Patent ID: 11907433
Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A gesture-based system, comprising:
an armrest in an aircraft cabin of an aircraft;
a sensor coupled to the armrest and oriented orthogonal to a ground surface in the aircraft cabin;
a controller in operable communication with the sensor, the controller configured to:
receive, via a processor and through the sensor, exclusively touchless gesture data from a user, wherein the touchless gesture data is a first and only data received from the user;
compare, via the processor, the touchless gesture data to a predetermined gesture, the predetermined gesture being created by transitioning a hand from a first position to a second position, wherein if the first position is a closed fist, the second position is an open palm, and wherein if the first position is the open palm, the second position is the closed fist;
determine, via the processor, whether the touchless gesture data matches the predetermined gesture; and
command, via the processor, an electrically activated device to change from a first state to a second state, wherein the gesture-based system is configured to allow a passenger to activate the electrically activated device in an entirely touchless fashion.