Patent ID: 11858653
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A detection system for monitoring an aircraft passenger cabin containing a plurality of seatback pockets, the detection system comprising:
a sensor subsystem including one or more sensors associated with each of the plurality of seatback pockets, wherein the one or more sensors associated with each seatback pocket of the plurality of seatback pockets includes an angle sensor that outputs an indication of an angle between an outer wall of the seatback pocket and its seatback;
a logic subsystem interfacing with the sensor subsystem; and
a storage subsystem having instructions stored thereon executable by the logic subsystem to:
receive sensor data captured via the sensor subsystem;
identify, for each of the plurality of seatback pockets, a baseline condition in which foreign objects are absent from the seatback pocket;
detect a foreign object within a seatback pocket based on the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors associated with the seatback pocket and the baseline condition identified for the seatback pocket; and
output an indication that the foreign object is within the seatback pocket, the indication identifying the seatback pocket among the plurality of seatback pockets.