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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Prateek Sahay, Acton, MA (US);
Margaret MacIsaac Lampazzi, Oxford, CT (US);
Sacha Duff, Shelton, CT (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A portable computerized device for an aircraft control system includes an input system for inputting commands, a device display for displaying information on the computerized device, a processor, a wireless communication module, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions configured to cause the processor to perform a method. The method can include detecting whether the portable computerized device is in a cockpit state such that the portable computerized device is in and/or docked to an aircraft cockpit or if the portable computerized device is in a remote state such that the portable computerized device is not in an aircraft cockpit or is not docked to an aircraft cockpit. If the portable computerized device is determined to be in a remote state, the method includes operating the remote device in a remote mode. If the portable computerized device is determined to be in a cockpit state, the method includes operating the device in a local mode.