ROCKWELL COLLINS TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS
25 Jul 2011
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THE future of aircraft displays was revealed at the annual EAA AirVenture show at Oshkosh, USA with Rockwell Collins unveiling the industry’s first touch-control primary and multi fuction displays for business jets and turboprop aircraft.
“These displays demonstrate our focus on empowering pilots with natural head-up, eyes-forward interfaces,” said Colin Mahoney, vice president of Sales and Marketing for Rockwell Collins. “Touch-controlled, icon-based controls on the main displays help keep pilots’ attention focused up and forward for safer and more efficient flying.
“For example, when programming the flight management system, instead of entering information on a console-mounted keypad, pilots can redirect to a graphically displayed waypoint or destination with a single swipe of a finger.”
Other simple gestures directly on a map display would control panning and zoom features. Another benefit of the new displays is a streamlined learning cycle for pilots transitioning to a new aircraft type, enabled by the user-friendly, icon-based graphical user interface.
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