An evacuation guidance system may comprise a plurality of floor guidance lights, a plurality of seat guidance lights, a plurality of exit signs, and a controller in communication with the plurality of floor guidance lights, the plurality of seat guidance lights, and the plurality of exit signs. The plurality of floor guidance lights may include a plurality of fore-aft floor lights and a plurality of port-starboard floor lights. The controller may be configured to determine a closest exit door to each floor guidance light, each seat guidance light, and each exit sign. The controller may command each floor guidance light, each seat guidance light, and each exit sign to indicate a direction of the closest exit door.

The present disclosure describes identifying a normal mission of a vehicle based on descriptions of capabilities of the vehicle in a plurality of operational phases where the normal mission is divided into the plurality of operational phases, identifying violations of the descriptions of the capabilities that cause the vehicle to deviate from the normal mission in at least one of the plurality of operational phases, identifying operational impacts on the vehicle caused by the violations, assigning alert levels to the operational impacts, populating an alert database that stores alert events corresponding to the violations and the alert levels assigned to the operational impacts; and generating software code to monitor sensor data during operation of the vehicle to identify the violations.

A load detection system detects loads applied to a landing gear assembly during landing. The landing gear assembly includes an axle coupled to a piston rod of a compressible shock strut and a wheel rotatably mounted the axle. A torque link includes a lower link coupled to the piston rod of the shock strut so that compression of the shock strut rotates the link about a first axis. The load detection system includes a probe rotatably coupled about a second axis. The probe engages a ground surface when the shock strut is uncompressed and the wheel contacts the ground surface. The lower link rotates the probe as the shock strut compresses. A sensor senses a position of the probe, which corresponds to a load on the wheel when the shock strut is uncompressed and the wheel is in contact with the ground surface.

The invention relates to a life vest container device, in particular aircraft seat life vest container device, for a life vest unit, with a life vest container comprising an accommodation unit that has an accommodation space as well as an access opening to the accommodation space, and with a monitoring device. It is proposed that the monitoring device is at least configured to capture a change of at least one characteristic via at least one electric and/or electronic signal.

Seat belts, seat belt assemblies, seat belt systems, and methods for incorporating the seat belts, seat belt assemblies, and seat belt assembly systems are disclosed, with the seat belt including a seat belt locking mechanism sensor that, in tandem with a seat belt thermal sensor provides confirmatory information as to a definitive locking condition or locking state of a seat belt.

A method of assigning a passenger to a lavatory within an aircraft passenger cabin, wherein the aircraft passenger cabin comprises at least two lavatories, each having a waiting queue, and wherein the aircraft passenger cabin is divided into at least two spatial zones, includes: receiving a lavatory assignment request from a passenger; based on a seat location of said passenger, determining a particular spatial zone of the aircraft passenger cabin which includes the seat location of said passenger; and based on the particular spatial zone, adding the passenger to the waiting queue of a particular lavatory, associated with the particular spatial zone. The configuration of the at least two spatial zones is variable and it is based on a plurality of zone configuration parameters including a queue length of each of the waiting queues of the at least two lavatories.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for planning a multimodal itinerary. The systems and methods may include receiving a transportation request. The transportation request may include a starting location, a final destination, and an estimated payload data. During a first leg of the multimodal itinerary, an updated payload data may be received. An aerial vehicle may be assigned to a subsequent leg of the multimodal itinerary based on the updated payload data.

Devices, systems and methods for electronic systems that manage an order in which an aircraft is boarded or deplaned are described. An exemplary method includes configuring an onboard computer to execute a script, wherein the script controls an order by which passengers on an airplane are prompted for deplaning, updating the script for a travel segment of the airplane using a first input comprising a passenger information for the travel segment or a second input comprising a travel configuration of the airplane during the travel segment or a third input from onboard crew of the airplane; and controlling onboard electronic equipment of the airplane by executing the script at an end of the travel segment by prompting passengers to deplane the airplane in the order.

An information projection and control system for projecting information onto a projection area provided by a vehicle door, comprising at least one control unit that generates information, for projection onto the projection area; at least one projection device that projects the generated information onto the projection area; and at least one movement sensor that detects movements in a sensing area associated with the projection area, wherein the at least one control unit is adapted to control generation of the generated information on the basis of the detected movements.

An indicator apparatus for guiding interior aircraft occupants has a mounting device fastenable to a wall portion of the interior and having an indicator conveying an item of visual information to occupants. An indicator can be or is operated electrically, and the indicator can be or is connected to a power supply for operation. To create an indicator apparatus which helps improve orientation of cabin passengers, can be produced, installed and serviced easily, and which can be operated in a fail-safe manner in an emergency situation of the aircraft, the indicator has an at least one-piece layer, on which circuitry necessary for operation is provided in an integrated fashion, and the power supply is formed by a composite structure battery built up layer by layer and can be or is connected to the layer. A method for producing an indicator apparatus of this kind is disclosed.