Position information stored by transponder

• US 9,934,686 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Rittner, Ulrich, Gierszewski, Thilo
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Jack K
• Application Number:
  US14/700,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20150317903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 340945
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968

Abstract

A cladding element configured to clad a structural element disposed in a vehicle. The cladding element comprises a transponder. An item of position information, indicating the position of the structural element is stored by the transponder. A method is provided comprising reading out the position information from the transponder of such a cladding element. A computer program is provided for executing and/or controlling the method. Apparatuses for executing and/or controlling the method are disclosed. A vehicle is disclosed having such a cladding element as is a system comprising such a cladding element and such an apparatus.

Claims

1. A cladding element, which is configured to clad a structural element disposed in a vehicle, the cladding element including a transponder, wherein an item of position information, indicating a position of the structural element, is stored by the transponder,

wherein the position information is transmitted via the transponder,

wherein the structural element is assigned to a seating place of the vehicle, and

wherein the same position information is assigned to a plurality of structural elements.

2. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the transponder is a near-field communication transponder.

3. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

4. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the position information comprises a seating-place identification.

5. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the transponder is disposed on an inner side of the cladding element or is integrated into the cladding element.

6. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the structural element is an electrical structural element.

7. The cladding element according to claim 1, wherein the position information comprises coordinates of the cladding element.

15. A vehicle comprising a cladding element according to claim 1.

8. A method comprising the steps:

providing a cladding element configured to clad a structural element disposed in a vehicle, the cladding element including a transponder, wherein an item of position information, indicating a position of the structural element, is stored by the transponder,

reading out the position information from the transponder of the cladding element, and

assigning an item of status information, relating to a status of a component of the vehicle, to the position information,

wherein the status information indicates whether there is a defect of the structural element.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of initiating an output of a read-out completion signal following completion of reading-out of the position information from the transponder.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of initiating a transmission of the position information to a server.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the defect comprises impairment or soiling of the structural element.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the structural element is assigned to a seating place of the vehicle, and

wherein the same position information is assigned to a plurality of structural elements.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer program, comprising program instructions that cause the processor to execute and/or control the method according to claim 8, when the computer program is running on the processor.

14. An apparatus configured to execute and/or control the method according to claim 8.

16. A system comprising an apparatus configured to execute and/or control the method according to claim 8 and a cladding element configured to clad a structural element disposed in a vehicle, the cladding element including a transponder, wherein an item of position information, indicating a position of the structural element, is stored by the transponder.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions cause a processor to execute and/or control the method according to claim 8, when the computer-readable program instructions are running on the processor.