Terminal position identification method and system for civil aircraft entertainment system, and medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a terminal position identification method and system for a civil aircraft entertainment system and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining the seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal through scanning and character recognition, and the seat information comprises a seat number; the unique identification numbers corresponding to the seat terminals and the corresponding seat numbers form a passenger cabin seat corresponding relation table; the passenger cabin seat corresponding relation table is sent to an airborne entertainment system server through a passenger cabin wireless access point, and the airborne entertainment system server forms a passenger cabin layout map of seat display terminal seat numbers; the airborne entertainment system server sends the seat numbers corresponding to the seat display terminals to the corresponding seat display terminals, and the seat display terminals store and record the seat numbers; and when a maintenance demand or a service request exists, the airborne entertainment system server determines the position of a fault seat or the specific position of a request passenger according to the passenger cabin layout map. The position positioning problem based on the wireless airborne entertainment system can be solved, and the method is easy to implement and high in operability.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of data integration and processing, and in particular to a terminal position identification method, system and medium for a civil aircraft entertainment system. Background Art

[0002] With the development of WiFi technology and its widespread use in civil aircraft, airlines and OEMs are increasingly inclined to use wireless seat terminals. This can eliminate the Ethernet cables of each seat display terminal, thereby reducing the weight of the aircraft and making it easier for passengers to interact with their own mobile phones and tablets and seat terminals, enriching passenger applications, improving passenger satisfaction, and bringing greater value-added space for airlines.

[0003] The design of the wireless in-flight entertainment system needs to consider how each seat terminal identifies its own position. Because if the position of each seat terminal cannot be identified, it will cause three problems. First, it will make it difficult to maintain the seat display terminal. The maintenance personnel can only manually observe whether there is a problem with the corresponding seat display terminal, and cannot quickly locate it through self-check information. Second, the passenger service function in the in-flight entertainment system also depends on the specific seat. For example, when initiating a request to call the flight attendant or turn on the reading light, the flight attendant cannot locate the current position of the passenger. Third, when the passenger boards the plane, the current seat number of the passenger cannot be given on the seat display terminal.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a method to accurately identify the position of each seat display terminal. Summary of the invention

[0005] The present invention aims to provide a terminal position identification method, system and medium for a civil aircraft entertainment system. The method can conveniently solve the problem of position positioning based on a wireless in-flight entertainment system, is simple to implement and has strong operability.

[0006] The present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0007] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system, the method being applied to a wireless in-flight entertainment system, the wireless in-flight entertainment system comprising a crew control terminal, an in-flight entertainment system server and a plurality of seat display terminals, the method comprising:

[0008] The seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal is obtained by scanning and text recognition, and the seat information includes the seat number; and the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number are used to form a cabin seat correspondence table;

[0009] The cabin seat correspondence table is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout diagram of the seat display terminal seat number;

[0010] The in-flight entertainment system server sends the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, which stores and records it;

[0011] When there is a maintenance requirement or service request, the IFE server determines the location of the faulty seat or the specific location of the requesting passenger based on the cabin layout.

[0012] Furthermore, before acquiring the seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal by scanning and text recognition, the method further includes:

[0013] The aircraft cabin layout is stored in the in-flight entertainment system server; the flight attendant control terminal is started, and the seat position discovery function module is entered; at this time, all seat display terminals display the unique identification number of the seat.

[0014] Furthermore, the unique identification number of the seat is a MAC address or a serial number of the seat display terminal.

[0015] Furthermore, the seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal is obtained by scanning and text recognition, and the seat information includes the seat number; and the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number form a cabin seat correspondence table, including:

[0016] The maintenance personnel use the location discovery software on their own terminals (mobile phones or tablet computers) to scan and recognize the seat numbers of a row in the cabin, and scan and recognize the text of the row of seat terminals. The location discovery software matches the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal with the seat number one by one.

[0017] After scanning each row in turn, a correspondence table between the unique identification numbers of all seat display terminals in the cabin and the seat numbers is formed as a cabin seat correspondence table; the seat number refers to the position identification of the seat.

[0018] Furthermore, the cabin seat correspondence table is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout diagram of the seat display terminal seat number, including:

[0019] The maintenance personnel bring their own terminals to connect to the cabin wireless access point, and the location discovery software sends the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server;

[0020] A table of correspondence between positions and devices is formed in the in-flight entertainment system server and filled into the corresponding cabin layout diagram for storage.

[0021] Furthermore, when there is a maintenance requirement or service request, the in-flight entertainment system server determines the location of the faulty seat or the specific location of the requesting passenger according to the cabin layout diagram, including:

[0022] When the wireless in-flight entertainment system is self-checking, if the seat display terminal fails, the seat number + fault code will be sent to the in-flight entertainment system server. The in-flight entertainment system server will automatically give the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout map and display it on the crew display terminal, so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem;

[0023] When a seat display terminal sends a request, it is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + request. The in-flight entertainment system server searches the cabin layout map, and the crew display terminal displays the requested seat so that the crew can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

[0024] Furthermore, the method only needs to be executed during the initial installation. If a device is replaced, the seat position discovery function is restarted to perform scanning and text recognition of the row of seats and update the cabin seat correspondence table.

[0025] In a second aspect, the present invention further provides a terminal position identification system for a civil aircraft entertainment system, the system comprising:

[0026] A relationship table forming unit is used to obtain seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal by scanning and text recognition, the seat information including the seat number; and form a cabin seat correspondence relationship table with the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number;

[0027] A cabin layout forming unit, used to send the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout of the seat display terminal seat number;

[0028] The terminal storage and recording unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to send the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, and the seat display terminal stores and records it;

[0029] The position determination unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to determine the position of the faulty seat or the specific position of the requesting passenger according to the cabin layout diagram when there is a maintenance demand or service request.

[0030] Furthermore, the location determination unit comprises:

[0031] The first confirmation subunit is used for sending the seat number + fault code to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + fault code when the wireless in-flight entertainment system self-checks. The in-flight entertainment system server automatically gives the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout diagram and displays it on the crew display terminal so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem;

[0032] The second confirmation subunit is used to send a seat number + request to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + request when a seat display terminal sends a request. The in-flight entertainment system server searches the cabin layout map, and the crew display terminal displays the requested seat so that the crew can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

[0033] In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the above-mentioned terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system.

[0034] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects:

[0035] At present, the common wireless positioning technology uses WIFI positioning, but the positioning accuracy is poor, and there is multipath interference in the special environment of the aircraft cabin, which makes it difficult to accurately locate the seat display terminal. If other positioning methods are used, such as UWB positioning methods, there are authentication problems for other frequencies added on board, and the accuracy still cannot meet the requirements. If the address line is used to uniquely determine the position of the seat display terminal, the complexity of the on-board wiring is increased. The present invention provides a terminal position identification method, system and medium for a civil aircraft entertainment system. The present invention can conveniently solve the problem of position positioning based on a wireless in-flight entertainment system, is simple to implement, and has strong operability. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, constitute a part of this application, and do not constitute a limitation of the embodiments of the present invention. In the drawings:

[0037] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the wireless in-flight entertainment system of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 2 The present invention is a flow chart of a terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with embodiments and drawings. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their description are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0040] Example 1

[0041] like Figure 1 As shown, Figure 1 This is an architectural diagram of a wireless in-flight entertainment system;

[0042] like Figure 2As shown, the present invention provides a terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system, the method is applied to a wireless in-flight entertainment system, the wireless in-flight entertainment system includes a crew control terminal, an in-flight entertainment system server and a plurality of seat display terminals, the method includes:

[0043] Step 1, store the cabin layout of the aircraft in the in-flight entertainment system server; start the crew control terminal and enter the seat position discovery function module; at this time, all seat display terminals display the unique identification number of the seat, and the unique identification number of the seat can be the MAC address or the serial number of the seat display terminal.

[0044] Step 2, using scanning and text recognition to obtain the seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal, the seat information including the seat number; and forming a cabin seat correspondence table with the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and its corresponding seat number;

[0045] In this embodiment, step 2 includes:

[0046] Step 21, the maintenance personnel use the location discovery software of their own terminal (mobile phone or tablet computer) to scan and recognize the seat number (i.e., location identifier) ​​of a row in the cabin, and then scan and recognize the text of the row of seat terminals. The location discovery software matches the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal with the seat number one by one;

[0047] For example, scan the position mark on the luggage rack to form 1A and 1B, and then correspond to the unique identification number of the seat terminal to form 1A=000001, .1B=000002.

[0048] Step 22, after scanning each row in turn, a correspondence table between the unique identification numbers of all seat display terminals in the cabin and the seat numbers is formed as a cabin seat correspondence table.

[0049] Step 3, sending the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout diagram of the seat display terminal seat number;

[0050] In this embodiment, step 3 specifically includes:

[0051] The maintenance personnel bring their own terminals (mobile phones or tablet computers) to connect to the cabin wireless access point, and the location discovery software sends the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server; a position and device correspondence table is formed in the in-flight entertainment system server and filled into the corresponding cabin layout diagram for storage.

[0052] Step 4: The in-flight entertainment system server sends the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, which stores and records the seat number.

[0053] In this embodiment, while storing the cabin layout in the in-flight entertainment system server in step 3, the seat number corresponding to each device is sent to each seat display terminal, which stores and records it.

[0054] Step 5: When there is a maintenance requirement or service request, the IFE server determines the location of the faulty seat or the specific location of the requesting passenger based on the cabin layout.

[0055] In this embodiment, step 5 specifically includes:

[0056] When the wireless in-flight entertainment system is self-checking, if the seat display terminal fails, the seat number + fault code will be sent to the in-flight entertainment system server. The in-flight entertainment system server will automatically give the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout map and display it on the crew display terminal so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem;

[0057] When a seat display terminal sends a request, it is sent to the IFE server in the form of seat number + request. The IFE server searches the cabin layout map, and the flight attendant display terminal displays the requested seat so that the flight attendant can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

[0058] Steps 1 to 5 above only need to be performed during the initial installation. If a device is replaced, restart the seat position discovery function, scan and recognize the text of the row of seats, and update the cabin seat correspondence table.

[0059] Therefore, the present invention uses scanning and text recognition to obtain the position number of each seat display terminal, and uses WIFI to send the position number to the in-flight entertainment system server; the in-flight entertainment system server sends the position number to the corresponding seat display terminal, and stores the correspondence between the position number and the seat display terminal, so there is no need to repeat the seat display terminal positioning work every time the wireless in-flight entertainment system is started. In addition, when equipment maintenance and replacement occurs, it is only necessary to restart the seat positioning function and update the cabin seat correspondence table.

[0060] Example 2

[0061] The difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that this embodiment provides a terminal position identification system for a civil aircraft entertainment system, which corresponds to the terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system in embodiment 1 in a one-to-one manner; the system includes:

[0062] A relationship table forming unit is used to obtain seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal by scanning and text recognition, the seat information including the seat number; and form a cabin seat correspondence relationship table with the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number;

[0063] A cabin layout forming unit, used to send the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout of the seat display terminal seat number;

[0064] The terminal storage and recording unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to send the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, and the seat display terminal stores and records it;

[0065] The position determination unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to determine the position of the faulty seat or the specific position of the requesting passenger according to the cabin layout diagram when there is a maintenance demand or service request.

[0066] As a further implementation, the location determination unit includes:

[0067] The first confirmation subunit is used for sending the seat number + fault code to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + fault code when the wireless in-flight entertainment system self-checks. The in-flight entertainment system server automatically gives the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout diagram and displays it on the crew display terminal so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem;

[0068] The second confirmation subunit is used to send a seat number + request to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + request when a seat display terminal sends a request. The in-flight entertainment system server searches the cabin layout map, and the crew display terminal displays the requested seat so that the crew can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

[0069] Among them, the execution process of each unit can be executed according to the process steps of a terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system in Example 1, and will not be repeated one by one in this embodiment.

[0070] At the same time, the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the above-mentioned terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system.

[0071] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application may adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the present application may adopt the form of a computer program product implemented in one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) that include computer-usable program code.

[0072] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0073] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device, which implements the process Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A function specified in one or more boxes.

[0074] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for implementing the process. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A step that specifies a function in one or more boxes.

[0075] The specific implementation methods described above further illustrate the objectives, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present invention in detail. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific implementation method of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system, characterized in that: The method is applied to a wireless in-flight entertainment system, wherein the wireless in-flight entertainment system includes a crew control terminal, an in-flight entertainment system server, and a plurality of seat display terminals. The method includes: The seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal is obtained by scanning and text recognition, wherein the seat information includes the seat number; and a cabin seat correspondence table is formed by combining the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number; The cabin seat correspondence table is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout diagram of the seat display terminal seat number; The in-flight entertainment system server sends the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, which stores and records it; When there is a maintenance demand or service request, the in-flight entertainment system server determines the location of the faulty seat or the specific location of the requesting passenger based on the cabin layout diagram.

2. A terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Before acquiring the seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal by scanning and text recognition, the method further includes: The aircraft cabin layout is stored in the in-flight entertainment system server; the flight attendant control terminal is started, and the seat position discovery function module is entered; at this time, all seat display terminals display the unique identification number of the seat.

3. A terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The unique identification number of the seat is the MAC address or the serial number of the seat display terminal.

4. The terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal is obtained by scanning and text recognition, wherein the seat information includes the seat number; and the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and the corresponding seat number form a cabin seat correspondence table, including: The maintenance personnel use the location discovery software on their own terminals to scan and recognize the seat numbers of a row in the cabin, and scan and recognize the text of the row of seat terminals. The location discovery software matches the unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal with the seat number one by one; After scanning row by row in sequence, a correspondence table between the unique identification numbers of all seat display terminals in the cabin and the seat numbers is formed as a cabin seat correspondence table; the seat number refers to the position identification of the seat.

5. The terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cabin seat correspondence table is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server through the cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout diagram of the seat display terminal seat number, including: The maintenance personnel bring their own terminal to connect to the cabin wireless access point, and the location discovery software sends the cabin seat correspondence table to the in-flight entertainment system server; A table of correspondence between positions and devices is formed in the in-flight entertainment system server and filled into the corresponding cabin layout diagram for storage.

6. The terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: When there is a maintenance requirement or service request, the in-flight entertainment system server determines the location of the faulty seat or the specific location of the requesting passenger according to the cabin layout diagram, including: When the wireless in-flight entertainment system is self-checking, if the seat display terminal fails, the seat number + fault code will be sent to the in-flight entertainment system server. The in-flight entertainment system server will automatically give the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout map and display it on the crew display terminal, so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem; When a seat display terminal sends a request, it is sent to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + request. The in-flight entertainment system server searches the cabin layout map, and the crew display terminal displays the requested seat so that the crew can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

7. A terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 1, characterized in that: This method only needs to be executed during the initial installation. If a device is replaced, restart the seat position discovery function, scan and recognize text for the row of seats, and update the cabin seat correspondence table.

8. A terminal position identification system for a civil aircraft entertainment system, characterized in that: The system includes: A relationship table forming unit is used to obtain seat information corresponding to each seat display terminal by scanning and text recognition, wherein the seat information includes a seat number; and form a cabin seat correspondence relationship table with a unique identification number corresponding to the seat terminal and its corresponding seat number; A cabin layout forming unit, used to send the cabin seat correspondence table to an in-flight entertainment system server through a cabin wireless access point, and the in-flight entertainment system server forms a cabin layout of the seat display terminal seat number; The terminal storage and recording unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to send the seat number corresponding to each seat display terminal to the corresponding seat display terminal, and the seat display terminal stores and records it; The position determination unit is used for the in-flight entertainment system server to determine the position of the faulty seat or the specific position of the requesting passenger according to the cabin layout diagram when there is a maintenance demand or service request.

9. A terminal position identification system for a civil aircraft entertainment system according to claim 8, characterized in that: The position determination unit comprises: The first confirmation subunit is used for sending the seat number + fault code to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + fault code when the wireless in-flight entertainment system self-checks. The in-flight entertainment system server automatically gives the location of the faulty seat after searching the cabin layout diagram and displays it on the crew display terminal so that maintenance personnel can quickly find the device with the problem; The second confirmation subunit is used to send a seat number + request to the in-flight entertainment system server in the form of seat number + request when a seat display terminal sends a request. The in-flight entertainment system server searches the cabin layout map, and the crew display terminal displays the requested seat so that the crew can quickly determine the specific location of the requesting passenger.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, a terminal position identification method for a civil aircraft entertainment system as described in any one of claims 1 to 7 is implemented.

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