B60Q3/46

Exit door indication system
10997831 · 2021-05-04 · ·

An aircraft emergency exit door indication system may comprise a first plurality of light sources, a controller, and a first sensor associated with a first exit door. The first sensor feedback signal indicates an availability for egress through the first exit door. The first plurality of light sources is operated by the controller based upon the first sensor feedback signal. The light sources may be lights that already exist in an aircraft such as ceiling wash lights, sidewall wash lights, floor path lights, dome lights, or passenger service unit lights. The system may include a second plurality of light sources logically separated from the first plurality of light sources based upon its location relative to the first exit door and a second exit door.

VEHICLE WHICH INDICATES PASSENGER MOVABILITY, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
20200380278 · 2020-12-03 ·

A vehicle includes: a camera configured to acquire position information of a passenger of the vehicle by capturing the passenger; an indicator configured to indicate whether the passenger is movable within the vehicle; and a processor. The processor may determine behavioral stability of the passenger based on the acquired position information of the passenger, determine whether the passenger is movable within the vehicle based on the determined behavioral stability and driving environment of the vehicle; and control an indication type of the indicator differently depend on whether the passenger is movable.

Carpet display systems and methods

A carpet display system includes a plurality of carpet modules. Each of the plurality of carpet modules includes a translucent support panel, a carpet layer secured to the support panel, and a light-emitting element coupled to the support panel. The light-emitting element is configured to emit light through the support panel to provide lighting effects through the carpet layer.

Carpet display systems and methods

A carpet display system includes a plurality of carpet modules. Each of the plurality of carpet modules includes a translucent support panel, a carpet layer secured to the support panel, and a light-emitting element coupled to the support panel. The light-emitting element is configured to emit light through the support panel to provide lighting effects through the carpet layer.

PHOTOLUMINESCENT MARKER SYSTEMS
20200308439 · 2020-10-01 · ·

A method of manufacturing an aircraft photoluminescent marker that comprises a substrate includes providing an ink or coating adapted to be cured with ultra violet (UV) radiation and printing one or more markings directly onto the substrate of the photoluminescent marker with the ink or coating, followed by curing the ink or coating with UV radiation. The substrate is one of a photoluminescent material or a housing, and the marking comprises at least one of a pattern, wording, images, blocks, or indicia.

METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT CABIN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT CABIN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME

A method of operating an aircraft cabin illumination system, having a plurality of light modules with a set spatial distribution across an aircraft cabin, includes receiving an image; mapping the image to the set spatial distribution of the plurality of light modules; generating an illumination command set, including an operating command for each of the plurality of light modules, on the basis of the mapping of the image to the set spatial distribution of the plurality of light modules; and issuing the illumination command set to the plurality of light modules.

EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM
20200223355 · 2020-07-16 ·

An aircraft includes an aircraft cabin having a number of rows of seats, at least one aisle, and at least one exit. An emergency lighting system having a first and second lines on opposing sides of the aisle, each line comprising a non-continuous series of photoluminescent markers separated by at least a longitudinal distance in the direction of the respective line. An exit path identifier is arranged to guide passengers from the aisle to the exit. Each line comprises an alternating series of first and second markers. The first photoluminescent markers have a first length and the second markers have a second length, the first length either the same as or shorter than the second length. At least the second markers are located on or adjacent to a seat adjacent to the aisle and the first markers are arranged to block the non-exit paths.

EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM
20200223355 · 2020-07-16 ·

An aircraft includes an aircraft cabin having a number of rows of seats, at least one aisle, and at least one exit. An emergency lighting system having a first and second lines on opposing sides of the aisle, each line comprising a non-continuous series of photoluminescent markers separated by at least a longitudinal distance in the direction of the respective line. An exit path identifier is arranged to guide passengers from the aisle to the exit. Each line comprises an alternating series of first and second markers. The first photoluminescent markers have a first length and the second markers have a second length, the first length either the same as or shorter than the second length. At least the second markers are located on or adjacent to a seat adjacent to the aisle and the first markers are arranged to block the non-exit paths.

AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY EXIT GUIDANCE LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED PASSENGER SAFETY

An emergency lighting system is disclosed herein. The emergency lighting system includes an interior emergency light disposed adjacent an exit door and configured to illuminate the exit door, a plurality of floor lights disposed in a row on a floor, the plurality of floor lights configured to illuminate an aisle, wherein each floor light of the plurality of floor lights is configured to be controlled individually and separately from the other plurality of floor lights, and a controller operatively coupled to the interior emergency light and the plurality of floor lights and configured to activate the interior emergency light in response to an emergency and to activate each of the plurality of floor lights to indicate a direction to the exit door.

AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY EXIT GUIDANCE LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED PASSENGER SAFETY

An emergency lighting system is disclosed herein. The emergency lighting system includes an interior emergency light disposed adjacent an exit door and configured to illuminate the exit door, a plurality of floor lights disposed in a row on a floor, the plurality of floor lights configured to illuminate an aisle, wherein each floor light of the plurality of floor lights is configured to be controlled individually and separately from the other plurality of floor lights, and a controller operatively coupled to the interior emergency light and the plurality of floor lights and configured to activate the interior emergency light in response to an emergency and to activate each of the plurality of floor lights to indicate a direction to the exit door.