Patents by Inventor David Allen Fairchild

David Allen Fairchild 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).

  • Patent number: 11620140
    Abstract: A configurable user interface architecture to be used in high integrity safety critical avionic systems and is adaptable to multiple cockpit displays has a protocol-agnostic layer that handles entry and display update behaviors, and a protocol-specific layer that connects the entry and display behaviors to protocol-specific input/output messages using configuration tables. The configuration tables are built using a specially designed configuration tool and the configuration table built by the tool can be embedded in the target user interface software or loaded externally into a pre-compiled application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Paul Tama Sokomba, James Creighton Zandee, David Allen Fairchild, Joseph Mark Downey, Timothy Jay Lindgren
  • Patent number: 11487493
    Abstract: Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: David Allen Fairchild
  • Publication number: 20200110621
    Abstract: A configurable user interface architecture to be used in high integrity safety critical avionic systems and is adaptable to multiple cockpit displays has a protocol-agnostic layer that handles entry and display update behaviors, and a protocol-specific layer that connects the entry and display behaviors to protocol-specific input/output messages using configuration tables. The configuration tables are built using a specially designed configuration tool and the configuration table built by the tool can be embedded in the target user interface software or loaded externally into a pre-compiled application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Tama Sokomba, James Creighton Zandee, David Allen Fairchild, Joseph Mark Downey, Timothy Jay Lindgren
  • Publication number: 20200104091
    Abstract: Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: David Allen Fairchild
  • Patent number: 10496351
    Abstract: Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventor: David Allen Fairchild
  • Publication number: 20180357030
    Abstract: Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: David Allen Fairchild
  • Publication number: 20170344191
    Abstract: Systems and methods of displaying data are provided. A display system can include one or more display windows configured to provide for display graphical representations of data. One or more user applications can be configured to provide data to the display system. The display system is configured to receive data indicative of a user request to view display data, provide for display on at least one of the one or more display windows a first subset of the display data, obtain one or more data sets corresponding to a second subset of the display data from at least one of the one or more user applications, subsequent to obtaining the one or more data sets, and provide for display on at least one of the one or more display windows the second subset of the display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: James Creighton Zandee, Kevin Jones, David Allen Fairchild, Gregory Reed Sykes