Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supervision system for an aircraft for monitoring the safe charging of portable electrical devices
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Application No.: US16718741Application Date: 2019-12-18
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Publication No.: US11136127B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Gerd Düser , Christian Schaupmann
- Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: DE102018133175.4 20181220
- Main IPC: B64D11/06
- IPC: B64D11/06 ; B60N2/00 ; B64D11/00

Abstract:
A supervision system for an aircraft for monitoring a safe charging of portable electrical devices of a passenger who may be in an attentive or an inattentive state, comprising a passenger seat, a power supply station assigned to the seat and used to supply electrical power to the portable electrical device, the portable electrical device being connected to the power supply station, a camera, which detects the state of the passenger situated on the seat, and an arrangement to distinguish whether the passenger is in an attentive or inattentive state. A method for safe charging of portable electrical devices is also presented and described, comprising the steps of detecting a passenger with a camera, analyzing whether the passenger is in an attentive state or in an inattentive state, and, if the passenger is in an attentive state, supplying a power supply station with electrical power to be provided to a portable electrical device connected to the power supply station.
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