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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2023
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Clyde A Spidell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Tracy J. Barnidge, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring touch events in a cockpit display includes one or more user monitoring devices including eye tracking sensors and body tracking sensors. The system includes a controller including a touch event algorithm configured to determine inadvertent touch events. The controller may receive eye gaze and body movement data of the user viewing the display. The controller may receive the spatial-temporal touch event data and compare the spatial-temporal touch event data with touch event signature data in a touch event signature database. The controller may determine whether the received user touch input is an inadvertent touch event. Upon determining the user touch input is an inadvertent touch, the controller may perform a first set of avionic system actions and upon determining the user touch input is an intentional touch, the controller may perform a second set of avionic system actions.