US 2024/0208668 A1 · SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Abstract

An aircraft with an aircraft fuselage, and a passenger cabin and a cockpit, where the aircraft includes a center-forward attendant space between the passenger cabin and the cockpit. A cabin crew member of the aircraft can stand in the center-forward attendant space for monitoring progress of an emergency evacuation of the aircraft. The aircraft has one or more emergency exits for providing egress of passengers from the aircraft fuselage during the emergency evacuation. The aircraft also has a situational awareness monitoring (SAM) system for use in evacuating the passengers from the aircraft during the emergency evacuation. The SAM system includes one or more imaging devices and one or more display modules, each of which displays within the passenger cabin images captured by a corresponding one of the one or more imaging devices.

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Dependent claims

An aircraft comprising:

an aircraft fuselage having a passenger cabin and a cockpit;
a center-forward attendant space located between the passenger cabin and the cockpit and configured for a cabin crew member of the aircraft to stand therein and monitor progress of an emergency evacuation of the aircraft;
one or more emergency exits for providing egress of passengers from the aircraft fuselage during the emergency evacuation;
and
a situational awareness monitoring (SAM) system for use in monitoring the emergency evacuation of the passengers from the aircraft, the SAM system comprising:
one or more imaging devices;
and
one or more display modules, each of which is configured to display within the passenger cabin images captured by a corresponding one of the one or more imaging devices.

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A method of monitoring an emergency evacuation of an aircraft, the method comprising:

providing an aircraft fuselage having a passenger cabin and a cockpit;
providing a center-forward attendant space located between the passenger cabin and the cockpit;
installing a situational awareness monitoring (SAM) system for use in evacuating the passengers from the aircraft during the emergency evacuation, the SAM system comprising:
one or more imaging devices;
and
one or more display modules;
positioning a cabin crew member of the aircraft to stand at the center-forward attendant space for monitoring progress of the emergency evacuation;
transmitting images captured by the one or more imaging devices to a corresponding one of the one or more display modules;
and
displaying within the passenger cabin the images captured by a corresponding one of the one or more imaging devices on the corresponding one of the one or more display modules.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Situational awareness monitoring systems and methods

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