Patent ID: 7808403

Claim:
A display system for an aircraft, said system comprising: a plurality of screens each of which is formed so as to be able to display an image, and a particular image being associated with each of said screens; detection means for detecting any failure of one of said screens; and automatic reconfiguration means intended, upon the detection of a failure of at least one screen by said detection means: to automatically check if the image which is associated with said failed screen has priority over at least one other image associated with another screen, based on at least one set of predetermined priority rules; and when the image which is associated with said failed screen has priority, to display this image on a valid screen with which there is associated an image which has a lower priority according to said set of priority rules, wherein said automatic reconfiguration means comprise a plurality of auxiliary means, each of which is associated with one of said screens and for this purpose comprises a status table for the associated screen which indicates the image that said associated screen should display automatically as a function of a validity status of at least some of the other screens and as a function of said set of priority rules.