Methods and systems for managing lighting on a transportation vehicle

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• before a flight, determine ambient light baseline for the flight by measuring a first light intensity based on a plurality of first light sensor data measured respectively by a plurality of light sensors located within a plurality of physical zones of an aircraft cabin, and transform the measured first light intensity into the ambient light baseline based on sensor locations within each physical zone of the aircraft cabin;
• adjust brightness level of seat display device at passenger seats located in the aircraft cabin based on the ambient light baseline;
• continue to measure in-flight light intensity by the plurality of sensors;
• and
• automatically adjust the brightness level of one or more seat display devices in response to the in-flight light intensity varying from the ambient light baseline by a first threshold value.

A system, comprising:

• a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions;
• and a processor coupled to the memory to execute the machine executable code to:
• before a flight, determine ambient light baseline for the flight by measuring a first light intensity based on a plurality of first light sensor data measured respectively by a plurality of light sensors located within a plurality of physical zones of an aircraft cabin, and transform the measured first light intensity into the ambient light baseline based on sensor locations within each physical zone of the aircraft cabin;
• adjust brightness level of seat display device at passenger seats located in the aircraft cabin based on the ambient light baseline;
• continue to measure in-flight light intensity by the plurality of sensors;
• and automatically adjust the brightness level of one or more seat display devices in response to the in-flight light intensity varying from the ambient light baseline by a first threshold value.