Passenger service unit with gesture control
First Claim
1. A passenger service unit for installation inside an aircraft cabin comprisinga passenger service device,a control unit, coupled to the passenger service device or the for transmitting control signals,characterized byan imaging device oriented to acquire a sequence of images out of a predetermined observed area andan image analysis device coupled for signal transmission to said imaging device and adapted to analyze a static geometric structure within said observed area out of a single image of said imaging device or a dynamic movement out of sequence of images of said imaging device,wherein said image analysis device comprises a storage device wherein at least one predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement and a control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, is stored andwherein said image analysis device comprises a comparator unit for comparing said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement,wherein said image analysis device is coupled to said control unit for signal transmission and is adapted to send said control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement if said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device coincides with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, to said service device
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Abstract
The invention relates to a passenger service unit for installation inside an aircraft cabin comprising a passenger service device, a control unit, coupled to the passenger service device for transmitting control signals comprising an imaging device oriented to acquire a sequence of images out of a predetermined observed area and an image analysis device coupled for signal transmission to said imaging device and adapted to analyze a static geometric structure within said observed area out of a single image of said imaging device.
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1. A passenger service unit for installation inside an aircraft cabin comprising
a passenger service device, a control unit, coupled to the passenger service device or the for transmitting control signals, characterized by an imaging device oriented to acquire a sequence of images out of a predetermined observed area and an image analysis device coupled for signal transmission to said imaging device and adapted to analyze a static geometric structure within said observed area out of a single image of said imaging device or a dynamic movement out of sequence of images of said imaging device, wherein said image analysis device comprises a storage device wherein at least one predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement and a control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, is stored and wherein said image analysis device comprises a comparator unit for comparing said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, wherein said image analysis device is coupled to said control unit for signal transmission and is adapted to send said control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement if said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device coincides with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, to said service device
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12. A method for controlling a passenger service device in a passenger service unit inside an aircraft cabin comprising
characterized by the steps of acquiring a sequence of images out of a predetermined observed area using an imaging device transmitting said sequence of images to an image analysis device analyzing a static geometric structure within said observed area out of a single image of said sequence of images or a dynamic movement out of said sequence of images using said imaging analysis device, wherein said image analysis device comprises a storage device wherein at least one predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement and a control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, is stored and comparing said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement using a comparator unit comprised in said image analysis device, sending said control signal associated with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement if said static geometric structure or said dynamic movement acquired by said imaging device coincides with said predetermined static geometric structure or predetermined dynamic movement, respectively, to said service device.
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