Methods and systems for public announcements on a transportation vehicle

• US 9,749,664 B1
• Filed: 06/01/2016
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Watson, Philip, Lin, Changhwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Shepard, Justin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hicks, Charles N
• Application Number:
  US15/170,738
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6405 Multicasting data broadcast and multicast in packet switching networks H04L12/18

Abstract

Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. For example, one method includes capturing a video for a public announcement at a transportation vehicle by an authorized device, where metadata of the video identifies the video for public announcement; transmitting the video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement; pausing distribution of any other video; selecting the video for public announcement; and distributing the video for public announcement to user devices at the transportation vehicle.

Claims

1. A machine implemented method, comprising:

capturing a live video for a public announcement on a transportation vehicle by a device;

identifying, by the device, the live video using an identifier, the identifier indicating that the live video is for the public announcement;

transmitting the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier assigned by the device;

pausing distribution of any other video;

selecting the live video for public announcement;

identifying connected user devices at the transportation vehicle for receiving the live video;

and

distributing the live video for public announcement to the connected user devices at the transportation vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transportation vehicle is an aircraft.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the live video is displayed at a seatback monitor using a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point on the aircraft.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said device is a crew member mobile device used for capturing the live video.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device transmits the live video as one or more unicast packets and the distribution device distributes the live video as multicast packets to the connected user devices.

8. A non-transitory, machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

capture a live video for a public announcement on a vehicle by an authorized device;

identify the live video by the authorized device with an identifier to indicate that the live video is for public announcement;

transmit the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier;

pause distribution of any other video;

select the live video for public announcement; and

distribute the live video for public announcement to connected user devices on the vehicle.

9. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

10. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the live video is displayed at a seatback monitor using a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

11. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

12. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point on the aircraft.

13. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8, wherein the authorized device is either a crew member mobile device used for capturing the live video or a fixed camera included with an entertainment system in the vehicle.

14. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8, wherein the vehicle is one or more of a train, a boat, a bus and a recreation vehicle.

15. A system, comprising:

a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions; and

a processor module coupled to the memory, the processor module configured to execute the machine executable code to;

capture a live video for a public announcement on a transportation vehicle by an authorized mobile device;

identify the live video using an identifier indicating that the live video is for public announcement;

transmit the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier;

pause distribution of any other video;

select the live video for public announcement; and

distribute the live video for public announcement to connected user devices at the transportation vehicle.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the live video is captured and streamed live by using a camera on the authorized device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the transportation vehicle is an aircraft and the live video is displayed on a seatback monitor on a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the authorized device is a crew member mobile device.