex. JAL100) in the first window 1-1 is selected.
[0056]
The internal processing here is
(A) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives a selection button signal from the intelligent mouse 4.
[0057]
(B) Next, the same data is transmitted to the cursor control unit 102.
[0058]
(C) Next, the object management unit 108 is confirmed that the object is an aircraft (JAL100).
[0059]
(D) The cursor control unit 102 confirms the selection state (in this case, “JAL100 = selection state”) to the selection state determination unit 106.
[0060]
(2) Turn the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 one step (memory).
[0061]
The internal processing here is
(A) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the cursor display position (in this case, “second window”) to the display processing unit 103.
[0062]
(B) The display processing unit 103 displays a cursor on the display unit 104 and puts the JAL100 flight into a selected state.
[0063]
(3) By the above operation, the JAL 100 in the second window 1-2 is selected and dragged (the cursor is displayed on the JAL100 object) (the determination operation is the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4) Press).
[0064]
In the internal processing here, the display processing unit 103 displays a cursor on the display unit 104 and puts the JAL100 flight into a drag state.
[0065]
(4) Turn the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 one step (memory).
[0066]
Internal processing here is the same as (2) (a) and (b) (however, (2) (a) “second window” is replaced with “third window”).
[0067]
(5) The JAL 100 in the third window 1-3 is selected. (The cursor is displayed on the JAL100 object) (The decision operation is pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4)
The internal processing here is the same as (2) (b).
[0068]
As described above, according to this embodiment, the cursor is instantaneously moved to the machine in the second window 1-2 by simply rotating the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 up and down or back and forth, and The controller enters the drag state, and the controller only needs to move the aircraft to the drag destination. That is, the operation of moving the cursor to the second window 1-2 and the operation of bringing the machine into the drag state are eliminated, so that the operation time is shortened and the mental load that the operation itself must be reduced is reduced. Therefore, the controller can concentrate on the control work.
[0069]
[C] Selection state movement between selection candidates without hierarchy
Conventionally, in order to select one of the elements displayed as selection candidates in a certain set, an operation for moving the cursor to the selection target has been required.
[0070]
In this method, in order to move the cursor to the position to be selected, the rotation direction and amount of rotation of the mouse or trackball are adjusted. Further, in the final stage of aligning the cursor position, it takes a few seconds to make a selection for fine adjustment of cm and mm. In addition, fine adjustment in the order of cm and mm has given a mental burden to the controller. In addition, if a wrong candidate is selected, the operation must be repeated again. In other words, the controller must pay attention to the “operation” of moving the cursor in addition to controlling the aircraft, which is the main business, and during that time the control itself becomes obscured and places a mental burden on the controller. Was the way.
[0071]
On the other hand, selection state movement when a selection candidate without a hierarchy of the present invention is selected will be described below.
[0072]
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of selection state movement between selection candidates having no hierarchy according to the present invention.
[0073]
(1) The history of the latest four messages of control instructions transmitted in the past is displayed as selection candidates as shown in FIG.
[0074]
(2) When the cursor is moved onto the selection candidate window, one of the selection candidates is selected (the determination operation is pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4).
[0075]
Here, as internal processing,
(A) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives cursor position information from the intelligent mouse 4.
[0076]
(B) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 transmits the data to the cursor control unit 102.
[0077]
(C) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the same data to the object management unit 108.
[0078]
(D) The object management unit 108 transmits to the cursor control unit 102 that the selection target is “history of the latest 4 messages of control instructions”.
[0079]
(E) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the message to the display processing unit 103. The display processing unit 103 displays any one of the “history of the latest four messages of the control instruction” in a selected state. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, “Turn right heading 300 degrees” is displayed.
[0080]
(3) Turn the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 one step (memory).
[0081]
As internal processing here,
(A) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives the “rotation direction” and the “rotation step” number of the wheel 4 </ b> B from the intelligent mouse 4.
[0082]
(B) The same data is transmitted to the cursor control unit 102.
[0083]
(4) With the above operation, the next selection candidate is selected (the decision operation is pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4).
As internal processing here,
(A) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the same data to the display processing unit 103.
[0084]
(B) The display processing unit 103 displays corresponding selection candidates in a selected state.
[0085]
Thereafter, when this is repeated, the display position and selection state of the cursor sequentially move between the selection candidates.
[0086]
Thus, according to this embodiment, in order to select one of the elements displayed as selection candidates in a certain set, the mouse or trackball is used to move the cursor to the position to be selected. There is no need to adjust the direction and amount of rotation of the ball.
[0087]
Furthermore, in the final stage of aligning the cursor position, there is no time for several seconds to make a selection for fine adjustment of cm and mm. In addition, the mental load of fine adjustment in the order of cm and mm is not given to the controller. Even if the wrong candidate is selected, it can be instantaneously moved to an appropriate selection target by operating only the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4. In other words, since it is not necessary to pay attention to the time required for the operation, there is an effect that the controller can concentrate on the control work.
[0088]
[D] Selection state movement when selection candidate with hierarchy is selected
Conventionally, while a selection candidate is being selected, in order to select one of the other selection candidate groups related to the candidate, to the selection target position of the related other selection candidate group again An operation to move the cursor was necessary.
[0089]
In this conventional method, in order to move the cursor to the position to be selected, the rotation direction and amount of rotation of the mouse or trackball are adjusted. In that method, it took several seconds to move the cursor. Further, in the final stage of aligning the cursor position, it takes a few seconds to make a selection for fine adjustment of cm and mm. In addition, fine adjustment in the order of cm and mm has given a mental burden to the controller.
[0090]
In addition, if a wrong candidate is selected, it is a method of giving a load that the operation must be repeated again. In other words, in addition to controlling the aircraft, which is the main business, it is necessary to pay attention to the “operation” of moving the cursor. It was.
[0091]
On the other hand, the selection state movement when a selection candidate having a hierarchy according to the present invention is selected can be performed by the following operation.
[0092]
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for operating the ATC up link message creation unit.
[A] When operating the ATC up link message generator
(1) Move the cursor to the “Heading” button (A in FIG. 8) and select.
[0093]
As internal processing here,
(A) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives cursor position information from the intelligent mouse 4.
[0094]
(B) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 transmits the same data to the cursor control unit 102.
[0095]
(C) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the same data to the object management unit 108.
[0096]
(D) The cursor control unit 102 transmits to the display processing unit 103 that “Heading” is displayed in a selected state.
[0097]
(2) -1 By the above operation, the cursor automatically and instantaneously moves on “Turn heading” of “Action”, and “Turn heading” is selected (B in FIG. 8) (the determination operation is Pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4).
[0098]
As internal processing here,
(A) The object management unit 108 transmits to the “cursor control unit 102” that the selection target has a hierarchical structure in the order of “Heading” and “Action” → “Direction” → “Degrees” → “Urg” ”. To do.
[0099]
(B) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the message to the display processing unit 103. [The display processing unit 103 displays “any one candidate” in the “Action” layer in a selected state. ]]
(2) -2 Using the same method as [A] (2) above, operate the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 to select one of the candidates under “Action” (the determination operation is performed on the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4). Press).
[0100]
(3) -1 By the above operation, the cursor automatically and instantaneously moves on “left” of “Direction”, and “left” is selected (C in FIG. 8) (the decision operation is intelligent Pressing the wheel 4B of the mouse 4).
[0101]
The internal processing here is the same as (2) -1.
[0102]
(3) -2 In the same manner as [A] (2) above, the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 is operated to select one of the candidates under “Direction” (the decision operation is performed on the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4). Press).
[0103]
Thereafter, when this is repeated, the display position of the cursor and the selection state sequentially move between the selection candidates of each hierarchy.
[0104]
[B] When operating the input device to create “Cleared to MICKY via KISARAZ ARRIVAL”
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the control instruction input device, FIG. 9A is a schematic diagram of the input device (keyboard), and FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the selection display.
[0105]
(2) -1 Press the “Route Clearance” button of the input device 3.
[0106]
As internal processing here,
(A) The input device control unit 109 receives a “Route Clearance” signal from the input device 3.
[0107]
(B) The cursor control unit 102 transmits from the object management unit 108 to the cursor control unit 102 that “Route Clearance” has the “ARRIVAL” type group in the lower layer.
[0108]
(2) -2 The cursor instantaneously moves to the fourth window 1-4, and one of the ARRIVAL candidates (for example, JONAN ARRIVAL) is in a selected state as shown in FIG. The decision operation is pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4).
[0109]
As internal processing here,
(A) The cursor control unit 102 displays on the display processing unit 103 a command for displaying the cursor display position on “JONAN ARRIVAL”, which is one of the elements of the “ARRIVAL” type group, and “JONAN ARIAL” in a selected state. Send a message.
[0110]
(2) -3 Turn the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 one step (memory).
[0111]
The internal processing here is the same as [A] (2) above.
[0112]
(2) -4 The next selection candidate is selected (the decision operation is pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4).
[0113]
The internal processing here is the same as [A] (2) above.
[0114]
As described above, according to this embodiment, when any one of the upper candidates is selected, one of the lower selection candidates is automatically selected, and then only the operation of moving the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 up and down is performed. The lower and lower selection candidates can be selected sequentially, and there is an effect that there is little time and mental load. That is, since the cursor movement time can be shortened and the mental load can be reduced, the controller can concentrate on the control work.
[0115]
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0116]
First, the hardware configuration of this embodiment is the same as the hardware configuration of the above-described embodiment.
[0117]
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of an operation with an intelligent mouse in accordance with a taxing path instruction according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is an intelligent mouse with an intersection instruction according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of operation.
[0118]
In FIG. 10, the entire airfield is shown, 201 is a cursor, and 202 is a taxing path.
[0119]
In FIG. 11, the entire airfield is shown, 301 is a cursor, and 302 is an intersection.
[0120]
The functional configuration of this embodiment is the same as the functional configuration of the above-described embodiment.
[0121]
The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
[0122]
(1) Left-click on the aircraft symbol or tag of the aircraft (ANA 251) that has requested the taxing in the display area shown in FIG.
[0123]
As internal processing here,
(1) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives the left click position information from the intelligent mouse 4 and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0124]
(2) The object management unit 108 determines from the left click position information received from the cursor control unit 102 that the selection target is the ANA 251 and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0125]
(3) The cursor control unit 102 transmits selection information (ANA251 = selected state) received from the object management unit 108 to the display processing unit 103.
[0126]
(4) The display processing unit 103 outputs the taxing route information corresponding to the selection target aircraft (ANA 251) received from the taxing route storage unit 110 to the display unit 104.
[0127]
(5) In the display unit 104, the taxing path 202 is displayed on the tag.
[0128]
(2) Move the cursor 201 to the taxing path display area.
[0129]
As internal processing here,
(1) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives cursor position information from the intelligent mouse 4 and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0130]
{Circle around (2)} The object management unit 108 determines from the cursor position information received from the cursor control unit 102 that the selection target is the taxing path display area, and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0131]
(3) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the selection information received from the object management unit 108 (taxing path display area = selected state) to the display processing unit 103.
[0132]
(4) The display processing unit 103 outputs the selection information (taxing path display area = selected state) received from the cursor control unit 102 to the display unit 104.
[0133]
(5) On the display unit 104, the taxing path display area is identified and displayed (inverted display or the like) on the tag.
[0134]
(3) Turn the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 one step (memory).
[0135]
As internal processing here,
(1) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives the rotation direction and rotation step number information of the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0136]
(2) The object management unit 108 determines the corresponding taxing path 202 from the rotation direction and rotation step number information of the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 received from the cursor control unit 102, and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0137]
(3) The cursor control unit 102 transmits the taxing path information received from the object management unit 108 to the display processing unit 103.
[0138]
(4) The display processing unit 103 outputs the taxing path information received from the cursor control unit 102 to the display unit 104.
[0139]
(5) In the display unit 104, the taxing path 202 displayed in the taxing path display area on the tag is changed.
[0140]
(4) Press the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4.
[0141]
As internal processing here,
(1) The intelligent mouse processing unit 101 receives the pressing operation information of the wheel 4B from the intelligent mouse 4 and transmits it to the cursor control unit 102.
[0142]
(2) The cursor control unit 102 determines the taxing path 202 from the pressing operation information on the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 received from the intelligent mouse processing unit 101 and transmits it to the display processing unit 103.
[0143]
{Circle around (3)} The display processing unit 103 outputs to the display unit 104 the pressing operation information on the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4 received from the cursor control unit 102.
[0144]
(4) On the display unit 104, the identification display (inverted display or the like) of the taxing path display area is terminated.
[0145]
As described above, a part or all of the airport surface is displayed, a screen for monitoring the aircraft is displayed, an aircraft tag is designated, a candidate taxing path 202 is displayed on the designated aircraft tag, and an intelligent mouse is displayed. By rotating the wheel 4B of No. 4, the candidate taxing path candidate to be instructed is changed, and by pressing the wheel 4B of the intelligent mouse 4, the taxing path can be determined.
[0146]
In addition, the taxing path 202 can be specified for a plurality of branch points.
[0147]
Further, the taxing path 202 can be changed.
[0148]
Further, the designation of the taxing route 202 includes an intersection 302 to be designated as shown in FIG. 11 when the departure machine leaves the taxing route 202 to the runway.
[0149]
Furthermore, in addition to the taxiing path designation and intersection designation, other control instruction messages such as pushback designation can be selected by the wheel operation of the intelligent mouse.
[0150]
In addition, operations other than the control instruction such as canceling the operation can be switched by the wheel operation of the intelligent mouse and similarly selected.
[0151]
In addition, this invention has the following utilization forms further.
[0152]
1. In the display screen of the embodiment, the example applied to the human machine interface of the terminal control console has been described. However, if the same hardware configuration and functional configuration are used, it is possible to use various human machine interfaces having multiple areas. Applicable.
[0153]
2. The display screen of another embodiment is an example in which an intelligent mouse is applied to a human machine interface of an airfield control console. After selecting an aircraft (left-clicking an aircraft symbol or tag), a taxing path display area on the tag When the cursor is moved upward, the taxing path display area is identified and displayed (inverted display, etc.), and the display contents of the taxing path display area are sequentially changed in conjunction with the rotation operation of the intelligent mouse wheel. Here, when the cursor is moved over the taxing route display area on the tag after selecting the aircraft, a list of taxing route candidates is displayed in the menu below the taxing route display area, and in conjunction with the intelligent mouse wheel rotation operation, It is also possible to perform display such that the identification display (inverted display or the like) of the selected state moves between selection candidates.
[0154]
Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made based on the gist of the present invention, and these are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.
[0155]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
[0156]
(A) In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control, the controller moves the cursor instantly by simply moving the intelligent mouse wheel up and down and back and forth. It is possible to concentrate on the control work without almost feeling the burden of the operation itself.
[0157]
(B) In a human-machine interface device for air traffic control, a cursor is instantaneously moved to the aircraft in another window and dragged by simply rotating the intelligent mouse wheel up or down or back and forth. Therefore, the controller only needs to move the aircraft to the drag destination. In other words, the operation of moving the cursor to another window and the operation of bringing the machine into a drag state are eliminated, so that the operation time can be shortened and the mental load required to perform the operation itself can be reduced. Therefore, the controller can concentrate on the control work.
[0158]
(C) In order to select one of the elements displayed as selection candidates in a set, in order to move the cursor to the position to be selected as in the past, the rotation direction of the mouse or trackball ball and There is no need to adjust the amount of rotation. Furthermore, in the final stage of aligning the cursor position, there is no time for several seconds to make a selection for fine adjustment of cm and mm. In addition, it does not give the controller a mental load of fine adjustment on the order of cm and mm. Furthermore, even if a wrong candidate is selected, it can be instantaneously moved to an appropriate selection object by operating only the intelligent mouse wheel. In other words, since it is not necessary to pay attention to the time required for them, the controller can concentrate on the control work.
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(D) The instructed taxing path candidate is changed by rotating the wheel of the intelligent mouse, and the taxing path can be determined by pressing the wheel of the intelligent mouse.
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(E) The designation of the taxing route includes an intersection for designating when the departure aircraft leaves the taxiing route to the runway.
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(F) In addition to designation of the taxiing route and intersection designation, other control instruction messages such as pushback designation can be similarly selected by wheel operation of the intelligent mouse.
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(G) Operations other than the control instruction such as canceling the operation can be switched and similarly selected by the wheel operation of the intelligent mouse.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a human machine interface device for air traffic control according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a display screen of a human machine interface device for air traffic control according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a control instruction (part A) in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of an air traffic control human-machine interface device showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic layout view of a window of a display screen of an air traffic control human-machine interface device showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of cursor movement (part 2) between windows of the display screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of selection state movement between selection candidates having no hierarchy according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for operating an ATC up link message creation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a control instruction input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen example of an operation with an intelligent mouse in a taxing route instruction according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of an operation with an intelligent mouse in accordance with an intersection instruction according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Display device
2 Control device
3 Control instruction input device (input device: keyboard)
4 Intelligent mouse
4A body
4B wheel
4C 2 buttons
1-1 1st area | region which is a 1st window which shows an aircraft position display part
1-2 The second area which is the second window showing the aircraft order display section
1-3 3rd area | region which is a 3rd window which shows an aircraft information display part
1-4 4th area which is the 4th window which shows the control instruction message making display section
1A First object
1B second object
1C 3rd object
101 Intelligent mouse processing unit
102 Cursor control unit
103 Display processing unit
104 Display section
105 Setting upper limit
106 Selection state determination unit
107 Cursor position holding part
108 Object Management Department
109 Input device controller
110 Taxing path storage
201,301 cursor
202 Taxing path
302 Intersection

Claims (13)

In human-machine interface equipment for air traffic control,
(A) an intelligent mouse having wheels and buttons;
(B) a first window showing an aircraft position display unit, a second window showing an aircraft order display unit, a third window showing an aircraft information display unit, and a fourth window showing a control instruction message creation display unit A display device comprising a display screen having a window;
(C) a control instruction input device for inputting data for a control instruction;
(D) a controller that is connected to and controls the intelligent mouse, the display device, and the control instruction input device;
(E) A human-machine interface device for air traffic control, wherein a cursor is instantaneously moved between the windows by the control device only by operating a wheel of the intelligent mouse. 2. A human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 1, wherein when an aircraft is selected and the wheel of the intelligent mouse is operated, an aircraft object existing in the destination window is already selected, A human-machine interface device for air traffic control, characterized in that the cursor moves instantaneously. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 2, wherein an aircraft object existing in a moving destination window is already in a dragged state if necessary. In the human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 2, when selecting a selection candidate belonging to a certain set, when the cursor is moved over an object displaying the set, one of the selection candidates is A human-machine interface device for air traffic control, which is already selected. 5. A human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 4, wherein the selected state moves between selection candidates only by operating the wheel of the intelligent mouse. . 5. The human machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 4, wherein when the selected candidate has a further related selection candidate, any one of the selection candidates automatically related when the selection candidate is selected. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control, characterized in that one is already selected. 2. A human machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 1, wherein a data link message issued to a pilot is selected by wheel operation of said intelligent mouse in airfield control. Interface device. In human-machine interface equipment for air traffic control,
(A) means for displaying part or all of the airport surface and displaying a screen for monitoring the aircraft;
(B) means for designating an aircraft tag;
(C) means for displaying candidate taxing routes on the designated aircraft tag;
And (d) means for changing a taxiing path candidate to be instructed as a candidate by rotating the wheel of the intelligent mouse and determining a taxing path by pressing the wheel of the intelligent mouse. Human-machine interface device for air traffic control. 9. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 8, wherein the taxing path can be designated at a plurality of branch points. 10. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 8, wherein the taxing path can be changed. 10. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 8, wherein the designation of the taxing route includes an intersection for designating when the departure aircraft leaves the runway from the taxing route. -Machine interface device. 11. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 8, 9 or 10, wherein the selection of other control instruction messages such as pushback designation in addition to designation of the taxiing route and intersection designation is performed in the same manner. A human-machine interface device for air traffic control, which is operated by wheel operation. 13. The human-machine interface device for air traffic control according to claim 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, so that operations other than the control instruction such as canceling the operation can be switched and similarly selected by the wheel operation of the intelligent mouse. A human-machine interface device for air traffic control.

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