System for caching and distribution of cloud based spatial imagery to multiple view ports

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9706242-B2
Application number	US-201514933916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2015
Priority date	Nov 5, 2015
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

An improved image display system configured to receive and display content, including one or more images and/or parametric data, associated with the flight trajectory of an aircraft is described herein. At least one or more images of the sky and/or earth may be retrieved and stored in an aircraft. Based on the location of the aircraft, the image display system selects a subset of the one or more stored images and displays the subset of the one or more images to at least one interior surface in the aircraft such that passengers may experience the imagery of the open sky or earth while in-flight.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for displaying content in an aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving content associated with a flight trajectory of the aircraft;
storing the content in an on-board storage system on the aircraft;
obtaining a location of the aircraft;
selecting a subset of the content based on the obtained location relative to the flight trajectory; and
displaying the subset of the content on at least one interior surface of the aircraft;
wherein the subset of the content displayed includes images comprising any one of three-dimensional (3D) spatial imagery, images of earth views, and images of sky views; and
wherein displaying the subset of the content comprises synchronizing the subset of the content displayed extracted from the on-board storage system for display on at least one interior surface while the aircraft is in-flight; and
wherein displaying the subset of the content further comprises updating, in real-time, the subset of the content based on changes to the flight trajectory, including any one of banks, turns, and unexpected flight detours.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the content, including one or more images and parametric data, when the aircraft is on the ground.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the content stored in the on-board storage system comprises at least one of: images and parametric data that have not previously been stored.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flight trajectory is calculated based on at least one of: a pre-determined flight plan for the aircraft and rotation and position of earth.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pre-determined flight plan further comprises information related to any one of: flight schedule, orientation, and direction of the aircraft.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the subset of the content further comprises rendering the subset of the content from a head-end server to at least one rendering node configured for display.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one rendering node is configured to perform any one of: image alignment, image scaling, image registration, and image stitching.

8. An image display system, comprising:
one or more memories having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the system to:
receive content associated with a flight trajectory of an aircraft;
store the content in an on-board storage system in the aircraft;
obtain a location of the aircraft;
select a subset of the content based on the obtained location relative to the flight trajectory; and
display the subset of the content on at least one interior surface of the aircraft;
wherein the subset of the content displayed includes images comprising any one of three-dimensional (3D) spatial imagery, images of earth views, and images of sky views; and
wherein displaying the subset of the content comprises synchronizing the subset of the content displayed extracted from the on-board storage system for display on at least one interior surface while the aircraft is in-flight; and
wherein displaying the subset of the content further comprises updating, in real-time, the subset of the content based on changes to the flight trajectory, including any one of banks, turns, and unexpected flight detours.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
receive the content, including at least one of one or more images or parametric data, when the aircraft is on the ground.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the content stored in the on-board storage system comprises at least one of: images and parametric data that have not previously been stored.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the flight trajectory is calculated based on at least one of: a pre-determined flight plan for the aircraft and rotation and position of earth.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the pre-determined flight plan further comprises information related to any one of: flight schedule, orientation, and direction of the aircraft.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein display the subset of content further comprises synchronizing the subset of the content extracted from the on-board storage system for display on at least one interior surface while the aircraft is in-flight.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one rendering node is configured to perform any one of: image alignment, image scaling, image registration, image processing and image stitching.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one rendering node is configured to utilize computer graphic generated imagery to augment real images or create other virtual world imagery based on aircraft position.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Dame Stephen Gregory
• Ibrahim Yakentim M

Classifications

• G06F16/587

  using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location · CPC title

• H04N21/231

  Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion · CPC title

• H04N21/4318

  by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region (image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00) · CPC title

• H04N21/235

  Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors · CPC title

• H04N21/41422 Primary

  located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62) · CPC title