Patent ID: 8514250
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G01C,G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display generation system for connection to an aircraft display that presents aircraft status information, the display generation system comprising: a display processing engine configured to receive aircraft status information and in response generate first display signals for at least one first image, to one of generate and receive second display signals for at least one second image, and to provide the first display signals for at least the at least one first image to the aircraft display; and an error detection system operably connected to receive the first display signals and the second display signals from the display processing engine and configured to perform error detection by processing the first display signals and the second display signals to detect whether at least one of the first display signals for the at least one first image and the second display signals for the at least one second image includes a graphical error corresponding to incorrect information being displayed and to generate at least one processing result indicating whether the error detection system detected a graphical error; wherein the processing engine is further configured to receive the processing result and discontinue the generation of at least the first display signals for the at least one first image when the at least one processing result indicates the occurrence of a graphical error.