A visual output assembly for an aircraft cabin includes at least one electronic display device, a projection screen, an image projector configured to project images onto the projection screen, and at least one illumination device.

A method and system are provided for generating imagery of a virtual window within an aircraft cabin. The method may be implemented using computer executable instructions, loaded onto a personal entertainment device (PED) for configuring the PED to link to an aircraft inflight entertainment system (IFE) and access imagery, such as imagery from at least one camera directed to an environment outside of the aircraft. The imagery is displayed on a surface visible to the passenger, and formatted to simulate an aircraft window.

There is described a system and method for setting virtual boundaries (402A-D) on an interactive sidewall display device (202) in a vehicle (102), the virtual boundaries (402A-D) defining individual passenger-specific regions for user interaction.

An aircraft cabin assembly is depicted and described having a cabin wall, which surrounds a cabin interior space and has a wall surface facing the cabin interior space, and having a light source, which is provided in order to emit light onto the wall surface. The problem of providing an aircraft cabin assembly which, irrespective of the light outside of the aircraft cabin assembly, as effectively as possible gives a passenger in the cabin interior space the impression that the cabin interior space is larger than it actually is, is solved in that the wall surface has a holographic image of an object and in that the light source is designed to emit the kind of light onto the wall surface that allows the holographic image to be seen as a three-dimensional image of the object which is the subject of the holographic image.

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to video system and methods for emulating a view through an aircraft window to a passenger in an interior passenger suite. The view may be emulated by determining a perspective view of the seated passenger relative to each monitor of at least one monitor mounted to a side wall of the interior passenger suite, and capturing video data of scenery exterior to the aircraft at the perspective view(s) for display on the monitor(s).

A virtual window assembly for an airborne vehicle includes at least one camera configured to capture a panoramic and time-resolved image data stream from the view to the outside of the airborne vehicle, an image data processor coupled to the camera and configured to receive the captured image data stream and split the image data stream into a plurality of partial image data streams corresponding to different viewing angles of the panoramic image data stream, and a plurality of electronic displays mounted to an inside of a hull of the airborne vehicle, coupled to the image data processor and configured to receive partial image data streams. Each of the electronic displays is configured to display one of the partial image data streams so that the physical mounting location of the electronic displays in the airborne vehicle corresponds to the associated camera viewing angle of the displayed partial image data stream.

A virtual window assembly for an airborne vehicle includes at least two cameras, each camera configured to capture a panoramic and time-resolved image data stream from the view to the outside of the airborne vehicle, at least one image data processor coupled to the at least two cameras and configured to receive the captured image data streams from the at least two cameras and to interleave the received image data streams to obtain an automultiscopic image data stream corresponding to different viewing angles of the at least two cameras, and at least one automultiscopic electronic display mounted to an inside of a hull of the airborne vehicle, coupled to the image data processor and configured to display the automultiscopic image data stream.

A porthole, a porthole plug in a vehicle, and an aircraft with portholes are provided. The porthole includes an opaque plug with an aperture therethrough. A camera is arranged with a lens aligned with the aperture.

Advancements in executive aircraft interior design explicitly address the limitations of traditional physical windows within aircraft cabins. The passenger experience is transformed by integrating advanced hybrid technology, replicating expansive exterior views, fostering a sense of connection to the surroundings, and an immersive travel experience through a mimetic virtual display.

The system 100 can include a balloon system 110 and a set of spools 120. The system can optionally include a set of actuators 130. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system can function to facilitate balloon launch preparation and/or launch of a balloon vehicle system. The system can additionally function to facilitate controlled stand-up of a balloon.