Aircraft in-flight entertainment system with enhanced passenger control units and associated methods
AssigneeLiveTV, LLC
InventorsJeffrey A. Frisco, Scott Easterling
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Abstract
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes an entertainment source, passenger seatback displays coupled to the entertainment source, and passenger control units. Each PCU is associated with a respective seatback display and includes a touchpad configured to recognize multiple simultaneous touch points.
Claims30
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
- at least one entertainment source;
- a plurality of passenger seatback displays coupled to said at least one entertainment source;
- and
- a plurality of passenger control units (PCUs), each PCU associated with a respective seatback display and comprising a touchpad configured to recognize multiple simultaneous touch points.
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
- at least one entertainment source;
- a plurality of passenger seatback displays coupled to said at least one entertainment source;
- and
- a plurality of passenger control units (PCUs), each PCU associated with a respective seatback display and positioned next to the respective seatback display in a passenger seatback, and comprising a touchpad configured to
- recognize multiple simultaneous touch points, and
- initiate display of different entertainment categories on the respective seatback display associated therewith, with the different entertainment categories being overlaid over a currently displayed image.
The aircraft in-flight entertainment system according to claim 17 wherein each touchpad permits the user to change display size of the different entertainment categories being displayed based on recognition of multiple simultaneous touch points by the user.
A method for operating an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising at least one entertainment source;
- a plurality of passenger seatback displays coupled to the at least one entertainment source;
- and a plurality of passenger control units (PCUs), the method comprising:
- controlling the IFE via a PCU, with each PCU being associated with a respective seatback display and comprising a touchpad configured to recognize multiple simultaneous touch points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.