Touchless passenger service unit
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsElangovan Palaniappan, Ashish Kumar Agarwal
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Abstract
A passenger service unit for use in an aircraft cabin includes an output device configured to output information in the aircraft cabin. The passenger service unit further includes a touchless sensor configured to detect a presence of an object in a vicinity of the touchless sensor, and to output a signal for controlling the output device in response to detecting the presence of the object.
Claims20
A passenger service unit for use in an aircraft cabin, the passenger service unit comprising:
- an output device configured to output information in the aircraft cabin;
- and
- a touchless sensor configured to detect a presence of an object in a vicinity of the touchless sensor, and to output a signal for controlling the output device in response to detecting the presence of the object.
A system for controlling a passenger service unit, the system comprising:
- a remote controller having:
- an input device configured to receive user input corresponding to a request to activate an output device of the passenger service unit, the output device including at least one of a reading light, an attendant call device, or a fan, and
- a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal in response to the input device receiving the request;
- and
- the passenger service unit having:
- a receiver configured to receive the wireless signal and to output a control signal in response to receiving the wireless signal, and
- the output device configured to output light in response to receiving the control signal.
A method for touchless control of a passenger service unit of an aircraft cabin, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a touchless sensor, a presence of an object in a vicinity of the touchless sensor;
- and
- outputting, by the touchless sensor, a signal for controlling an output device in response to detecting the presence of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.