Virtual window display system
AssigneePanasonic Avionics Corporation
InventorSteven Sizelove
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for generating imagery of a virtual window within an aircraft cabin. The method may be implemented using computer executable instructions, loaded onto a personal entertainment device (PED) for configuring the PED to link to an aircraft inflight entertainment system (IFE) and access imagery, such as imagery from at least one camera directed to an environment outside of the aircraft. The imagery is displayed on a surface visible to the passenger, and formatted to simulate an aircraft window.
Claims20
A system for generating a display of imagery of a virtual window within an aircraft cabin, using a personal entertainment device (PED) configured to interface with an aircraft onboard inflight entertainment (IFE) system and to direct the selection of imagery in response to a condition of an aircraft passenger using the PED, the system comprising:
- a PED configured for wireless communication with the IFE system, the IFE system including an internet communicable device and with at least one camera disposed to capture live imagery of an environment outside of the aircraft;
- computer executable instructions downloadable onto the PED for configuring the PED to:
- inputting passenger profile information into the PED;
- linking the PED to the IFE system on the aircraft;
- accessing imagery from the at least one camera through the IFE;
- sensing a condition of the passenger;
- deriving user mood information based upon the sensed condition of the passenger;
- editing the accessed imagery in response to the derived mood information;
- and
- communicating the edited imagery to a display surface visible to the passenger, the imagery being formatted to simulate an aircraft window.
The method for interactive display of imagery within an aircraft, the method comprising:
- linking a personal electronic device (PED) to an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on the aircraft, the IFE being in wireless communication with a worldwide information network;
- sensing activity and biological condition of the user;
- deriving user mood information from the sensed activity and biological condition of the user;
- capturing live imagery of an environment outside of the aircraft using at least one camera disposed along an exterior surface of the aircraft;
- accessing imagery on at least one website accessible on the worldwide information network;
- selecting on the PED one of the live imagery and the accessed imagery based on the derived mood information;
- editing on the PED the selected imagery based on the derived mood information;
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- displaying the edited imagery to the user on a display surface within the aircraft, the displayed imagery being formatted to simulate an aircraft window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.