Attendant Control Panel Virtual Trainer

• US 20150040066A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Baron, John P., Borumand, Khashayar, Allen, Severn T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,684,739 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/165 Condition of cabin, cockpit or pilot's accessories

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for a virtual trainer for a control panel for a vehicle. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system comprises a device with a screen, where the virtual trainer is loaded onto the device, and the virtual trainer is to display, on the screen of the device, available selections relating to different functions for the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the vehicle. In one or more embodiments, the vehicle is a multi-passenger vehicle. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle is an aircraft, a terrestrial vehicle, or a marine vehicle. In some embodiments, the device is mobile or stationary. In one or more embodiments, the device is a tablet device and/or the control panel itself. In at least one embodiment, the screen of the device is a touch screen.

Claims

1. A system for a virtual trainer for a control panel for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a device with a screen,

wherein the virtual trainer is loaded onto the device, and

wherein the virtual trainer displays, on the screen of the device, available selections relating to different functions for the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein when the virtual trainer is loaded onto the device, the virtual trainer recognizes a type of the vehicle the device is located in and displays the available selections relating to the different functions for the type of the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the type of the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a multi-passenger vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is one of an aircraft, a terrestrial vehicle, and a marine vehicle.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the aircraft is one of an airplane, a helicopter, and a space plane.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the terrestrial vehicle is one of a bus, a train, a car, a van, a truck, and a tank.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the marine vehicle is one of a boat, a ship, a tanker, and a submarine.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is one of a building, an industrial facility, and an oil platform.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is one of mobile and stationary.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is one of a tablet device and the control panel.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen of the device is a touch screen.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the control panel comprises a touch screen.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the available selections are at least one of feature categories, features, and feature selections.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the feature categories are at least one of lighting, passenger services, environment, maintenance, and special functions.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the features for the lighting feature category are at least one of boarding/deplane, take-off/landing, cruise, night/sleep, meal/beverage, sunrise/sunset, white bright, white medium, off, and custom scenes.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the features for the passenger services feature category are at least one of in-flight entertainment, personal computer power ports, cabin cell phones, and cabin ready.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the features for the environment feature category are at least one of potable water quantities, vacuum waste quantities, aft cabin temperature control, aft cabin smoke detectors, forward cabin temperature control, and forward cabin smoke detectors.

18. A method for a virtual trainer for a control panel of a vehicle, the method comprising:

displaying, by the virtual trainer, on a screen of a device, available selections relating to different functions for the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises loading the virtual trainer onto the device.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises:

recognizing, by the virtual trainer, a type of the vehicle the device is located in; and

displaying, by the virtual trainer, on the screen of the device, the available selections relating to the different functions for the type of the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the type of the vehicle.