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Granted Patent B2
US 11,492,121 · App. 16/738,104 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Aircraft projection device

Inventors: Shigeo Sawada (Shizuoka, JP); Akio Shoji (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B64D11/06B60Q3/51B64D45/00G03B21/12G08B5/00G08B5/221G09F19/18G09F19/228B64D11/0015B64D2045/007
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Patent No.
US 11,492,121
App. No.
16/738,104
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft projection device includes a projector that displays an image by projecting the image onto a floor surface of a passage in an interior of an aircraft; and a controller that controls the projector to display the image onto the floor surface of the passage in the interior of the aircraft.

Claims (26)

1. An aircraft projection device comprising:

a projector that displays an image by projecting the image onto a floor surface of a passage in an interior of an aircraft;

an illuminance sensor configured to detect illuminance of the interior of the aircraft; and

a controller configured to control the projector to display the image on the floor surface of the passage in the interior of the aircraft,

wherein the controller controls the projector to perform a projection end control when the illuminance of the interior of the aircraft detected by the illuminance sensor is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and to perform a projection start control when the illuminance of the interior of the aircraft detected by the illuminance sensor is less than the predetermined value.

2. The aircraft projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the projector displays a seat number as the image.

3. The aircraft projection device according to claim 2 , wherein the projector is disposed inside a seat, and

the seat has a projection hole through which projection light from the projector passes.

4. The aircraft projection device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection hole is positioned below a seat surface of the seat.

5. The aircraft projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the projector is disposed inside a seat, and

the seat has a projection hole through which projection light from the projector passes.

6. The aircraft projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the image is a welcome image when boarding.

7. The aircraft projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the image is direction display images for guiding a seat.

8. The aircraft projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the image is an image indicating request contents of a passenger.

9. An aircraft projection device comprising:

a projector that displays an image by projecting the image onto a floor surface of a passage in an interior of an aircraft;

a seating sensor configured to detect whether a passenger is seated on a seat; and

a controller configured to control the projector to display the image on the floor surface of the passage in the interior of the aircraft,

wherein the controller controls the projector to perform a projection start control when the seating sensor detects that the passenger has left from the seat, and to perform a projection end control when the seating sensor detects that the passenger has been seated on the seat, and

the controller controls the projector to perform the projection end control when there is a first seat that is not reserved by the passenger and the seating sensor detects that the passenger has left from the first seat.

10. The aircraft projection device according to claim 9 , wherein the projector displays a seat number as the image.

11. The aircraft projection device according to claim 9 , wherein the projector is disposed inside the seat, and

the seat has a projection hole through which projection light from the projector passes.

12. The aircraft projection device according to claim 9 , wherein the projector and the controller are disposed in a second seat that faces the passage,

a third seat that does not face the passage includes only the seating sensor, and

the controller controls the projector to perform the projection start control when the seating sensor of the third seat detects that the passenger has left from the third seat, and to perform the projection end control when the seating sensor of the third seat detects that the passenger has been seated on the third seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2020
From: SAWADA, SHIGEO; SHOJI, AKIO
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051462/0284 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-007149 · Jan 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200231284A1 · Jul 23, 2020
Cited By (1)
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