Patent ID: 11858652
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for preserving cockpit data to support mishap investigations of an unmanned vehicle during a sortie, the method comprising:
monitoring one or more computer workstations operatively coupled to the unmanned vehicle, each computer workstation including a user input and a display, wherein each of the computer workstations manages travel of the unmanned vehicle during the sortie, and wherein the monitoring of each of the computer workstations includes:
detecting, using circuitry, user input signals received from the user input of the computer workstation during the sortie; and
detecting, using the circuitry, display data that is output from the display of the computer workstation during the sortie;
causing, using the circuitry, workstation data from each of the computer workstations of the unmanned vehicle to be stored as part of the cockpit data,

wherein the workstation data includes the user input signals and the display data from each of the computer workstations; and
when a mishap occurs during the sortie, maintaining storage of the cockpit data; and

wherein a cockpit is communicatively coupled to a mission control system (MCS) stored in a room and the method further comprises restricting and documenting access to the room of the MCS.