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    • 专利摘要:
    An aircraft cabin (100) has a plurality of seats (20), at least one of which is paired with a passenger terminal (40), communicating wirelessly for transmitting seat adjustment capability data from a management unit ( 22) from the seat to the passenger terminal and to transmit seat adjustment instructions from the passenger terminal (40) to the headquarters management unit. The passenger terminal (40) includes an application software interpreting the data received from the headquarters management unit to display on a screen (41) of the passenger terminal a representation of the possible settings and interpreting actions of an operator on passenger terminal buttons as seat adjustment instructions. A main cab computer (10) provides communication between the passenger terminals (40) and crew terminals (31, 32) for transmitting, by displays on terminal screens, requests from a passenger to the crew and crew to a passenger or a group of passengers.
    公开号:FR3035073A1
    申请号:FR1553244
    申请日:2015-04-14
    公开日:2016-10-21
    发明作者:Blaise Carles；Pascal Carratero
    申请人:Stelia Aerospace SAS；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    [0001] The invention pertains to the field of interactions between a passenger in an aircraft cabin and cabin devices, in particular devices for adapting the comfort of the cabin to his needs and for simplifying the relations between a commercial crew and the passenger.
    [0002] More particularly, the invention relates to an aircraft cabin in which cabin equipment such as a seat or a dialogue terminal with crew members managing the cabin interact with a passenger's personal portable terminal.
    [0003] It is known to use portable terminals such as remote controls or call buttons to act on various equipment such as televisions, recorders, lights, electric curtains, ringing tones ... Today, such remotes are often wireless and transmit control signals over an ultrasonic, infrared or radio link. It is also known to use hand-held computer terminals or digital tablets, which include wireless connection means, to emulate remote controls in order to use these portable-tablet computers in place of specialized remote controls.
    [0004] In these emulation cases, it is generally loaded on the mobile phone or tablet computer with a specific application that simulates the operator interface on a screen and encodes the signals transmitted according to the specifications of the replaced remote control. When such handheld computers or tablets are connected to an internet network, they have access as any computer connected to the data consultation and in some cases with the possibility of acting remotely on domestic equipment also connected. In these different applications, the operator of the telephone-laptop or tablet acts on an environment of its own, especially on his 30 domestic equipment to meet needs he has determined in advance.
    [0005] 3035073 2 When changing equipment or changing its needs, it must reconsider the applications it has installed. The present invention extends the scope of portable personal terminals, such as laptops and tablets, by integrating the personal terminal into the local environment of an aircraft cabin, the terminal becoming in context. of the invention a cabin equipment of the aircraft. The aircraft cabin of the invention comprises a plurality of seats of which at least one seat of said plurality of seats is paired with a passenger terminal. Said seat and said paired passenger terminal communicate with each other wirelessly to transmit digital data relating to the adjustment capabilities of said seat from a management unit of the seat concerned to the passenger terminal and to transmit digital data relating to setting instructions of the seat. seat from the passenger terminal to the headquarters management unit. The passenger terminal comprises an application software interpreting the data received from the headquarters management unit to display on a screen of the passenger terminal a representation of the possible settings for the seat and interpreting actions of an operator on keys of the terminal passenger as seat adjustment instructions. The passenger terminal, such as a computer phone or digital tablet, with screens with touch functions as a user-friendly interface, is integrated into a cabin management system that allows the passenger to interact from personal equipment on the controls allowing him to customize the seat assigned to him for the duration of a flight. In one embodiment, the aircraft cabin comprises at least one main computer of said cabin, said computer exchanging digital data with at least one passenger terminal paired with a seat and with at least one fixed crew terminal and or a crew terminal mobile device for transmitting to said passenger terminal requests that said passenger terminal is authorized to transmit and for transmitting requests, chosen by an operator, to said passenger terminal, from said passenger terminal to said crew terminal, and to transfer requests chosen by an audit operator crew terminal, from said crew terminal to said passenger terminal, application software executed by said passenger terminal 3035073 3 and crew displaying received requests and displaying each of the interfaces to allow operators to formulate requests. It is thus possible to create a direct and personalized communication between each passenger and the crew members through exchanges built by 5 choices presented on screens of passenger terminals and crew terminals. It is thus stored requests that can be managed over time and whose structured presentation can by presentations in different languages facilitate the relationship between the crew and a passenger. In one embodiment the management unit of at least one seat of the plurality of seats is connected by a wired digital link to a communication module for directly transmitting digital data relating to settings instructions of said seat, received from the passenger terminal via wireless link to the management unit of the headquarters concerned. It is thus limited the physical chain of transmission of the instructions of the passenger 15 to adjust his seat which allows quick responses to the instructions. In one embodiment, the management unit of each seat of the plurality of seats is connected by a wired digital link to a communication module for transmitting to the management unit of the seat in question the digital data relating to instructions from settings of said seat, received by wireless connection of a cabin communication box, said cabin communication box relaying said seat adjustment instructions issued by the passenger terminal wirelessly and received by said cabin communication box. In one embodiment at least one seat comprises a communication module connected to the single management unit of the seat in question.
    [0006] In one embodiment, at least one communication module is connected to a plurality of management units each belonging to one of the seats of a group of immediately adjacent seats in said cabin. In one embodiment, at least one communication module is implemented as a data transmission relay between a cabin communication box and at least one other communication module. These different embodiments, which can be combined, make it possible to adapt the structure of a data exchange system between the central computer, the seats and the passenger and crew terminals in order to limit the powers emitted, in particular in the radio links. and in case of failure of certain components, 3035073 4 ensure data transmissions with minimal negative consequences. In one embodiment, the data exchanged between a passenger terminal and the main computer is received and transmitted by the cabin communication box directly or via a communication module of a seat or a group of seats. Advantageously for a good identification of the location of a passenger each seat of the plurality of seats is identified in the cabin by a unique identifier. For example, a passenger terminal comprises an optical reading camera and the application software of the passenger terminal is configured to decode a graphic code affixed to the seat and characteristic of the unique identifier when pairing said seat and said terminal. passenger. The invention also relates to a method of managing interactions between at least one passenger terminal, communicating digital data via a wireless link, and at least one seat of a plurality of seats of an aircraft cabin such that it is described previously. According to the method, an interaction management application software is previously installed on said at least one passenger terminal.
    [0007] The method comprises a first step of pairing said at least one passenger terminal with the at least one seat by an identification by the passenger terminal of the seat and comprises a second initialization step in which said initialization step: seat adjustment capabilities are transmitted to the passenger terminal and information stored previously on said passenger terminal is transmitted to the headquarters management unit; - The application software on a screen of the passenger terminal through graphical representations and textual functions available to an operator using said passenger terminal to change the seat settings. During the matching step, personal data of a passenger, identified as the owner of the passenger terminal in said passenger terminal, stored in a memory of said passenger terminal, are transmitted to a main computer 3035073 5 of the cabin, said calculator main: - verifying that an identity of said passenger corresponds to a passenger actually recorded on the flight being loaded and if necessary verifying, in comparison with a boarding list transmitted by a passenger check-in station, that the passenger attempts to pair his passenger terminal with the seat that was actually assigned to him when he registered; recording the said personal data so as to construct a table of passengers actually embarked and if necessary displaying on a screen of a crew terminal a cabin plan with the names of each of the passengers. In one form of implementation, a passenger terminal receives from the main computer data characteristic of requests that can be formulated by a passenger to the crew, said data received by the passenger terminal 15 determining the display possibilities on the screen of said passenger terminal by which display screen the passenger makes requests. In one form of implementation, a passenger terminal receives from the main computer information and or requests and or instructions developed by at least one fixed crew terminal and or by a mobile equipment terminal.
    [0008] In one form of implementation, personal data of a passenger, recorded in the main computer during the pairing of the passenger terminal with the seat, are displayed on at least one fixed crew terminal and or a mobile equipment terminal. , by an interaction of an operator with a screen of said at least one fixed crew terminal or mobile crew terminal, and or when receiving a request sent by the passenger terminal and received by the main computer. In particular, a passenger terminal paired with a seat, on the action of an operator of said passenger terminal: - issues instructions for modifying the authorized adjustments of the seat, by moving movable elements of the seat, by modifying the luminous intensity of the seat. individual lighting of the seat, by modifying a flow rate and / or an individual ventilation temperature of the seat; - issues requests for the choice of a wake-up time by activating movements of movable elements of the seat and or by changing the luminous intensity of an individual lighting; 3035073 6 - issues requests to the crew to request assistance, to reserve a dish for a meal, to request a drink, to request a review, to order an item in the zero-rated shop on board, said requests being formulated through a graphical and / or textual interface displayed on the screen of the passenger terminal, said interface displaying only the possible requests at the time of their formulations. In one embodiment, a request sent to the crew, when received by the main computer, is transmitted to at least one mobile equipment terminal identified by the main computer as the crew terminal. the nearest seat attached to the passenger terminal at the origin of the request, said mobile equipment terminal being for example located in the cabin by the force of a received signal. These different modes of the invention, which can be combined to the extent that they are technically compatible, allow passengers and crew members to simplify exchanges in the cabin environment and to simplify the tasks of the cabin crew. crew for improved passenger service. In one form of implementation, the actions performed by an operator, a priori the passenger holding the terminal, on a passenger terminal paired with a seat are stored in a memory of a headquarters management unit, and / or a memory of the main computer and or in a memory of the passenger terminal for their subsequent transmissions to a statistical processing center on the use of interactions in the cabin. It is thus possible within the framework of the implementation of a better service 25 to take into account for a future flight the preferences of the passenger without it having to define his preferences by completing a tedious questionnaire. In one form of implementation of the method, the interactions performed on the seat and or malfunctions detected by monitoring systems are stored in a memory of the seat and or a memory of the central computer 30 in the form of a history to be analyzed by a seat maintenance tool. The description and the drawings of a particular embodiment of the invention will make it possible to better understand the aims and advantages of the invention. It is clear that this description is given by way of example, and is not limiting in nature. In the drawings: FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an aircraft cabin according to the invention and the main equipment used; FIG. 1a illustrates an example of a seat for a cabin of the invention; FIGS. 2a and 2b illustrate examples of display on the screen of the passenger terminal during a step of pairing the portable terminal with a seat; FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary display for calling up 10-seat settings from the passenger terminal; - Figure 4: schematically illustrates the constituent elements of a seat movement control system; FIGS. 5a and 5b are examples of display on the screen of the portable terminal of the functions made available to the passenger by his portable terminal: FIG. 5a the individual adjustments of each part of a seat and FIG. special settings; FIGS. 6a and 6b: examples of display on the screen of the portable terminal for entering an alarm time, FIG. 6a, and for controlling and activating an alarm clock time entered; FIG. 7: an example of the display of a steward or hostess call on the screen of the passenger terminal; FIG. 8: an example of a choice page, in the example of a choice of film to be displayed, displayed on the screen of the passenger terminal; - Figure 9: an example of a page of choice, in the example of a choice of dishes and beverages for the meal, displayed on the screen of the passenger terminal; FIGS. 10a and 10b: an example of a series of displays on the screen of the portable terminal in the choice of a dish on the menu, in FIG. 10a the display of a choice and in FIG. 10b the display back of the order placed to the crew; FIGS. 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d are examples of displays on the screen of the passenger terminal of general information on the current flight: FIG. 11 has a menu of available functions, FIG. 11b the safety instructions. in the form of a video sequence, FIGS. 11c of the type of aircraft and FIG. 11d information on the progress of the flight; - Figure 12: a first example of architecture of the data communication system in the cabin; FIG. 13: a second exemplary architecture of the data communication system in the cabin; - Figure 14: a third example of architecture of the data communication system in the cabin.
    [0009] Figure 1 schematically illustrates an aircraft cabin 100 having a plurality of seats 20 and different equipment capable of being integrated into the cabin of the invention.
    [0010] The term terminal will be used in the remainder of the description to denote any type of terminal adapted to wireless data transmissions, carried or portable by a passenger of the cabin, having reconfigurable graphical and alphanumeric presentation capabilities, for example a adapted resolution screen, advantageously colors, and control buttons such as keys of a keyboard, row keys or columns located on the edges of a screen, or areas sensitive to the touch of a screen on which can be represented symbols delimiting control buttons associated with these areas. Such a terminal is for example a mobile phone-laptop, often designated SmartPhone in English terminology, or a digital tablet.
    [0011] For the rest of the description, a portable terminal will be considered, in a nonlimiting manner, the example of a telephone incorporating functions of the portable computer type, having a display screen covered with a tactile surface, and having the ability to receive and transmit digital data over a radio link according to the WiFi standard. It will also be considered the case where the terminal is equipped with an integrated digital video camera. The cabin 100 has a plurality of passenger seats and comprises at least 3035073 a crew area 30 dedicated to the activities reserved for the commercial crew. The seats 20 are conventional passenger seats by their shapes, dimensions and ability to adapt to the comfort desired by a passenger, in particular by the mobility of different parts of the seat: backrest, seat, leg rest, armrest 5, and functions annexes such as lighting, ventilation and individual occupancy devices, these various elements to be considered as incorporated in the term "seat" when used in the present description. The seats 20 are also conventional in their arrangement in the cabin 100 which can be very variable depending on the dimensions of the cabin and the comfort proposed by the operator of the aircraft. By way of non-limiting example, there is shown in Figure 1 a cabin with four front seats and a central aisle. In the cabin, at each seat 20, as illustrated in the detail of Figure 1 to 15 illustrating an isolated seat, is associated a passenger terminal 40, at least when the seat is assigned to a passenger during a flight. In the example shown, the passenger terminal 40 comprises a display screen 41, advantageously colored, covered with a touch surface 42 for interacting with the passenger terminal, and a video camera 43.
    [0012] The seat comprises 22 also comprises a management unit 22 which manages the various parts of the seat, in particular actuators and lights, and comprises a module 23 for transmitting and receiving communication signals. In one embodiment, the module 23 may be shared between two or more seats.
    [0013] Where appropriate, the seat also includes a wire link 24 for transmitting data between the headquarters management unit 22 and a main cab computer 10. The crew zone 30 comprises at least one fixed crew terminal 31 and or at least one mobile equipment terminal 32.
    [0014] The main computer 10 manages the cabin and exchanges data between the various equipment of said cabin and the various terminals. The main computer 10 is coupled to at least one wireless communication box 11 and, according to the architecture of a communication network implemented in the cabin of the invention, is connected to a wired network 12 of 3035073. digital data communication. In the cabin 100, the seats 20, the passenger terminals 40, the fixed crew terminal (s) 31, and the mobile equipment terminal (s) 32 are connected operation by digital data exchanges, which are necessarily realized, at least when a step of transmissions, without wires from or to the passenger terminals and mobile equipment terminals, and which can in other cases be made with or without wires. The various elements used in the present booth 100 of the invention will be detailed and better understood in the detailed description of examples of implementation of the invention. In a passenger aircraft, each passenger is generally assigned, at the time of reservation or check-in before boarding, a seat identified in the cabin by its location, seat number or position in a row determined by a number. for example. In the present case, it is assumed that the passenger has a passenger terminal 40, ie that the passenger has a telephone, a tablet or any other personal equipment compatible with his use as a passenger terminal, or a passenger terminal. was made available at the time of registration or access on board the aircraft. As a preliminary to a first use, an application software is loaded on the passenger terminal 40, application software which once launched to be executed on said passenger terminal manages the data transfers between said passenger terminal 25 and the other equipment of the cabin 100 with which interactions are provided, determines the displays made on the display screen 41 of said passenger terminal and interprets the actions performed on the commands of said passenger terminal. The loading of the application can be carried out by any conventional method, for example by linking with a remote download server 30 or with a local computer. In a first step, once the application software is running, the passenger terminal 40 is paired with the seat assigned to the passenger. The pairing is achieved by communicating to the passenger terminal a unique identifier 3035073 11 of the seat. The unique identifier, for example equivalent to an alphanumeric character string can be entered via a keyboard of the portable terminal. Advantageously, the application software includes an image recognition subprogram provided by the video camera 43 of the passenger terminal, which is active when the passenger terminal is in the matching phase, so as to enable the reading of a code to be read. bars or a two-dimensional code, often referred to as QRCode, which code is displayed on the seat and where appropriate is printed on the boarding card which is given to the passenger upon registration.
    [0015] In this case, the pairing is effected by simply reading, by means of the camera 43 of the passenger terminal, the code on the seat or on the boarding card, as in the example illustrated in FIG. entering a QRCode and confirming the entry in Figure 2b. Advantageously during the pairing operation, an identifier of the passenger terminal 40 is transmitted to the cabin system so that said passenger terminal can not be paired with a second seat and another passenger terminal can not be paired. at the same seat, until the cabin system is reset. When the passenger terminal 40 is paired with the seat 20, said terminal becomes a cabin equipment 100 and is functionally known to the main computer 10 and, directly or indirectly, other cab elements with which it interacts within the intended functional limits. by the application software and controlled by the main computer 10. It should be understood that the interactions of a passenger terminal 40 with a seat 20 can address, at least in first intention, the seat to which the said passenger terminal has been paired. The pairing of the passenger terminal with a seat 20 results in a set of data exchange which will have the effect of modifying the behavior of the various elements of the cabin.
    [0016] In particular: the adjustment capacities of the seat 20 and of its different subsets, an example of which is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4, are transmitted to the passenger terminal 40 and information stored by the passenger on his passenger terminal, prior to the course of the flight or in a previous flight history 3035073 12, are transmitted to the management unit 22 of the seat. - Passenger personal data, especially his name and surname, are transmitted to the main computer 10 so as to build a table of passengers actually embarked. During this phase, the main computer 10 checks if necessary that the passenger is trying to pair his passenger terminal with the seat that was actually assigned when it was registered, a message that can notify him back in case of investment error. the display on a crew terminal screen 31, 32 of the cabin plan with the name of each of the passengers at the location they occupy in the cabin and the possibility for a member of the crew to consult personal data of each passenger. At this stage of the pairing, it is also possible to verify that the passenger is placed in accordance with the cabin plan provided for registration, cabin plan which is transmitted elsewhere, for example via a "gatelink" link, and where appropriate, to agree to modifications. The pairing also has the effect of opening up communication capabilities between the passenger terminal 40 and the crew terminals 31, 32.
    [0017] It is thus possible, through commands proposed through menus displayed by the application program on a screen of the passenger terminal, for the passenger to issue requests to the attention of the crew. Advantageously, during the pairing, the main computer 10 of the cabin transmits to the passenger terminal 40 configuration information that is used by the application program to adapt the capabilities of said passenger terminal, for example by neutralizing the display of function that is not accessible in the cabin considered. In particular, the menu makes it possible to define a variety of requests that go far beyond what is offered by the simple call button of cabin personnel in conventional cabins. For example, it is possible for the passenger to directly request a drink, chosen from a list of proposed drinks, to request a proposed service, to make an emergency call.
    [0018] FIG. 7 illustrates a display on a passenger terminal screen of a notice of dispatch following a call action of a crew member by the passenger, which enables the passenger to know that his / her call has been canceled. well sent.
    [0019] FIG. 8 shows an example of choice of films proposed to the passenger on his portable terminal, a support on the representation of a film or other choice resulting in the unfolding of the film on the seat video screen, if appropriate after a submenu in which the passenger will have specified options such as language. Figure 9 shows a display on the screen of the passenger terminal by which a passenger can choose food and drinks from a meal. Figure 10a shows the presentation on the screen of the passenger terminal of a selected dish and the return on the order placed, figure 10b. FIGS. 11a to 11d illustrate examples of information that can be consulted by the passenger on his portable terminal through a page of choice, FIG. 11a, the passenger can consult, for example, the safety instructions, FIG. 11b, information on the type of aircraft in which it is located, figure 11c, or information on the flight and its progress, figure 11d.
    [0020] When the passenger sends a request, it is formalized with the crew by a display on a screen of a crew terminal 31 or 32. Information transmitted by the passenger terminal on which the request was made, the calculator The principal identifies the passenger and the corresponding seat, which are displayed, advantageously in the form of a graphical representation, with the contents of the query on the screen of at least one crew terminal. It is thus possible for the crew to satisfy the request more quickly by avoiding unnecessary movements in the cabin. In one embodiment, the personnel of the crew preferably have a mobile equipment terminal 32 which allows a personnel to receive a request transmitted from a passenger terminal, including when the personnel of the crew concerned crew is traveling in the cabin. In this case, advantageously, only the mobile equipment terminal 32, in addition to a fixed crew terminal 31, closest to the seat corresponding to the passenger terminal having issued the request displays the request. Examples will be given in the description of an architecture of the invention of methods making it possible to define a position in the cabin of a mobile equipment terminal 32. It is thus possible for the steward or the hostess closest to the Passenger concerned to intervene to satisfy the request, to inquire details about the request, or to dispense a message of taking into account to make the passenger wait in the best conditions. In one embodiment, the request of the passenger is maintained displayed on the crew terminal, or the crew terminals, associated with an acknowledgment button whose support will be achieved only at the time the request has been processed. As a result, particularly in the case of close or simultaneous requests sent from different passenger terminals, a request management which avoids certain ones being forgotten and which otherwise would lead the passenger to rephrase it. In the case where several requests are displayed simultaneously on several crew terminals, fixed or mobile, an acknowledgment relating to a request will have the effect of removing the request not only on the crew terminal on which the acknowledgment is made but also on all the terminals on which the request was displayed. The passenger terminal 40 also allows the passenger to interact directly with the cabin, for the part that concerns him, that is to say mainly the seat he occupies and his immediate environment. The passenger has through his portable terminal 40 the possibility of adjusting his seat. With regard to seat adjustment capabilities, it is necessary to understand not only the movement of the moving parts of the seat which allows the passenger to take positions according to his watch phases, and the activities he carries out, and to but also accessory functions such as the adjustment of the light intensity at the seat, the adjustment of the air vents or the controls related to the use of the amusement devices of the passenger.
    [0021] It should be noted that depending on the model of the cabin seat, or assigned to the passenger, the adjustment possibilities may be different and that in this case displays of adjustment functions proposed to the passenger on his passenger terminal 40 are adapted to from the data transmitted to the passenger terminal during the pairing, to propose only the available or usable functions.
    [0022] FIGS. 5a and 5b illustrate how the passenger terminal 40 is configured during the pairing so as to adapt the functions accessible to the passenger by displays on the screen of the passenger terminal of the adjustment possibilities of the different parts of the seat and how the passenger can memorize preferred settings or use previously memorized settings. In a particular embodiment, a seat maintenance aid is able to detect non-usable settings, for example due to a breakdown, a limitation which is advantageously reflected in the possibilities offered to the seat. passenger on his passenger terminal. Advantageously, the passenger has on his / her passenger terminal 40 commands for memorizing seat adjustments corresponding to privileged positions. Apart from the fully extended position and the imposed position for the takeoff and landing phases of the aircraft, personalized positions 15 for relaxation, for reading, for waking up ... can be memorized by the passenger 40. The personal positions memorized on the passenger terminal during a flight or during previous flights, provided that the memorized positions correspond to the seat model assigned in the cabin 100 are advantageously transmitted to the seat 20 when pairing the passenger terminal with the cab, so that these predefined positions are also selectable from a dedicated fixed seat control panel. The passenger also has the possibility to program specific functions of the seat according to his personal desires.
    [0023] For example, when a chair has a "massage" mode, the passenger terminal can activate the "massage" function and set a massage duration for an automatic stop. For example, a passenger terminal makes it possible to set a desired wake-up time at which particular actions, chosen by the passenger, of the seat, such as vibrations of certain movable elements of the seat or variations of the lights which are dedicated to the seat, can be associated with them. Figure 6a illustrates the display on a passenger terminal screen during the choice of an alarm time and Figure 6b shows the same screen when activating the selected time.
    [0024] 3035073 16 The passenger terminal also allows the crew to transmit information or messages to the passenger of a seat. Certain messages, for example "attach your seatbelts" are intended to be addressed to all passengers as in general the safety messages that will be broadcast on all passenger terminals without distinction of seat location. However, if the information on the passenger during the match includes a nationality of the passenger, the messages may be displayed on the passenger terminal in the corresponding language, a priori in addition to other standard languages.
    [0025] Other messages may be customized depending on the passenger terminal. For example, a passenger who has forgotten to put his seat in the takeoff / landing position during one of its phases would receive a message specifically addressed to him asking him to adjust the position of his seat. This request is possible insofar as the main computer 10 knows the current settings of each of the seats and transmits to the crew the identity of the seat which is not correctly adjusted. Among the activities of a cabin crew, meals served to passengers are the source of intense activity whose management, especially in the cabins of the upper 20 classes where it is customary to offer passengers choices, is sometimes delicate when it is necessary to satisfy as much as possible the wishes of the passengers. In one form of implementation, the crew submits to each passenger by a display on his passenger terminal 40 a menu of available dishes in which he can compose a meal at first and validate his choice in a second 25 time which is transmitted to the main calculator and can be consulted by the crew members using the crew terminals at their disposal. It is then possible for the crew to bring the chosen meal directly to each of the passengers, possibly in a time slot defined by each passenger during the composition of his meal.
    [0026] In one embodiment, the menu of the chosen meal is printed in a personalized manner, for example by the indication of the first and last name, for example by printing a flag of the nationality of the passenger or any other expression of a form of courtesy. In one embodiment, personal information concerning passenger's preferences and / or dietary contraindications, transferred to the main computer 10 during the pairing of the passenger terminal 40, are used by the main computer to detect possible anomalies in the selected menu and report these anomalies to the crew in charge of humanly managing the relationship with the passenger. In one form of implementation, the wishes of a regular passenger of the company operating the aircraft are stored in the passenger terminal. The memorized history is transmitted, with the agreement of the passenger, to the main computer 10, where appropriate to a customer needs management system of the operating company, so that it is possible as soon as a reservation is made. passenger on a flight to check if his preferred services will be available and if necessary to take specific action where possible. Thus preferences as diverse as for example preferred wines, preferred films, having a second pillow, may be known and anticipated during the preparation of the aircraft or by the crew during the flight. In one embodiment, the various actions and requests of a passenger made in the course of a flight, are stored by the passenger terminal 40 of the passenger and, before the end of the flight, for example when driving to the car park the main computer by a message addressed to said passenger terminal, asks the passenger if he agrees that the data relating to the use of services on board the aircraft are retained. These data will be advantageously used to better prepare a subsequent flight of the passenger on the same company, to anticipate the preventive maintenance operations based on the actual use of the mechanisms of the seats 25 and to improve the design of future equipment by an objective identification in real conditions of the functions most appreciated by the passengers and the most used. In one embodiment, data relating to technical problems highlighted when using a seat are stored by the seat management unit 22 and / or the main computer 10 at which the problem information is stored. detected technology are transmitted by the headquarters management unit. The data is processed after the flight, in the context of the maintenance of the seats, by an application dedicated to the exploitation of said data. In one embodiment, a maintenance operator has a mobile terminal which enables him, by wireless links, to consult the maintenance data recorded during the use of the seat and to intervene under the best possible conditions. term of responsiveness and relevance of his intervention.
    [0027] As explained above, a passenger terminal 40, once paired, is a cabin equipment 100 in which it performs the functions whose principles have been set forth in practical examples. In an aircraft cabin 100, each seat is potentially occupied by a passenger having his or her own passenger terminal 40, i.e. a personal telephone or a personal tablet including the application software. Although each passenger terminal is paired with a seat assigned to the passenger holding said passenger terminal, the multiplicity of passenger terminals capable of transmitting and receiving at the same time in the confined environment of the cabin requires an organization of a communication network. digital data 15 from the different transmitters: the passenger terminals 40, the seats 20, the main computer 10, the crew terminals 31, 32, which are also receivers. The mobile terminals, passenger 40 or crew 32, are necessarily in the communication network connected by wireless links.
    [0028] Stationary equipment such as seats and the fixed crew terminal (s) may be connected to the main computer (10) by wire links or by wireless links. In all possible cases of organization of the digital data communication network, there must of course always be a path between the equipment to exchange data. This condition is not necessarily sufficient, however, because the transmission times must not introduce latency between a command and the action that must result from this command. For example, in the case of a command to change a position of a seat element, the passenger must feel a result of his action within a relatively short time, of the order of a tenth of a second. In the case of a request sent to the crew, the transmission of the data can have no practical consequence exceeding one second, with however on the screen of the passenger terminal visual feedback fast enough to avoid a tendency to double an action. As a result of these constraints, certain communications must be transmitted via short paths in order to limit latency times within accepted deadlines. In the exemplary embodiment, wireless communications are provided by radio links in accordance with the WIFI communication standard which is available on many devices that can be used as a passenger terminal and which are nowadays already owned by many people. FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a network in which the passenger terminals 40 communicate directly with a communication module 23 associated with the seat 10 to which the terminal is linked. In one embodiment, as in the example illustrated, a module is shared between two neighboring seats which limits the number of communication module and installed in the cabin. This arrangement has the advantage of an almost direct communication between the passenger terminal and the seat which has the effect of limiting the transmission times and of limiting the radio transmission power required in view of the proximity during the flight of the aircraft. aircraft of the passenger terminal and the seat to which it is linked. In this embodiment, the communications between the seat 20 and the main computer 10 can be carried out wirelessly by the communication module 23 or by the wired connection means.
    [0029] In this embodiment, the communications of the passenger terminal 40 with the main computer 10 can be carried out directly by radio link between said passenger terminal and said computer, or in another embodiment with the communication module 23 of the seat used as relay in this case a role of router.
    [0030] FIG. 13 illustrates another example of a network in which all the communications of the equipment of the cabin, in particular the passenger terminals 40, the mobile equipment terminals and the seats are made between the equipment concerned, considered as customers, and the housing wireless communication booth 11, or a small number of wireless communication boxes, said communication box advantageously performing a data router function, through which all communications pass. FIG. 14 illustrates another example of a network constituting a mesh in which each passenger terminal 40 is in communication with the seat 20 to which it is linked by a communication module 23 of the seat, or of a seat group, taking over this is the arrangement of the embodiment of FIG. 12, but in which the communications with the main computer 10 pass through the communication modules of different seats used in this case as a repeater for transmitting the data to a communication box without thread 11. In this case it is limited the power necessary for the transmission of data and provides a redundancy of the paths by which the data can be transmitted to overcome potential failures of certain equipment implemented for the transmission of data.
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    Claims (19)
    [0001]
    CLAIMS1 - Aircraft cabin (100) comprising a plurality of seats (20) characterized in that at least one seat of said plurality of seats is paired with a passenger terminal (40), said seat and said paired passenger terminal communicating wirelessly between them for transmitting digital data relating to adjustment capabilities of said seat from a management unit (22) of said seat to the passenger terminal (40) and for transmitting digital data relating to adjustment instructions of said seat from the passenger terminal (40) to the management unit (22) of the seat, the passenger terminal (40) comprising an application software interpreting the data received from the management unit of the seat to display on a screen (41) of the passenger terminal a representation of the possible settings for said seat and interpreting actions of an operator on keys of the passenger terminal as instructions for setting the seat.
    [0002]
    2 - Aircraft cabin according to claim 1 comprising at least one main computer (10) of said cabin, said computer exchanging digital data with at least one passenger terminal (40) paired with a seat and with at least one fixed crew terminal (31) and or a mobile equipment terminal (32) for transmitting to said passenger terminal requests that said passenger terminal is authorized to transmit and for transmitting requests, chosen by an operator, to said passenger terminal, from said passenger terminal to said crew terminal, and to transfer requests, chosen by an operator to said crew terminal, from said crew terminal to said passenger terminal, application software executed by said passenger and crew terminals displaying the received requests and displaying each of the interfaces to enable operators to make requests.
    [0003]
    3 - Aircraft cabin according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the management unit (22) of at least one seat (20) of the plurality of seats is connected by a wired digital link to a communication module (23) for directly transmitting digital data relating to settings instructions of said seat, received from the passenger terminal (40) wirelessly, to the management unit (22) of the seat in question. 3035073 22
    [0004]
    4 - Aircraft cabin according to one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the management unit (22) of each seat (20) of the plurality of seats is connected by a wired digital link to a communication module (23). ) for transmitting to the management unit (22) of the seat in question the digital data relating to the setting instructions of said seat, received by wireless connection of a cabin communication box (11), said cabin communication box relaying the setting instructions of said seat issued by the passenger terminal (40) wirelessly and received by said cabin communication box. 10
    [0005]
    5 - Aircraft cabin according to claim 3 or claim 4 wherein at least one seat (20) comprises a communication module (23) connected to the sole management unit (22) of the seat in question.
    [0006]
    6 - Aircraft cabin according to one of claims 3 to 5 wherein at least one communication module (23) is connected to a plurality of management units (22) each belonging to one of the seats of a group of seats immediately neighbors in said cabin.
    [0007]
    7 - aircraft cabin according to one of claims 3 to 6 wherein at least one communication module (23) is implemented as a relay for transmitting data between a cabin communication box (11) and at least one other communication module (23).
    [0008]
    8 - aircraft cabin according to one of the preceding claims taken in combination with claim 2 wherein the data exchanged between a passenger terminal (40) and the main computer (10) are received and transmitted by a communication box cabin (11) directly or via a communication module (23) of a seat or a group of seats. 30
    [0009]
    9 - Aircraft cabin according to one of the preceding claims wherein each seat (20) of the plurality of seats is identified in the cabin (100) by a unique identifier.
    [0010]
    10 - Aircraft cabin according to claim 9 wherein at least one passenger terminal (40) comprises an optical reading camera and wherein the application software 3035073 23 of said passenger terminal is configured to decode a graphic code affixed to the seat and characteristic of the unique identifier when pairing said seat and said passenger terminal. 5
    [0011]
    11 - Method for managing interactions between at least one passenger terminal (40), communicating digital data via a wireless link, and at least one seat (20) of a plurality of seats of an aircraft cabin ( 100) in which an interaction management application software is previously installed on said at least one passenger terminal, characterized in that it comprises a first step of pairing said at least one passenger terminal with the at least one passenger terminal. at least one seat by an identification by the passenger terminal (40) of the seat (20) and a second initialization step in which seat adjustment capabilities (20) are transmitted to the passenger terminal (40) and information stored previously on said passenger terminal, are transmitted to the management unit (22) of the seat; - The application software on a screen (41) of the passenger terminal (40) through graphical representations and or text functions available to an operator using said passenger terminal to change the settings of the seat (20). 20
    [0012]
    12 - interaction management method according to claim 11 wherein, during the pairing step, personal data of a passenger, identified as the owner of the passenger terminal (40) in said passenger terminal, stored in a memory of said passenger terminal, are transmitted to a main computer (10) of the cabin, said main computer: - verifying that an identity of said passenger corresponds to a passenger actually recorded on the flight being loaded and if necessary checking, by comparison to a boarding list transmitted by a passenger check-in station, that the passenger attempts to pair his passenger terminal with the seat which was actually allocated to him when he registered; recording said personal data so as to construct a table of passengers actually embarked and if necessary displaying on a screen of a crew terminal (31, 32) a cabin plan with the names of each of the passengers. 3035073 24
    [0013]
    13 - Interaction management method according to claim 12 wherein a passenger terminal (20) receives from the main computer (10) characteristic data queries can be formulated by a passenger to the crew, said data received by the passenger terminal (40) determining display possibilities on the screen (42) of said passenger terminal, through which passenger terminal the passenger makes requests. 10
    [0014]
    14 - interaction management method according to claim 12 or claim 13 wherein a passenger terminal (20) receives from the main computer (10) information and or requests and or instructions developed by at least one fixed crew terminal ( 31) and or by a mobile equipment terminal (32). 15
    [0015]
    15 - Interaction management method according to one of claims 12 to 14 wherein personal data of a passenger, recorded in the main computer (10) during the pairing of the passenger terminal with the seat, are displayed, on at least one fixed crew terminal (31) and or a mobile equipment terminal (32), by an interaction of an operator with a screen of said at least one fixed crew terminal or mobile crew terminal, and or upon receipt of a request sent by the passenger terminal (40) and received by the main computer (10).
    [0016]
    16 - A method according to one of claims 12 to 15 wherein a passenger terminal (40) paired with a seat (20), on the action of an operator of said passenger terminal: - issues instructions to change the authorized settings of the seat by moving movable elements of the seat, by changing the luminous intensity of an individual seat illumination, by modifying a flow rate and / or an individual ventilation temperature of the seat; - issues requests for the choice of a wake-up time by activating movements of moving parts of the seat and / or by modifying the luminous intensity of an individual lighting - issues requests to the crew to request assistance, 35 to reserve a dish for a meal, to request a drink, to request a review, to order an item in the ship's zero-rated shop, said requests being formulated through a graphical interface and or textual display on the screen (41) of the passenger terminal (40), said interface only displaying the possible requests at the time of their formulations.
    [0017]
    17 - Process according to claim 16 wherein a request sent to the attention of the crew, when received by the main computer (10), is transmitted to at least one mobile equipment terminal (32) identified by the computer main (10) 10 being the closest crew terminal to the seat paired with the passenger terminal (40) at the origin of the request, said mobile equipment terminal being for example located in the cabin by the force of a received signal.
    [0018]
    18 - Method according to one of claims 11 to 17 wherein the actions performed by an operator on a passenger terminal (40) paired with a seat (20) are stored in a memory of a management unit (22) of the seat, and or in a memory of the main computer (10) and or a memory of the passenger terminal (40) for their subsequent transmissions to a statistical processing center on the use of interactions in the cabin. 20
    [0019]
    19 - Method according to one of claims 11 to 18 wherein the interactions performed on the seat and or malfunctions detected by monitoring systems are stored in a memory of the seat (20) and or a memory of the central computer ( 10) in the form of a history to be analyzed by a seat maintenance tool.
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