Multi-mode mobile device communicating with on-board and off-board systems of an aircraft

• Main Authors: MÖLLER, KAI, KUHLMANN, HOLGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.03.2016
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORTING

The present disclosure relates to a mobile device for communicating with aircraft related systems, a device system comprising a plurality of such mobile devices, a system comprising such a mobile device and one or more aircraft related systems, and an aircraft comprising such a device system. According to a device embodiment, a mobile device (10) comprises: a system interface (14) via which the device (10) is connectable to aircraft-related systems (20, 30) including one or more onboard systems (20) provided onboard an aircraft and one or more off-board systems (30); and a control unit (12) operable in a first mode to communicate, via the system interface (14), with the one or more onboard systems (20) and operable in a second mode to communicate, via the system interface (14), with the one or more off-board systems (30).