A system is described. The system may detect whether a user within a flight deck is authorized to control the aircraft. The user may receive differing levels of authority to control the aircraft depending on whether the user is authorized or unauthorized. The system may also control the aircraft depending on the various phases of the aircraft, including in flight and on the ground. The system may also be used to unlock the controls for the aircraft. The system may unlock the control using biometric information or nonbiometric information. The system may include a camera which is added to a flight deck. The camera may capture images of users within the flight deck. Faces within the images may be detected and compared against authorized users for locking or unlocking the aircraft controls.

A system for incorporating predictive health data into a mission timeline receives a predictive health event, identifies a time frame for the event, and incorporates the event into a mission timeline. The event may define a probability window with weighted probabilities overlaid onto the mission timeline. The event may define an uncorrected outcome. The uncorrected outcome is rendered onto the mission timeline at a point when the uncorrected outcome will likely occur if no remedial action is taken.

A passenger aircraft includes a plurality of passenger seats arranged in seat rows, and a disembarkation guidance system. The disembarkation guidance system includes a plurality of electronically operable visual indicators, each of the plurality of electronically operable visual indicators being assigned to a respective seat row. The disembarkation guidance system further includes an indicator control device coupled to each of the electronically operable visual indicators. The indicator control device is configured to individually control electronically operable visual indicators to indicate passengers in the assigned seat row whether they are permitted to disembark the passenger aircraft.

A method of monitoring an aircraft interior includes capturing an image using at least one camera mounted within the fuselage of the aircraft, the image being a captured image including individual image frames. The method further includes modifying the captured image and generating an optimized image using an image processing module, detecting an animate object within the optimized image and identifying features of the animate object using an object detection module, and displaying the optimized using a display module.

In an illustrative embodiment, a crew information system is coupled to sensors in passenger seats, seatbelts, tray tables and overhead bins. If the vehicle seat sensor subsystem senses a passenger on a seat and senses the corresponding passenger seat belt is unbuckled, the vehicle seat sensor subsystem may alert the flight crew of a non-compliance condition. The crew information system may also, for example, facilitate preparation for take-off by signaling the crew when, for all seats in which passengers are detected, all tray tables are stowed and all seatbelts are buckled. The crew may be similarly informed of overhead bins which are not properly latched. Crew member notifications may advantageously report the specific nonconforming issue and seat or bin position.

A management system (100) for passenger safety, health and comfort, the system comprising a first module (101) configured to collect data from an array of sensors within a passenger cabin, a first set of parameters based on the data collected by the first module, a second set of parameters based on the data collected by the first module, a second module (120) comprising a processor configured to process the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters. The processor is further configured to determine if passenger comfort levels are in the negative and/or if a passenger is showing symptoms of sickness, determine alterations and/or actions to be taken by an environmental control system and/or crew of the passenger cabin to assist in moving the comfort levels to a positive and/or to assist a sick passenger, and alert the crew and/or alter the environmental control system.

A method of monitoring an aircraft interior includes capturing an image using at least one camera mounted within the fuselage of the aircraft, the image being a captured image including individual image frames. The method further includes modifying the captured image and generating an optimized image using an image processing module, detecting an animate object within the optimized image and identifying features of the animate object using an object detection module, and displaying the optimized using a display module.

A control and monitoring device for a vehicle, and, more particularly, to a control and monitoring device for a vehicle with a controllable device, whereby the vehicle is operated by a vehicle operator wearing a personalized wearable device. The control and monitoring device may include a vehicle management system that is adapted to send alert information to and to receive status information from the personalized wearable device via a wireless radio transmitter and receiver unit. The status information may include at least one of preferred workspace settings of the vehicle operator or health-related information about the vehicle operator. The vehicle management system may control the controllable device based on the at least one of the preferred workspace settings or the health-related information.

It is an integrated system that (RECORD) registers the events on the plane (video/audio) and stored on the hard disk to get to know the truth of what happened on the aircraft in emergency situations and disasters and we can also get a live broadcasting of the events WHILE THE FLIGHT in an emergency by using (wifi) satellite internet or data over hf (wbhf) technology with ad hoc.

Systems for policing and managing the operation of so-called unmanned vehicles are presented which allow for the takeover of the unmanned vehicle in the event of the detection of possible or actual ill-intentioned or inappropriate use of, malfunction or usurpation of the vehicle. Embodiments of the invention include dual-control unmanned vehicles which allow both pilot and police control of the vehicle, with the police having priority.