Patent ID: 9558715
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B64D,G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A passenger cabin unit of a passenger transportation vehicle, comprising: a display device configured to present visual effects, information and images and disposed so as to completely or substantially cover surfaces of the passenger cabin unit which are visible from inside the passenger cabin unit, the display device being divided into a plurality of first display regions and at least one second display region, wherein each of the first display regions is assigned to a respective individual passenger or group of passengers, wherein at least a portion of each of the first display regions is disposed on a sidewall of the cabin adjacent to passenger seats, wherein the at least one second display region includes at least one of a roof of the cabin and a sidewall of the cabin, and wherein each of the first display regions and the at least one second display region are operable to display at least one of an outside view and an outside view with superimposable additional information; a plurality of passenger command input devices each configured to receive commands provided by the respective individual passenger or group of passengers via at least one of touch, gestures, or speech and to control visual presentation on at least the respective first display region; and at least one crew command input device configured to receive commands provided by cabin crew to control visual presentation on a plurality or all of the first display regions and to receive commands provided by cabin crew to control visual presentation on the at least one second display region, wherein the at least one second display region is operable to represent at least one virtual information window, wherein each of the passenger command input devices is operable to receive input from the respective individual passenger or group of passengers to drag content from the at least one virtual information window represented in the at least one second display region to the respective first display regions, wherein each of the passenger command input devices is further operable to receive input from the respective individual passenger or group of passengers to display, on at least the respective first display region, a visual presentation of at least one of an outside view and an outside view with superimposable additional information, wherein the commands received by the at least one crew command input device provided by cabin crew to control visual presentation on a plurality or all of the first display regions are hierarchically higher-level than commands received by the plurality of passenger command input device provided by an individual passenger or group of passengers, and wherein the at least one crew command input device is operable to receive commands provided by cabin crew to display, on the at least one second display region, visual presentation of at least one of an outside view and an outside view with superimposable additional information.