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US 8,896,456 B2Granted
Seat location system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsVicki Ann Curtis, Kayla Dunn, Ricardo Elizondo Costa, Sophie Prescott, Colin Cansler Curry, Sooshin Choi, Lingyu Zhu
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for indicating a seat location. An indicator is activated for a seat in a passenger cabin when a passenger leaves the seat. The indicator indicates a location of the seat when activated.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- an indicator in a passenger cabin such that the indicator displays, on at least one of:
- a floor, and a ceiling, of the passenger cabin, a unique identifier for a passenger assigned to a seat when the indicator is activated;
- and
- a controller configured to activate the indicator.
1 more element
A seat location system comprising:
- rows of seats in a platform cabin;
- and
- indicators associated with the rows of the seats, such that an indicator in the indicators projects a unique identifier for a passenger assigned to a seat in a row of the rows of the seats within the platform cabin, onto at least one of:
- a floor, and a ceiling, of the platform cabin, when activated by the passenger leaving the seat.
1 more element
A method for indicating a seat location, the method comprising:
- activating an indicator for a seat in a passenger cabin when a passenger leaves the seat, such that the indicator indicates, on at least one of:
- a floor, and a ceiling, of the passenger cabin, a unique identifier for the passenger assigned to the seat when activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.