Window for an aircraft and display for aircraft window

1. A window for an aircraft, the window comprising:

a transparent outer window member;

a transparent inner window member;

a thin film transparent display disposed between the transparent outer window member and the transparent inner window member, the transparent display being configured to display information to a passenger; and

a controllable data transmission circuit configured to provide a signal to the transparent display to vary light transmission through the thin film transparent display, wherein the window further comprises:

a first sensor configured to measure an amount of light from outside the aircraft being transmitted through the thin film transparent display and provide a first signal indicative thereof;

a second sensor configured to measure an amount of light within the passenger compartment and provide a second signal indicative thereof, and wherein the controllable data transmission circuit is configured to measure a difference between the first and second signals; and

a third sensor configured to measure a temperature of the thin film transparent display and provide a third signal indicative thereof, and wherein the controllable data transmission circuit is configured to provide a fourth signal as the signal to the thin film transparent display based on the third signal and the difference between the first and second signals to vary the light transmission through the thin film transparent display.

2. The window according to claim 1 , wherein light passing through the transparent outer window member acts as a backlight for the transparent display.

3. The window according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent display comprises a plurality of OLEDs.

4. The window according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent display comprises a capacitive sensor.

5. A window for an aircraft, the window comprising:

a transparent outer window member;

a transparent inner window member;

a thin film transparent display disposed between the transparent outer window member and the transparent inner window member, the thin film transparent display configured to be backlit by light passing through the transparent outer window member and being configured to present information to a passenger; and

a circuit configured to provide a signal to the thin film transparent display to vary light transmission through the thin film transparent display to display text, wherein the window further comprises:

a first sensor configured to measure the amount of light from outside the aircraft being transmitted through the thin film transparent display and provide a first signal indicative thereof; and

a second sensor configured to measure the amount of light within the passenger compartment and provide a second signal indicative thereof, wherein said circuit is configured to measure a difference between the first and second signals; and

a third sensor configured to measure a temperature of the thin film transparent display and provide a third signal indicative thereof, and wherein the controllable data transmission circuit is configured to provide a fourth signal as the signal to the thin film transparent display based on the third signal and the difference between the first and second signals to vary the light transmission through the thin film transparent display.

6. The window according to claim 5 , wherein the thin film transparent display comprises a capacitive sensor.

7. The window according to claim 5 , wherein the thin film transparent display comprises an activatable layer configured to adjust the amount of light passing through the thin film transparent display.

8. The window according to claim 5 , comprising a frame disposed between the transparent outer window member and the transparent inner window member.

9. The window according to claim 5 , comprising a frame disposed between the transparent outer window member and the transparent inner window member.

10. The window according to claim 5 , wherein thin film transparent display comprises a plurality of OLEDs.

11. The window according to claim 5 , wherein thin film transparent display comprises a LCD.

12. The window according to claim 5 , wherein thin film transparent display is coupled a surface of the transparent inner window member.

13. A display for an aircraft window having a transparent outer window member and a spaced apart transparent inner window member, the display comprising:

a thin film layer having one of OLEDs and an LCD, said thin film layer being backlit by light passing through the transparent outer window and configured to transmit textual and color pictorial information;

a plurality of sensors configured to provide a signal indicative of the amount of natural light passing through the window, wherein the plurality of sensors comprises:

a first sensor configured to measure an amount of light from outside the aircraft being transmitted through the thin film transparent display and provide a first signal indicative thereof; and

a second sensor configured to measure an amount of light within the passenger compartment and provide a second signal indicative thereof, wherein the thin film layer comprises a circuit configured to measure a difference between the first and second signals; and

a third sensor configured to measure a temperature of the thin film transparent display and provide a third signal indicative thereof, and wherein the controllable data transmission circuit is configured to provide a fourth signal as the signal to the thin film transparent display based on the third signal and the difference between the first and second signals to vary the light transmission through the thin film transparent display.

14. The display according to claim 13 , wherein the thin film layer is coupled a surface of the transparent inner window member.

15. The display according to claim 13 , wherein the thin film layer comprises an activatable layer configured to adjust the amount of light passing through the window.