Interactive sidewall display system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464674-B2
Application number	US-201816165482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2018
Priority date	Jun 23, 2014
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

There is described a system and method for setting virtual boundaries on an interactive sidewall display system in a vehicle, the virtual boundaries defining individual passenger-specific regions for user interaction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An interactive sidewall display system, comprising:
at least one display device extending along an inner sidewall of a vehicle and spanning at least two seats disposed in successive rows, the display device being responsive to input commands from passengers for displaying information and images thereon; and
a control module operatively connected to the at least one display device and configured to set at least one virtual boundary for the at least one display device as a function of seat pitch between the successive rows, the virtual boundary defining user-specific regions for passenger interaction with the display device, wherein the at least one virtual boundary is a substantially vertical boundary that separates the display device into the user-specific regions;
wherein the control module is configured to receive as input one of a selection of seats defining a zone and a zone comprising a set of pre-selected seats, and the seat pitch for seats of the zone, and set the at least one virtual boundary as a function of the seat pitch for the zone.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to determine the seat pitch between the successive rows and set the at least one virtual boundary as a function of the seat pitch.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to receive as input the seat pitch between the successive rows, and set the at least one virtual boundary as a function of the seat pitch as received.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to apply virtual boundaries to a plurality of zones in the vehicle, each one of the zones defining a set of seats, wherein the virtual boundaries in a first zone define regions of a size that differs from the virtual boundaries in a second zone.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first zone comprises a plurality of successive rows, the second zone is adjacent to the first zone and comprises a single row, and a third zone adjacent to the second zone comprises a plurality of successive rows, the virtual boundaries in the first and the third zones defining regions of a size that differs from the virtual boundaries in the second zone.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein at least two of the plurality of zones span a same display device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one display device comprises a plurality of display devices and the control module is configured to receive as input a selected display device from the plurality of display devices for applying the at least one virtual boundary thereto.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one display device and the control module comprise wireless transmission means for communicating together.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to display borders on the display device at the at least one virtual boundary to visually define the user-specific regions.

10. A method for providing an interactive sidewall display system, the method comprising:
extending at least one display device along an inner sidewall of a vehicle to span at least two seats disposed in successive rows, the display device being responsive to input commands from passengers for displaying information and images thereon;
operatively connecting a control module to the at least one display device;
setting at least one virtual boundary on the at least one display device from the control module as a function of seat pitch between the successive rows, the at least one virtual boundary defining user-specific regions for passenger interaction, wherein the at least one virtual boundary is a substantially vertical boundary that separates the display device into the user-specific regions; and
receiving as input one of a selection of seats defining a zone and a zone comprising a set of pre-selected seats, and the seat pitch between the successive rows of the zone, and setting the at least one virtual boundary as a function of the seat pitch for the zone.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein setting the at least one virtual boundary comprises determining the seat pitch between the successive rows.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein setting the at least one virtual boundary comprises receiving as input the seat pitch between the successive rows.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein setting the at least one virtual boundary comprises applying virtual boundaries to a plurality of zones in the vehicle, each one of the zones defining a set of seats in successive rows, wherein the virtual boundaries in a first zone define regions of a size that differs from the virtual boundaries in a second zone.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first zone comprises a plurality of successive rows, the second zone is adjacent to the first zone and comprises a single row, and a third zone adjacent to the second zone comprises a plurality of successive rows, the virtual boundaries in the first and the third zones defining regions of a size that differs from the virtual boundaries in the second zone.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein at least two of the plurality of zones span a same display device.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein extending at least one display device comprises extending a plurality of display devices and further comprising receiving as input a selected display device from the plurality of display devices to the control module for applying the at least one virtual boundary thereto.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein operatively connecting a control module to the at least one display device comprises connecting the control module and the at least one display device wirelessly.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying borders on the display device at the at least one virtual boundary to visually define the user-specific regions.

19. A method for providing an interactive sidewall display system having at least one display device extending along an inner sidewall of a vehicle and spanning at least two seats disposed in successive rows, the at least one display device being responsive to input commands from passengers for displaying information and images thereon, the method comprising setting at least one virtual boundary on the at least one display device as a function of seat pitch between the successive rows from a control module operatively connected to the at least one display device, the at least one virtual boundary defining user-specific regions for passenger interaction, wherein the at least one virtual boundary is a substantially vertical boundary that separates the display device into the user-specific regions, and receiving as input one of a selection of seats defining a zone and a zone comprising a set of pre-selected seats, and the seat pitch between the successive rows of the zone, and setting the at least one virtual boundary as a function of the seat pitch for the zone.

Assignees

• Bombardier Inc

Inventors

• Grant Robert

Classifications

• G09G2380/10

  Automotive applications · CPC title

• G06F3/1446

  display composed of modules, e.g. video walls · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  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 title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title