Honeywell International Inc.

Eric Christianson

Hariharan Saptharishi

Gobinathan Baladhandapani

Larry James Yount

Sue McCullough

Arthur D Beutler

Joseph W Jackson

Sue Mccullough

A wearable device is provided to be worn by an operator of an aircraft. The wearable device includes a communication unit configured to receive aircraft parameters from an aircraft system; a database configured to store a rule set that defines at least a first rule with a first alert condition and a first response associated with the first alert condition; a processing unit coupled to the communication unit and the database, the processing unit configured to evaluate the first alert condition in view of the aircraft parameters and to initiate the first response when the aircraft parameters violate the first condition; and an alert unit coupled to the processing unit and configured to communicate the first response to the operator.

Aircraft systems and methods with wearable device alerts

A fly-by-wire (FBW) system () is coupled to cockpit controls () of an aircraft for controlling the aircraft, and an automatic flight control system (AFCS) () is coupled to the FBW system for maintaining the aircraft in stable flight. An unauthorized-flight detector () is coupled to the FBW system and coupled to the AFCS, and is arranged to carry out () a transfer of control of the FBW system from the cockpit controls to the AFCS, in response to a predetermined event.

Method and apparatus for preventing an unauthorized flight of an aircraft

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Peoria, AZ, United States of America

Eric Christianson