Patents by Inventor Dave Gribble

Dave Gribble has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for presenting automatic flight control system data onboard an aircraft
    Patent number: 10150573
    Abstract: A method for presenting flight control system data onboard an aircraft is provided. The method detects a current operating mode of an automatic flight control system; determines a current aircraft operation, based on the current operating mode; identifies, based on the current aircraft operation, potential aircraft operations associated with a plurality of operating modes of the automatic flight control system, and wherein the plurality of operating modes comprises the current operating mode; presents, via a display device onboard the aircraft, a first plain-text description of the current operating mode and the current aircraft operation; and presents, via the display device, a plurality of plain-text descriptions, wherein each of the plain-text descriptions is associated with a respective one of the potential aircraft operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Matthew Wong, Justin Ryan, Dave Gribble, Stephen Daniel Kropp
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM DATA ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180186467
    Abstract: A method for presenting flight control system data onboard an aircraft is provided. The method detects a current operating mode of an automatic flight control system; determines a current aircraft operation, based on the current operating mode; identifies, based on the current aircraft operation, potential aircraft operations associated with a plurality of operating modes of the automatic flight control system, and wherein the plurality of operating modes comprises the current operating mode; presents, via a display device onboard the aircraft, a first plain-text description of the current operating mode and the current aircraft operation; and presents, via the display device, a plurality of plain-text descriptions, wherein each of the plain-text descriptions is associated with a respective one of the potential aircraft operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Matthew Wong, Justin Ryan, Dave Gribble, Stephen Daniel Kropp