Programmable lighting methods and systems for a removable peripheral bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12012222-B2
Application number	US-202217940875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2022
Priority date	May 12, 2022
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

Innovative peripheral bar assembly for a transportation vehicle is provided. One method includes retrieving, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), configuration information to operate the LEDs; transmitting, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate one or more of the LEDs; and operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
retrieving, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), configuration information to operate the LEDs;
transmitting, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate the one or more LEDs; and
operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status on the aircraft.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs to indicate an airline preferred sequence defining an airline brand.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
updating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LED operation based on a flight status.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs based on a passenger preference.

5. The method claim 1 , further comprising:
modifying, by the peripheral bar assembly, operation of the one or more LEDs based on a passenger activity.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the passenger activity is one of playing a video game, sleeping, waking up, watching media content or using the seat device for shopping.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral bar assembly is modular and upgradable with new components complying with changing technical requirement.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:
retrieve, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), configuration information to operate the LEDs;
transmit, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate one or more of the LEDs; and
operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status.

9. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the machine executable code which when executed by the at least one machine, further causes the at least one machine to: operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs to indicate an airline preferred sequence defining an airline brand.

10. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the machine executable code which when executed by the at least one machine, further causes the at least one machine to: update, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LED operation based on a flight status.

11. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the machine executable code which when executed by the at least one machine, further causes the at least one machine to: operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs based on a passenger preference.

12. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the machine executable code which when executed by the at least one machine, further causes the at least one machine to: modify, by the peripheral bar assembly, operation of the one or more LEDs based on a passenger activity.

13. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the passenger activity is one of playing a video game, sleeping, waking up, watching media content or using the seat device for shopping.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the peripheral bar assembly is modular and upgradable with new components complying with changing technical requirement.

15. A system, comprising:
a memory of a seat device containing non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions; and
a processor of the seat coupled to the memory, the seat device coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a microcontroller and a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to:
retrieve, by the processor, configuration information to operate the LEDs;
transmit, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate one or more of the LEDs; and
operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the machine executable code further causes to: operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs to indicate an airline preferred sequence defining an airline brand.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the machine executable code further causes to: update, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LED operation based on a flight status.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the machine executable code further causes to: operate, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs based on a passenger preference.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the machine executable code further causes to: modify, by the peripheral bar assembly, operation of the one or more LEDs based on a passenger activity.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the passenger activity is one of playing a video game, sleeping, waking up, watching media content or using the seat device for shopping.

Assignees

• Panasonic Avionics Corp

Inventors

• Diaz David
• Vazquez Steven Christopher
• Yamamoto Yoshimi
• Petry Sebastian
• Izadyar Mehdi
• Ma Nicholas
• Cisneros Omar Lopez

Classifications

• H05B47/175

  by remote control · CPC title

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/10 Primary

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title