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US 8,283,801 B2Granted
Aircraft seat with shared control architecture
AssigneeSit S.P.A.
InventorJean-Luc Petitpierre
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Abstract
The invention essentially concerns an aircraft seat, comprising control units, at least one node to execute a particular action or function, and a display for viewing video data. The node and the display are capable of being actuated by the control units. A keyboard for transmitting a command signal addressed to the control units is connected to the control units. The control units are shared between the display, the keyboard and the node.
Claims9
A passenger seat comprising:
- a. a video screen;
- and
- b. a control unit (i) configured to control operation of the video screen, (ii) comprising a local data memory configured to store audio and/or video data, and (iii) comprising means for communicating with a network bus so as to receive audio and/or video data from a remote data memory.
A passenger seating arrangement comprising:
- a. a first seat comprising a first video screen and a first control unit (i) configured to control operation of the first video screen and (ii) comprising a first local data memory configured to store audio and/or video data;
- b. a second seat comprising a second video screen and a second control unit (i) configured to control operation of the second video screen and (ii) comprising a second local data memory configured to store audio and/or video data;
- and
- c. a network bus communicating with the first and second control units.
1 more element
A control unit for a passenger seat having a video screen, the control unit:
- a. configured to control operation of the video screen;
- b. comprising a local data memory configured to store audio and/or video data;
- and
- c. comprising means for communicating with a network bus so as to receive audio and/or video data from a remote data memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.