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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
David Diaz, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Steven Christopher Vazquez, Chino, CA (US);
Yoshimi Yamamoto, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Sebastian Petry, Seattle, WA (US);
Mehdi Izadyar, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Nicholas Ma, San Marcos, CA (US);
Omar Lopez Cisneros, Norco, CA (US);
PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Innovative peripheral bar assembly for a transportation vehicle is provided. One method includes retrieving, by a processor of a seat device of an aircraft coupled to a removable, peripheral bar assembly having a plurality of programmable, light emitting diodes (LEDs), configuration information to operate the LEDs; transmitting, by the processor, one or more commands to the peripheral bar assembly to operate one or more of the LEDs; and operating, by the peripheral bar assembly, the one or more LEDs, in response to the one or more commands to indicate non-verbal communication based on one or more pre-defined communication protocols indicating a seat-by-seat status.