Aircraft Image Sharing System With User Selection Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passengers on aircrafts cannot easily access or share images captured by on-board cameras due to technical hurdles and airlines' reluctance to relinquish control over data.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft computing device with a processor unit and storage unit that receives and processes images from cameras, allowing users to select and transmit them to a terrestrial communication network, while maintaining operator control through user input interfaces and transmission units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If passengers are given direct access to camera images for sharing, then ease of operation is improved, but operator control over data is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary access control mechanism between passengers and camera images. A server acts as a mediator that receives access requests from client devices, validates them against authorization data, and grants or denies access accordingly. This resolves the contradiction by enabling passenger access while maintaining operator control through the intermediary authorization layer.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users can simultaneously access and share images, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system resolves multi-user access complexity by transitioning from a single-device architecture to a distributed client-server architecture. Multiple client devices can simultaneously connect to the server, each user experiencing simple local interfaces while the server handles the complexity of authorization management, image distribution, and user coordination in the network dimension.
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AI summary
An aircraft computing device for providing image information from an aircraft to a party of a terrestrial communication network is described. The aircraft computing device comprises a processor unit and a storage unit storing program code which, when executed by the processor unit, configures the computing device to receive a sequence of pictures acquired by a camera of the aircraft, output the received pictures towards a user of the aircraft, receive user input, the user input indicating a selection by the user of at least one picture from the sequence of pictures and a party of a terrestrial communication network, and output the at least one picture selected by the user for transmission towards the party of the terrestrial communication network. Further described are a system, an aircraft, a method, a computer program product, and a storage medium.