Systems and methods for distributing recorded messages to a vehicle public announcement system
AssigneePanasonic Avionics Corporation
InventorsPhilip Watson, Steven Bates
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transferring a public announcement message to an onboard public announcement system (OPAS) installed on a vehicle using a personal electronic device. The personal electronic device establishes a wireless network connection to the OPAS to transmit a public announcement message stored on a personal electronic device. The personal electronic device transmits the public announcement message to the OPAS via the wireless network connection. The personal electronic device may download messages from a remote public announcement server for transfer to the OPAS. The personal electronic device may also record messages and control the playback of messages on the OPAS.
Claims20
A personal electronic device for transferring a public announcement message to an onboard public announcement system (OPAS) installed on a vehicle, the personal electronic device comprising:
- a storage device for storing electronic data;
- a data networking module configured to establish a wireless network connection to the OPAS to transmit the public announcement message stored on the data storage device to the OPAS;
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- a software application configured to program the personal electronic device to establish a wireless local data transfer link to the OPAS using the data networking module, and transmit the public announcement message stored on the storage device to the OPAS.
A system for distributing a public announcement message and playing the public announcement message on a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an onboard public announcement system (OPAS) installed on a vehicle, the OPAS having an OPAS networking module, and an OPAS storage device for storing public announcement messages, the OPAS configured to play public announcement messages to passengers on the vehicle;
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- a personal electronic device (PED), comprising:
- a PED storage device;
- a PED networking module configured to establish a network connection to the OPAS networking module to transmit the public announcement message stored on the data storage device to the OPAS;
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- a PED software application configured to program the PED to establish a local data transfer link to the OPAS using the data networking module, and transmit the public announcement message stored on the storage device to the OPAS;
- wherein the OPAS is configured to receive the public announcement message from the PED and store the public announcement message on the OPAS storage device.
The system 16, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of:
- a microphone wherein the public announcement message comprises an audio message;
- and a keyboard wherein the public announcement message comprises a text message.
A method for distributing a public announcement message to an onboard public announcement system (OPAS) installed on a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a personal electronic device (PED) comprising a storage device for storing electronic data, a data networking module configured to establish a network connection to the OPAS to transmit the public announcement message stored on the data storage device to the OPAS, and a software application configured to program the personal electronic device;
- establishing a local data transfer link between the PED and the OPAS using the data networking module;
- transmitting authentication data from the PED to the OPAS for authenticating the PED to allow the PED to transmit the public announcement message to the OPAS;
- after authentication of the PED, transmitting the public announcement message stored on the storage device to the OPAS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.