Patent ID: 8593411

Claim:
An aircraft display- and control element panel for controlling cabin functions in an aircraft, comprising: a bi-stable display element having at least one sub-region; and a control element; wherein the bi-stable display element and the control element are arranged so as to overlap one another and be essentially congruent to one another; wherein the bi-stable display element is adapted to reproduce information at least in the at least one sub-region; wherein an event is triggerable by activating the control element, wherein the display element is decouplable from all of a display-control element, an image-rendering element and an energy supply element, all said elements associated with the display element; wherein the display- and control element panel is operable in an operating state in the aircraft without all of the display-control element, the image-rendering element and the energy supply element, all said elements associated with the display element; and wherein the display element is configured to be programmable inside and outside the aircraft at least to present predetermined information at a predetermined sub-region of the bi-stable display element.