Information and Entertainment System in an Aircraft

• US 20100005495A1
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Von Wieding, Olaf, Rowold, Lars, Stavaeus, Mikael, Süss, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US12/223,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20100005495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/76
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1484 Windows B64C1/1492 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00153 Monitors mounted on or in the seat other than the seat back
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2011/0061 Windows displaying outside view, artificially generated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/40 Weight reduction

Abstract

An information system in an aircraft, whereby information system data relating to informing, instructing and entertaining passengers can be visually presented. The information system includes an aircraft window with at least one pane and a control unit. The at least one pane, is coated with a translucent display that is coupled to the control unit, which, for the purpose of presenting information, is equipped to supply electrical current in a targeted manner to the display.

Claims

1. An information system in an aircraft, comprising:

an aircraft window with at least one pane; and

a control unit;

wherein the at least one pane is coated with a translucent display that is coupled to the control unit which, for the purpose of presenting information, supplies electrical current in a targeted manner to the display.

2. The information system of claim 1,

wherein the translucent display comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes.

3. The information system of claim 2,

wherein the translucent display comprises a plurality of organic light emitting diodes.

4. The information system of claim 3,

wherein the at least one pane is directly coated with the organic light emitting diodes.

5. The information system of claim 3,

wherein a film is glued onto the at least one pane, which film in turn is coated with the organic light emitting diodes.

6. The information system of claim 1, further comprising:

a server computer with a storage unit,

wherein the server computer, by accessing applications stored in the storage unit, provides image data to the control unit.

7. The information system of claim 1,

wherein the control unit comprises at least one display controller with a microprocessor, which recalculates the image data that has been provided by the server computer to form a matrix model that is used as a basis for supplying electrical current to the display.

8. The information system of claim 1,

wherein a group of aircraft windows is allocated a display controller of its own.

9. The information system of claim 7,

wherein each one of the display controllers is coupled to the server computer by way of a data bus that is adapted to implement real-time data transmission.

10. The information system of claim 9,

wherein each display controller is adapted to request and receive, for the group of aircraft windows, individual application data from the server computer.

11. An aircraft comprising an information system, the information system comprising:

an aircraft window with at least one pane; and

a control unit;

wherein the at least one pane is coated with a translucent display that is coupled to the control unit which, for the purpose of presenting information, supplies electrical current in a targeted manner to the display.