Patent ID: 7047112

Claim:
Operating apparatus for a cabin system in an aircraft, which serves for the monitoring and control of the functions of at least one aircraft cabin system selected from the group consisting of information, audio, lighting, door, water and/or wastewater systems, whereby the operating apparatus comprises, a main computer processor with a prescribed operating system and with an application software adapted to the cabin system, an operator interface with a surface-sensitive input device, a controller for the operator interface, a graphics controller, an audio controller, and at least one magnetic coupler for allocated interfaces, characterized in that an additional personal computer ( 2 ), as a second main computer processor with its central processing unit ( 12 ) and further electronic assemblies ( 13 , 14 , 15 ), is physically integrated into the operating apparatus ( 1 ) with common display screen and common surface-sensitive input device in a common housing, in such a manner so that an operation of the additional personal computer ( 2 ) results by means of the surface-sensitive input device ( 5 ) of the operator interface ( 4 ), that the central processing unit ( 12 ) of the personal computer ( 2 ) is autonomously connected to the main computer processor ( 3 ) of the operating apparatus ( 1 ), and that additional autonomous functions can be carried out with the aid of the integrated personal computer ( 2 ) by an operator without influencing the functions of the operating apparatus ( 1 ).