Patent ID: 9652127
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A mobile device for remote control and interaction with a display system of an aircraft cockpit including several screens able to display at least one window including at least one control widget and/or at least one signal providing information concerning the status of an on-board system of the aircraft, wherein the mobile device comprises: a touchscreen; and a computer configured, by virtue of a computer program recorded on a recording medium, to: display an initial window downloaded from an initial screen of the said display system on the touchscreen of the mobile device; download at least one window displayed on at least one of the screens of the said display system so as to interact remotely with the interactive widget contained in the downloaded window by the touchscreen and/or to display the signal providing the information concerning the status of the aircraft's on-board system on the touchscreen, wherein the at least one window displaces the initial window on the touchscreen of the mobile device and the at least one window remains displayed on the at least one of the screens of the said display system, and wherein the downloading of the window from the at least one of the screens to the touchscreen is controlled from the mobile device by a first sliding movement of a user's fingers on the touchscreen of the mobile device, wherein the first sliding movement is accomplished by using at least three fingers, and wherein the at least one screen is selected from the several screens based on position and orientation of the mobile device in the cockpit and a first direction of the first sliding movement; and delete the at least one window from the touchscreen of the mobile device by a second sliding movement of the user's fingers on the touchscreen of the mobile device and, in response, restore the display of the initial window on the touchscreen of the mobile device, wherein the second sliding movement is accomplished by using the at least three fingers and is distinct from the first sliding motion; wherein the computer is configured to transfer the downloaded window with at least one screen of the display system and at least one second mobile control and interaction device so as to interact remotely with the interactive widget contained in the said window from the said second mobile control and interaction device, and to display the signal providing information concerning the status of the aircraft's on-board system on the said second mobile control and interaction device.