PASSENGER REST COMPARTMENTS FOR REMOTE AIRCRAFT SPACES

• Main Authors: MUNSON, Thomas, P, BARRETT, David, ESCOBAR, Art, M, WEAVER, Randall, S, BEHR, Nicolas, SKELLY, Trevor, ABOUT, Patrice, MOE, Daniel, N, VANINETTI, Travis, J, MOSS, Ron, MCKEE, Jefferey, M, BECEL, Frédéric
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.07.2021
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COSMONAUTICS; COUNTING; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; TRANSPORTING

A passenger cabin monitoring system includes infrared cameras disposed in respective passenger rest compartments, a flight attendant information system including at least one display and at least one speaker, and a computing device in communication with the infrared cameras and the flight attendant information system. The computing device is configured to detect a temperature of a portion of passenger rest compartment based on one or more thermal images generated by a respective infrared camera of the passenger rest compartment. The computing device is further configured to compare the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment with a predetermined critical temperature and provide an audible alert and/or a visual alert via the flight attendant information system to indicate a critical status of the passenger rest compartment when the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment is above the predetermined critical temperature.