System and method for monitoring transmitting portable electronic devices
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorJames P. Mitchell
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for monitoring transmitting portable electronic devices (T-PEDs). The system may comprise one or more of the following features: (a) a plurality of radio frequency (RF) sensors; (b) a processing unit; and (c) a T-PED detection notification system. The RF sensors may be distributed throughout a given space in a substantially uniform arrangement so as to provide a nodal environment whereby the RF transmissions of a given T-PED may be associated with one or more RF sensors thereby allowing the monitoring system to calculate the location of the T-PED. In a particular embodiment of the invention, the RF sensors are integrated within the distributed network of an in-flight entertainment system of an aircraft.
Claims18
A passenger entertainment system comprising:
- one or more display terminals;
- one or more transmitting portable electronic device (T-PED) radio frequency (RF) sensors integrated within a display terminal of the one or more display terminals;
- at least one processing unit configured for:
- comparing at least one transceiving parameter selected from a modulation, an interleave, a channel coding, a power, and a gain of one or more RF signals received from at least one T-PED to at least one allowable transceiving parameter;
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- a T-PED compliance notification device configured for providing at least one of a visual notification and an audible notification of one or more RF signals received from the at least one T-PED having at least one prohibited transceiving parameter.
A method for monitoring transmitting portable electronic devices (T-PED), the method comprising the steps:
- receiving one or more radio frequency (RF) signals from at least one T-PED via one or more RF sensors integrated within a display terminal;
- comparing at least one transceiving parameter selected from a modulation, an interleave, a channel coding, a power, and a gain of one or more RF signals received from at least one T-PED to at least one allowable transceiving parameter;
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- providing at least one of a visual notification and an audible notification of one or more RF signals received from the at least one T-PED having at least one prohibited transceiving parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.