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US 2021/0276715 A1Published application
Short throw projector as in-flight entertainment display
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsTippanna Shetgar, Rajesh Mohanam, Aravinda Mahabaleshwara, Sivakumar Dwaraganathan
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Abstract
An in-flight entertainment system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the in-flight entertainment system includes a display having a viewing surface and a back surface opposite the viewing surface; and a projector connected to the display and configured to illuminate the viewing surface.
Claims20
An in-flight entertainment system, comprising:
- a display having a viewing surface and a back surface opposite the viewing surface;
- and
- a projector connected to the display and configured to illuminate the viewing surface via at least one mirror configured to configured to receive a light signal from a light source and to reflect the light signal onto the viewing surface.
An aircraft passenger seating arrangement, comprising:
- a first seat having a seatback;
- and
- an in-flight entertainment system disposed within the seatback, the in-flight entertainment system including
- a display having a viewing surface and a back surface opposite the viewing surface, and
- a projector connected to the display and configured to illuminate the viewing surface.
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A method of illuminating a display having a viewing surface and a back surface opposite the viewing surface, comprising:
- directing a light signal in a first direction substantially parallel to the back surface toward a first mirror;
- redirecting the light signal in a second direction toward a second mirror;
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- redirecting the light signal received by the second mirror toward the viewing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.