Screen mirroring from personal electronic devices to transportation vehicle display screens

• US 10,838,681 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Issued: 11/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Watson, Philip, Bates, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Mandeville, Jason M
• Application Number:
  US15/479,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20180293043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,322 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11, 345 21, 345 22, 345 23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/12 Avionics applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An entertainment system for a vehicle for a vehicle accommodating a passenger with a personal electronic device executing a screen sharing application. The system information processing devices, with each information processing device including a data processor, and one or more of the information processing devices including a display monitor. The system includes a WLAN access point configured to establish a wireless data communications link with the personal electronic device. A screen sharing server executed by the data processor of one of the information processing devices is receptive to a display data stream generated on the portable electronic device based upon a redirected display output and transmitted to the screen sharing server over the wireless data communications link. The display data stream is transmitted following pairing of the screen sharing application with the information processing device including a display monitor, and the received display data stream rendered thereon.

Claims

1. An entertainment system for a vehicle accommodating a passenger with a personal electronic device executing a screen sharing application, the entertainment system comprising:

information processing devices located in the vehicle,

wherein each information processing device is associated with a seat, and includes a data processor,

wherein the information processing devices comprise a first information processing device that comprises a first display monitor and additional information processing devices that each respectively comprise an additional display monitor,

wherein the first information processing device is located in a first seat adjacent to and on a same row as that of additional seats that each respectively include one of the additional information processing devices;

a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point located in the vehicle and configured to establish a wireless data communications link with the personal electronic device;

wherein each of the first information processing device and the additional information processing devices includes a screen sharing server,

wherein the screen sharing server of each of the first information processing device and the additional information processing devices is receptive to a display data stream generated on the personal electronic device and transmitted to each of the screen sharing servers over the wireless data communications link;

wherein the display data stream is transmitted to the first information processing device following a pairing of the screen sharing application with the first information processing device;

wherein the display data stream is replicated to the additional information processing devices to allow several adjacent passengers to watch a same multimedia content after the first information processing device is linked with each of the additional information processing devices that are configured to;

receive a display link request to link the additional information processing devices with the first information processing device, wherein the display link request specifies that each additional seat is respectively associated with each of the additional information processing devices;

display, on the additional display monitors and after the display link request is received, a prompt that requests a confirmation of whether the additional display monitors are to be linked to the first display monitor;

receive, via a user interface of the additional display monitors, an affirmative confirmation that indicates an acceptance of a linking between each of the respective additional display monitors and the first display monitor; and

send, to the first information processing device, the affirmative confirmation to link the respective additional display monitors with the first display monitor;

wherein the display data stream is rendered on the first display monitor of the first information processing device and the additional display monitors of each of the additional information processing devices in a manner that mirrors a content displayed on the personal electronic device.

2. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the screen sharing server of each of the first information processing device and the additional information processing devices is receptive to an audio data stream generated on the personal electronic device based upon a redirected audio output and transmitted to each screen sharing server over the wireless data communications link, wherein the display data stream and the audio data stream is combined into a single video data stream.

3. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the screen sharing application is paired with the screen sharing server of the first information processing device that is configured to:

receive, from the screen sharing application, a passenger data that relates to the passenger;

transmit the passenger data to a central server located in the vehicle, wherein the central server is configured to validate the passenger data against a passenger manifest stored on the central server; and

transmit, to the screen sharing application, a confirmation that pairs the screen sharing application with the screen sharing server of the first information processing device after the passenger data is successfully validated against the passenger manifest.

4. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the display of the personal electronic device is disabled while being mirrored on the first display monitor and one or more of each additional display monitor.

5. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the display link request is received from the first information processing device.

6. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the display data stream rendered on the first display monitor is forwarded to the screen sharing server of each additional information processing device by the screen sharing server of the first information processing device.

7. A first display monitor system located in a first seat in a vehicle for sharing a display of a personal electronic device, the first display monitor system comprising:

a data processor;

a first display device;

a wireless network interface controller for establishing a wireless communications link with the personal electronic device;

wherein the data processor, upon execution, is configured to;

establish a pairing with the personal electronic device upon an exchange of a pairing request and a confirmation response with the personal electronic device; and

receive, in response to the established pairing, a display data stream generated by the personal electronic device over the wireless communications link;

send, to each of a plurality of additional display monitor systems, a display link request to link each of the additional display monitor systems to the first display monitor system,

wherein the display link request specifies that additional seats in the vehicle are each respectively associated with one of the additional display monitor systems, and

wherein the first display monitor system is located in the first seat adjacent to the additional seats that each respectively include the additional display monitor systems; and

receive, from one or more of the additional display monitor systems via a user interface and in response to a displayed prompt, an affirmative confirmation to link a respective additional display monitor system with the first display monitor system, wherein the affirmative confirmation indicates an acceptance of a linking between an additional display device associated with the respective additional display monitor system and the first display device; and

wherein the display data stream is rendered on the first display device of the first display monitor system and each linked additional display device of each of the additional display monitor systems to allow several adjacent passengers to watch a same multimedia content in a manner that mirrors a content displayed on the personal electronic device.

8. The display monitor system of claim 7, wherein the pairing between the first display monitor system and the personal electronic device is established by the data processor of the first display monitor system, wherein the data processor is configured to:

display, on the first display device, a query to confirm that the first display monitor system is to be paired with the personal electronic device; and

receive, via the first display device and after the query is displayed, the confirmation response that affirms the pairing request.

9. The display monitor system of claim 7, wherein the pairing between the first display monitor system and the personal electronic device is established by the data processor of the first display monitor system, wherein the data processor is configured to:

receive, from the personal electronic device, a passenger data that relates to a passenger;

transmit the passenger data to a central server that stores a passenger manifest, wherein the central server is configured to validate the passenger data against the passenger manifest stored on the central server; and

transmit, to the personal electronic device, the confirmation response, wherein the confirmation response is generated based upon an association of the passenger data to the passenger manifest.

10. The display monitor system of claim 7, wherein the display of the personal electronic device is disabled while being mirrored on the first display monitor and each additional display monitor.

11. A method for sharing a display from a personal electronic device to one or more display monitors installed in a vehicle, the method comprising:

establishing, by a first display monitor located in a first seat in the vehicle upon an exchange of a pairing request and a confirmation response, a pairing with the personal electronic device over a wireless communications link;

receiving, by the first display monitor and in response to the established pairing, a display data stream from the personal electronic device over the wireless communications link;

sending, by the first display monitor to each of a plurality of additional display monitors, a display link request to link each of the additional display monitors to the first display monitor,

wherein the display link request specifies that additional seats in the vehicle are each respectively associated with one of the additional display monitors,

wherein the first display monitor is located in the first seat adjacent to the additional seats that each respectively include the additional display monitors; and

receiving, from one or more additional display monitors via a user interface and in response to a displayed prompt, an affirmative confirmation to link the one or more of the additional display monitors with the first display monitor, wherein the affirmative confirmation indicates an acceptance of a linking between a respective additional display monitor and the first display monitor; and

wherein the display data stream is rendered on the first display monitor and each linked additional display monitor in a manner that mirrors a content displayed on the personal electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the display data stream is forwarded from the first display monitor to an additional display monitor after the affirmative confirmation is received.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising disabling the display of the personal electronic device while the display of the personal electronic device is mirrored on the first display monitor and each additional display monitor.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the pairing between the first display monitor and the personal electronic device is established by:

receiving, from the personal electronic device, a passenger data that relates to a passenger;

transmitting the passenger data to a central server that stores a passenger manifest, wherein the central server is configured to validate the passenger data against the passenger manifest stored on the central server; and

transmitting, to the personal electronic device, the confirmation response, wherein the confirmation response is generated based upon an association of the passenger data to the passenger manifest.