Camera Capture Posting

• US 20170180036A1
• Filed: 12/16/2016
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: SCHAUPMANN, Christian, COTO-LOPEZ, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US15/381,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/274 with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time , e.g. using toothed disc
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0014 via e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00153 for sharing images with a selected individual or correspondent
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00161 Viewing or previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2146 located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An aircraft computing device providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network. The aircraft computing device comprises a processor unit and a storage unit storing program code which, when executed by the processor unit, configures the computing device to receive a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft, output the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft, receive user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network, and output the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network. Further described are a system, an aircraft, a method, a computer program product, and a storage medium.

Claims

1. An aircraft computing device for providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network, the aircraft computing device comprising a processor unit and a storage unit storing program code which, when executed by the processor unit, configures the computing device to:

receive a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft;

output the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft;

receive user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network; and

output the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network.

2. A system for providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network, the system comprising:

an aircraft computing device according to claim 1, and

an aircraft camera which is mounted to the aircraft and which is configured to acquire a sequence of pictures and to output the sequence of pictures for reception by the aircraft computing device.

3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an aircraft transmission unit configured to connect with a terrestrial communication network and to transmit image information from the aircraft towards the terrestrial communication network,

wherein the aircraft computing device is configured to output the at least one picture for transmission via the aircraft transmission unit.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

a user interface device configured to provide graphical output to the user and receive input from the user,

wherein the aircraft computing device is configured to output the received pictures towards the user, and to receive the user input, via the user interface device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the user interface device comprises a touch-sensitive screen.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the user interface device is mounted to the aircraft near a seat of the user.

7. The system of claim 3, further comprising a communication interface for communication with a mobile user equipment.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the aircraft computing device is configured to output the received pictures towards the mobile user equipment via the communication interface.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the aircraft computing device is configured to receive the user input from the mobile user equipment via the communication interface.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the communication interface is configured for wireless communication with the mobile user equipment.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the mobile user equipment is a smartphone or a tablet PC.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the aircraft computing device is configured to read out contact information which is stored in a memory of the mobile user equipment and which corresponds to one or more parties of the terrestrial communication network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user input indicates the party based on a selection by the user from among stored contacts and wherein the aircraft computing device outputs the at least one picture for transmission towards the party based at least partly on read-out contact information corresponding to the selected party.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the user input includes contact information of the party of the terrestrial communication network and wherein the aircraft computing device outputs the at least one picture for transmission towards the party based at least partly on the input contact information.

15. An aircraft comprising a system according to claim 2.

16. A method for providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device of the aircraft, a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft;

outputting, by the computing device, the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft;

receiving, by the computing device, user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network; and

outputting, by the computing device, the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network.

17. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed by a processor unit of an aircraft computing device, configure the aircraft computing device to perform the method of claim 16.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing the computer program product of claim 17.