Cabin service arrangement, fuselage of an aircraft, a method of effecting a cabin attendant call
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1. A cabin service arrangement assigned to at least one passenger seat in a seat row of an aircraft, comprising:
- a lighting unit for providing a light projection and at least one interface for operating the lighting unit, whereinthe at least one interface is associated with;
an initiating unit for activation of the lighting unit; and
a deactivation unit for deactivation of the light projection, wherein the deactivation of the light projection is initiated by an external signal, and whereinthe light projection from the lighting unit comprises an illumination, the illumination being adapted to effect a cabin attendant call,and wherein;
the illumination is adapted to be projected to a projection spot outside of the seat row and outside of an occupation area of the seat row,the illumination outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row is controllable by an external service unit,the deactivation of the light projection is effectable from outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row, andthe projection spot is located outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row in a volume area between a gangway and a ceiling above the gangway, wherein the projection spot is located on at least one of a fixed spot location and a movable spot location.
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Abstract
This invention relates to cabin service arrangement assigned to at least one passenger seat in a seat row of an aircraft, comprising:
- a lighting unit for providing a light projection and at least one man machine interface for operating the lighting unit, wherein
- the at least one man machine interface is associated with
- an initiating unit for providing an activation of the lighting unit and
- a deactivation unit for receiving an indication for deactivation of the light projection, wherein the deactivation is initializable by an external signal, and wherein
- the light projection from the lighting unit comprises an illumination, the illumination being adapted to effect a cabin attendant call. According to the invention
- the illumination is adapted to be projected to a projection spot outside of the seat row, and
- the deactivation of the illumination is effectable from outside of the seat row.
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1. A cabin service arrangement assigned to at least one passenger seat in a seat row of an aircraft, comprising:
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a lighting unit for providing a light projection and at least one interface for operating the lighting unit, wherein the at least one interface is associated with; an initiating unit for activation of the lighting unit; and a deactivation unit for deactivation of the light projection, wherein the deactivation of the light projection is initiated by an external signal, and wherein the light projection from the lighting unit comprises an illumination, the illumination being adapted to effect a cabin attendant call, and wherein; the illumination is adapted to be projected to a projection spot outside of the seat row and outside of an occupation area of the seat row, the illumination outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row is controllable by an external service unit, the deactivation of the light projection is effectable from outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row, and the projection spot is located outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row in a volume area between a gangway and a ceiling above the gangway, wherein the projection spot is located on at least one of a fixed spot location and a movable spot location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A method of effecting a cabin attendant call by operating a cabin service arrangement assigned to at least one passenger seat in a seat row of an aircraft comprising a lighting unit for providing a light projection and at least one interface for operating the lighting unit, wherein
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an initiating unit for providing an activation of the lighting unit; and a deactivation unit for receiving an indication for deactivation of the light projection, wherein the deactivation can be initiated by an external signal, and wherein the light projection from the lighting unit comprises an illumination, the illumination being adapted to effect the cabin attendant call, wherein; the illumination is projected to a projection spot outside of the seat row and outside of an occupation area of the seat row, and the illumination outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row is controllable by an external service unit, the deactivation of the light projection is effected from outside of the seat row and outside of the occupation area of the seat row, and the projection spot is located in a volume area between a gangway and a ceiling above the gangway, wherein the projection spot is located on at least one of a fixed spot location and a movable spot location.
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15. A cabin service arrangement assigned to at least one passenger seat in a seat row of an aircraft, comprising:
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a lighting unit for providing a light projection and at least one interface for operating the lighting unit, wherein the at least one interface is associated with; an initiating unit for providing an activation of the lighting unit; and a deactivation unit for receiving an indication for deactivation of the light projection, wherein the deactivation of the light projection is initiated by an external signal, and wherein the light projection from the lighting unit comprises an illumination, the illumination being adapted to effect a cabin attendant call, and wherein; the illumination is adapted to be projected to a projection spot outside of the seat row; the illumination outside of the seat row and outside of an occupation area of the seat row is controllable by an external service unit; the deactivation of the light projection is effectable from outside of the seat row; and the projection spot is located in a volume area between a gangway and a ceiling above the gangway, wherein the projection spot is supported by a movable spot location in the form of a service platform.
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