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US 8,806,543 B1Granted
In-flight passenger information system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsVicki Ann Curtis, Menaka Apana, Peizhong Xu, Lixia Zhang, Joel Vanboening, Sooshin Choi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying in-flight passenger information. In-flight passenger information for flight of an aircraft is identified during operation of the aircraft. A timeline and the in-flight passenger information in association with the timeline are displayed on a display system during the operation of the aircraft.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a display system in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, wherein the display system comprises a plurality of display devices associated with a plurality of seats, wherein each of the plurality of display devices is associated with a number of the plurality of seats;
- a processor configured to execute an information identifier configured to identify in-flight passenger information for flight of the aircraft during operation of the aircraft and simultaneously displays a timeline and the in-flight passenger information in association with the timeline on the display system during the operation of the aircraft, wherein the in-flight passenger information includes both seat-specific information and real-time cabin activity information, the seat-specific information associated to each of the number of the plurality of seats and including a timing of food-service, a timing of beverage-service and a passenger seat location within the aircraft, and the real-time cabin activity information including a take-off time, a landing time and availability of lavatories.
A method for displaying in-flight passenger information, the method comprising:
- identifying the in-flight passenger information for flight of an aircraft during operation of the aircraft, wherein identifying the in-flight passenger information for the flight of the aircraft during the operation of the aircraft further comprises:
- identifying the in-flight passenger information for the flight of the aircraft during the operation of the aircraft from seat-specific information, the seat-specific information associated to each of a number of a plurality of seats and including a timing of food-service, a timing of beverage-service and a passenger seat location within the aircraft;
- identifying the in-flight passenger information for the flight of the aircraft during the operation of the aircraft from real-time cabin activity information, the real-time cabin activity information including a take-off time, a landing time, and availability of lavatories;
- simultaneously displaying a timeline and the in-flight passenger information including both the seat-specific information and the real-time cabin activity information in association with the timeline on a display system in a passenger cabin during the operation of the aircraft, wherein the display system comprises a plurality of display devices associated with the plurality of seats, wherein each of the plurality of display devices is associated with the number of the plurality of seats.
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