Display module for displaying passenger-specific display information

• US 8,947,266 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Stoll, Ren, Frey, Martin, Hauschildt, Reimer
• Primary Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US12/741,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20100245130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,286 Days
• Field of Search: 340/945, 340/901, 340/915, 340/994, 345/428, 345/630, 345/863
• US Class Current: 340/945
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/00 Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A display module for displaying passenger-specific display information in an aircraft, comprising: a display, a control unit, a storage device, and a first interface, wherein the first interface is connected to the control unit, and wherein the control unit is designed, on the basis of a signal that is present at the first interface, to read out a storage device content stored in the storage device and associated with the signal in relation to display information, and on the basis of the read-out storage device content and of the signal present at the interface to control the display.

Claims

1. A display module for displaying passenger-specific display information in an aircraft, comprising:

a display,

a control unit,

a storage device for storing a plurality of contents and a plurality of display layouts, and

a first interface,

wherein the first interface is connected to the control unit, and wherein the control unit is configured, on the basis of a signal present at the first interface, to read out a first content of the plurality of contents and a display layout of the plurality of display layouts stored in the storage device and associated with the signal in relation to display information during runtime of the display module, and on the basis of the read-out first content and display layout and of the signal present at the first interface, to control the display,

wherein the control unit is configured to control the display with regard to at least one of presentation position or presentation size of the display information for scaling or placing the display information in accordance with the read out display layout in the display,

wherein the first interface is configured to receive a voltage supply for the display module via a first voltage supply line and to receive a pulsed voltage signal via a second voltage supply line, and

wherein the control unit is configured to read out the first content and the display layout on the basis of the pulsed voltage signal.

2. The display module of claim 1, further comprising a second interface configured to couple a voltage supply to the display module.

3. The display module of claim 1, wherein the first interface is configured to couple a voltage supply to the display module.

4. The display module of claim 2, wherein the first interface is configured to couple a voltage supply to the display module, and the second interface is connected to the control unit,

wherein the control unit is configured, on the basis of a signal present at the second interface, to read out a second content with regard to display information, and on the basis of the read-out second content and of the signal present at the second interface, to control the display.

5. The display module of claim 1, further comprising a cover member configured as a device providing at least one of mechanical protection for the display, mechanical adaptation to the surroundings, or an anti-glare device against scattered light.

6. The display module of claim 1, wherein the control unit, the storage device and the first interface are integrated in a controller board.

7. The display module of claim 1, wherein the first interface is a wireless interface.

8. The display module of claim 1, wherein the display information is selected from the group consisting of image elements, video sequences, text and formatting.

9. The display module of claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display on the basis of display information comprising text and corresponding text formatting.

10. The display module of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to read the first content out by way of the first interface.

11. The display module of claim 1, further comprising a clock module,

wherein the control unit is configured, on the basis of a signal present at one of the first interface, to read out the clock module, and on the basis of the read-out clock module and of the signal present at the first interface, to control the display.

12. The display module of claim 1, further comprising a display module test device, wherein the display module test device is configured to cause a data exchange for test purposes.

13. A method for displaying passenger-specific display information in an aircraft, comprising:

applying a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal to an interface of a display module, wherein the second voltage signal is a pulsed voltage signal;

reading out a first content with regard to display information of the display module on the basis of the second pulsed voltage signal applied to the interface;

reading out a display layout on the basis of the second pulsed voltage signal applied to the interface; and

controlling a display on the basis of the read-out first content, of the display layout, and of the signal applied to the interface,

wherein controlling comprises scaling or placing the display information in the display with regard to at least one of presentation position or presentation size of the display information in accordance with the display layout.