Aircraft Textile Display Integration to Replace Rigid Cabin Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aircraft interior display systems require extensive certification and can pose safety risks due to rigid structures, complicating the display of information and increasing manufacturing efforts.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a textile display with color-changing fibers, controlled by a controller, into aircraft interior components, allowing for flexible and customizable information display without the need for separate display devices, reducing certification efforts and enhancing safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional rigid display devices are installed in aircraft interior components, then information can be displayed to passengers, but the devices require extensive certification and pose safety risks due to rigid structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by replacing rigid display devices with flexible textile displays made of color-changing fibers integrated into fabric. The textile display can be seamlessly integrated into aircraft interior components like seat covers and headrests, eliminating the need for separate rigid display devices and reducing certification complexity while maintaining safety
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the display function with the interior component itself by integrating color-changing textile fibers directly into the fabric of seats and other interior elements. This combination eliminates the need for separate display devices, reducing both safety risks and certification requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate display devices are installed in aircraft seats, then information can be displayed to passengers, but the manufacturing effort and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display functionality is merged directly into the interior components through integration of color-changing textile fibers into the fabric during the manufacturing process. This eliminates the need for separate display devices and their associated installation complexity, while maintaining full adaptability for information display
Solution Approach 2:
The textile display system provides multi-functionality by serving both as the interior component (seat cover, headrest covering) and as the display device simultaneously. This universal approach reduces manufacturing effort by eliminating the need to produce and install separate display devices
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The textile display system simplifies certification, reduces weight, and enhances safety by eliminating rigid structures, while enabling easy customization and maintenance of information display across aircraft surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
at least one textile fiber (31) capable of changing a color at at least one section (32) of the textile fiber (31)
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AI summary
Described as an aircraft area (5) comprising an interior component (20), a textile display (10) disposed on the interior component (20) and including at least one textile fiber (31) capable of changing a color at at least one section (32) of the textile fiber (31), and a controller (11) operatively coupled to the textile display (10) and configured to change the color of the at least one section (32) of the textile fiber (31), such that the textile display (10) displays information. Further described is an aircraft passenger seat (21) comprising a back rest (8), a seat pan (9), and a textile display (10) integrated into a seat cover covering the backrest (8) and/or the seat pan (9), wherein the textile display (10) includes at least one textile fiber (31) capable of changing a color at at least one section (32) of the textile fiber (31). An aircraft (1) may comprise one or more aircraft areas (5) and/or one or more aircraft passenger seats (21).