Patent ID: 8957790
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B60W,B64D,G01C,G05B,G08B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for use with a mobile platform being operated by an operator, the system comprising: a database on-board the mobile platform for containing operational information and procedures relating to the operation of the mobile platform by the operator; and a processor on-board the mobile platform in communication with the database and with at least one subsystem of the mobile platform for monitoring operational information concerning operation of the mobile platform, including; monitoring for the operator to perform unsolicited periodic checks in accordance with standard operating procedures of the mobile platform, at one or more expected time intervals while operating the mobile platform, the monitoring of the operational information being performed against stored information contained in said database; monitoring for the operator to perform an acknowledgement of a route specific reminder relating to at least one of a status of a specific passenger and a status of a specific cargo item; the processor further being configured to determine if the operation of the mobile platform is proceeding in accordance with an expected performance, and generating: an alert to the operator in command in the event anyone of said periodic checks is not performed by said operator; determining when the operator in command does not respond to the alert, then raising the level of the alert by notifying an operator not in command of the alert; and determining when the operator not in command and the operator in command both do not respond to the alert, and then generating one of a visual and an audible alarm which is recognizable by a cabin staff individual via a cabin interphone subsystem; wherein said mobile platform comprises a commercial transport aircraft; wherein said at least one subsystem of the mobile platform comprises a flight management subsystem of the mobile platform that supplies route data to the processor concerning a route that the aircraft is assigned to follow during a flight; and wherein said flight management subsystem is further adapted to provide at least one of the following to the processor: a flight plan fuel monitor; a fuel burn per waypoint; extended range twin engine operational performance standards (ETOPS) equal time point (ETP) calculations; and three minute out ATC reporting.