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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Roger K. Shultz, Iowa City, IA (US);
Raymond E. Knoff, Vinton, IA (US);
Joshua R. Bertram, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Roger K. Shultz, Iowa City, IA (US);
Raymond E. Knoff, Vinton, IA (US);
Joshua R. Bertram, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The modular avionics system may include one or more centralized processing line-replaceable units (LRUs), the centralized processing LRUs including at least one multi-core computer processor, one or more multi-function display (MFD) units configured to receive imagery data from the centralized processing LRUs and display the imagery data on a display device, one or more control display units (CDUs) configured to receive imagery data from the centralized processing LRUs and display the imagery data on a display device, the MFD units and the CDUs including one or more user input devices, the MFD units and the CDUs including at least one logic module, the CDUs and the MFD units configured to transmit user input data from the user input devices to the centralized processing LRUs, the centralized processing LRUs constructed from a plurality of component slices, wherein a first component slice and at least a second component slice are reversibly couplable.