System for identifying a seat location
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorGuenter Wolf
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Abstract
A system includes a set of passenger seat devices in a transport unit and a control unit. In order to permit an identification of seat locations to be changeable, a communication unit exchanges data between the set of passenger seat devices and the control unit. The control unit is provided in order to detect a current seat location arrangement as a function of data of the set of passenger seat devices. A method for seat location identification in a transport unit with a set of passenger seat devices is also provided.
Claims13
A system, comprising:
- a set of passenger seat devices in a transport unit;
- a control unit;
- and
- a communication unit for a data exchange between said set of passenger seat devices and said control unit, said communication unit having a communication device disposed at a plurality of said passenger seat devices, said communication unit having at least one interface connected to said control unit, and said communication device and said interface being configured for data exchange;
- the data of said set of passenger seat devices including at least position data from which a position of at least one of said passenger seat devices in the transport unit is determinable;
- said control unit being configured to detect a current seat location arrangement in dependence upon data of said set of passenger seat devices.
A method for seat location identification in a transport unit having a set of passenger seat devices, the method comprising the following steps:
- using a communication unit to exchange data between a control unit and the set of passenger seat devices;
- providing the communication unit with a communication device at a plurality of the passenger seat devices;
- providing the communication unit with at least one interface connected to the control unit;
- exchanging data between the communication device and the interface;
- determining a position of at least one of the passenger seat devices in the transport unit from position data included in the data of the set of passenger seat devices:
- and
- using the control unit to detect a current seat location arrangement in dependence upon the data of the set of passenger seat devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.