Patent ID: 7188006

Claim:
A device for documentary assistance of at least one operator of an aircraft, in particular a pilot of the aircraft, for assisting said operator in the execution on the aircraft of at least one of a plurality of different tasks, said documentary assistance device being carried on board said aircraft and comprising: a plurality of sources of computer data comprising at least data relating to said aircraft, to elements of the latter, as well as to the outside environment; an activatable interrogation means, serving as interface between said operator and said documentary assistance device and capable of being activated by said operator so as to generate a request for information relating to the execution of at least one of said tasks; an information presentation means; a central processing unit linked to said data sources, to said interrogation means and to said information presentation means and capable of searching said data sources, in response to the creation of a request for information by said interrogation means, for data relating to the execution of the corresponding task, of collecting the data thus searched for and of transmitting them, in the form of information, to said information presentation means with a view to their presentation to the operator; and at least one monitoring means monitoring at least one particular parameter and capable of automatically activating said interrogation means so as to generate a request for information, as a function of the results of said monitoring, wherein: said sources of computer data comprise systems existing on the aircraft and associated with elements of said aircraft, wherein said central processing unit is capable of searching all said sources of computer data for all the data relating to the execution of a task and of collecting them into a plurality of groups, wherein for each situation there are a plurality of groups exhibiting levels of details which differ, which makes it possible to tailor the documentary assistance to the level of knowledge of the operator and to his need for information at the relevant instant, for properly pinpointing the situation, said information presentation means present at least one of these levels to the operator, said operator being able to select the other levels by way of said interrogation means so as to display the level which he wishes to consult, said interrogation means and said information presentation means form part of one and the same dialogue interface comprising at least one screen and one keyboard, and said screen displays at least one navigation zone intended for creating requests for information and for selecting information to be presented and a work zone intended for presenting the selected information.