Patent ID: 6980198
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: B64D,G01C

Abstract:
1. An aircraft display and control system comprising: a plurality of flat-panel color display devices disposed on an aircraft flight deck control panel; a cursor control device for receiving pilot-entered cursor movement commands; a multifunction keyboard for receiving pilot-entered data, the multifunction keyboard including a plurality of keys and a knob for dialing in numerical data; a processor coupled to said display devices, said cursor control device, and said multifunction keyboard, the processor generating a viewable image of a movable cursor upon the display devices, said cursor being movable by at least one of said cursor control device and said multifunction keyboard to select any data field from a plurality of data fields within the display, wherein the processor facilitates data entry into each of the plurality of data fields upon selection thereof by the cursor control device using both the plurality of keys and the knob of the multifunction keyboard, wherein said knob is configured to selectively illuminate when the data field selected by the cursor is one in which data in the data field selected by the cursor can be adjusted using the knob.