Aircraft Passenger Suite Sensor Control for Personalized Cabin Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aircraft passenger suites lack the ability to intelligently adjust settings based on passenger attributes and scenarios, providing a suboptimal environment.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft passenger suite equipped with a controller that receives logic condition inputs and sensor inputs from image, pressure, and physiological sensors to determine passenger attributes, allowing for intelligent control of environment settings such as lighting, temperature, and furniture deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If aircraft passenger suites use basic manual controls for lighting and seat settings, then the system complexity is low, but the adaptability to different passenger needs and scenarios is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects passenger attributes using sensors and autonomously adjusts suite settings without requiring manual passenger input. The controller receives sensor inputs indicating passenger attributes and automatically controls output states such as lighting, temperature, and furniture deployment based on detected attributes and logic conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller serves multiple functions by integrating sensor data processing, logic condition evaluation, and control of various suite components (lighting, temperature, furniture) into a single system that adapts to different passenger types and scenarios.
2Ease of operation
If aircraft passenger suites implement intelligent control based on passenger attributes, then passenger comfort is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors passenger attributes through sensor equipment and uses this feedback to automatically adjust suite settings. The controller receives ongoing sensor inputs and dynamically controls output states to maintain optimal comfort conditions based on detected passenger characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical controls for adjusting lighting, temperature, and furniture are replaced with an automated electronic control system that uses sensor data and logic conditions to automatically adjust these environmental parameters for passenger comfort.
3Adaptability or versatility
If aircraft passenger suites use simple control systems, then the manufacturing cost is low, but the ability to provide personalized environment control is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system is pre-configured with logic conditions that define appropriate suite settings for different passenger attributes and scenarios. During operation, the controller automatically matches detected passenger attributes to pre-programmed logic conditions and applies the corresponding environmental settings, enabling personalized control without complex real-time decision-making.
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AI summary
An aircraft passenger suite (100) is provided. The suite (100) comprises an aircraft seat (110) for use by a passenger. The suite (100) also comprises a controller for controlling a number of output states (240) of the suite, the controller comprising a logic condition receiver operable to receive a logic condition input (210). The suite (100) also comprises sensor equipment operable to provide a sensor input (220) to the controller, the sensor input (220) providing an indication of at least one attribute of a passenger of the suite (100). The sensor equipment comprises one or more of: an image sensor (151, 152) a pressure sensor (154) and a physiological sensor. The controller is configured to control at least one of the output states (240) of the suite based on both the logic condition input (210) and the sensor input (220).