No look touchscreen panel / CDU
A computer system in an aircraft cockpit includes a touch sensitive input device with symbology replicated at a predetermined location of a heads-up display. The touch input symbology is generally organized for input selection via directional movement; and the system orients the input origin point based on the first point of contact for each new input. The system is adapted for written text recognition with the written text and recognized letters replicated on the heads-up display at a predetermined location.
1. A computer apparatus comprising:
a heads-up display (HUD);
a touch sensitive input device; and
at least one processor in data communication with the HUD, the touch sensitive input device, and a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one processor to:
render a radial menu on the touch sensitive input device;
render a representation of the radial menu at a fixed location on the HUD;
receive a directional input to the radial menu from the touch sensitive input device; and
replicate the directional input on the representation on the HUD and render a textual indication of an action that will be performed by the input.
2. The computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
receive an initial contact location on the touch sensitive input device; and
translate the radial menu to center on the initial contact location.
3. The computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
identify one or more input options associated with a current set of process steps;
emphasize the one or more input options in at least the representation on the HUD to utilize cognitive tunneling to facilitate the process steps.
4. The computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
render one or more sliders along corresponding edges of the touch sensitive input device when a radial menu selection requires a value input;
render a simplified slider in the representation on the HUD corresponding to the one or more sliders;
receive a directional input along at least one of the one or more sliders; and
highlight a direction of the directional input on the simplified slider.
5. The computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to reducing an opacity of the representation whenever there is no input to the touch sensitive input device.
6. The computer apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to de-render the representation when an input to the touch sensitive input device is not received for a predefined period of time.
7. The computer apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
render a written text input element on the touch sensitive input device;
render an output text element and written text representation element on the HUD;
receive a written character input in the written text element;
render the written character in the written text representation element;
perform text recognition on the written character; and
output the recognized text to the output text element.
8. The computer apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
identify an initial contact location on the written text input element;
perform text recognition on successive characters based on the initial contact location of each character; and
render each successive written character on the written text representation element by translating each written character based on the corresponding initial contact location to render the written characters in order regardless of where they were written on the written text input element.
9. An avionics input system in an aircraft comprising:
a heads-up display (HUD);
a touch sensitive input device; and
at least one processor in data communication with the HUD, the touch sensitive input device, and a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one processor to:
render a written text input element on the touch sensitive input device;
render an output text element comprising a text box at a defined location of the HUD and written text representation element comprising a user interface element for rendering user written input text at a defined location on the HUD;
identify an initial contact location on the written text input element for each written character in a succession of written characters;
receive a succession of written character inputs in the written text element;
render the written characters in the written text representation element;
render each successive written character on the written text representation element by translating each written character based on the corresponding initial contact location to render the written characters in order regardless of where they were written on the written text input element;
perform text recognition on the written characters;
output the recognized text to the output text element;
render a radial menu on the touch sensitive input device;
render a representation of the radial menu at a fixed location on the HUD;
receive a directional input to the radial menu from the touch sensitive input device; and
replicate the directional input on the representation on the HUD and render a textual indication of an action that will be performed by the input.
10. The avionics input system in an aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
receive an initial contact location on the touch sensitive input device; and
translate a radial menu to center on the initial contact location.
11. The avionics input system in an aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
identify one or more input options associated with a current set of process steps;
emphasize the one or more input options in at least the representation on the HUD to utilize cognitive tunneling to facilitate the process steps.
12. The avionics input system in an aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to:
render one or more sliders along corresponding edges of the touch sensitive input device when a radial menu selection requires a value input;
render a simplified slider in the representation on the HUD corresponding to the one or more sliders;
receive a directional input along at least one of the one or more sliders; and
highlight a direction of the directional input on the simplified slider.
13. The avionics input system in an aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to reducing an opacity of the representation whenever there is no input to the touch sensitive input device.
14. The avionics input system in an aircraft of claim 13 , wherein the processor executable code further configures the at least one processor to de-render the representation when an input to the touch sensitive input device is not received for a predefined period of time.