Aircraft overhead bin monitoring and alert system

A computer-implemented method for monitoring an overhead storage bin comprising:

• retrieving via a processor, proximity data from a proximity sensor indicative of a space status of an overhead storage bin;
• retrieving, via the processor, load data from a load sensor indicative of a stowage weight status of the overhead storage bin;
• retrieving, via the processor, a latch status from the latch mechanism indicative of a latch status of an access door of the overhead storage bin;
• determining, via the processor, a probability indicative of whether an item stowed in the overhead storage bin may fall from the bin, the determination based on the space status, the weight data, and the latch status;
• and
• outputting, based on the probability, an indication on an output device configured on an exterior surface of the overhead storage bin.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions for performing a method for monitoring an overhead storage bin, the method comprising:

• retrieving via a processor, proximity data from a proximity sensor indicative of a space status of an overhead storage bin;
• retrieving, via the processor, load data from a load sensor indicative of a stowage weight of the overhead storage bin;
• retrieving, via the processor, a latch status from the latch mechanism indicative of a latch status of an access door of the overhead storage bin;
• determining, via the processor, a probability indicative of whether an item stowed in the overhead storage bin may fall from the bin, the determination based on the space status, the weight data, and the latch status;
• and
• outputting, based on the probability, an indication on an output device configured on an exterior surface of the overhead storage bin.