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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2024
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael Miller, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes determining a visual impairment parameter indicating a degree of visual impairment of a passenger of a passenger seat associated with the seat device, determining a passenger location of the passenger and a location of a target, estimating an initial facing direction toward which the passenger faces, determining a position adjustment parameter indicating a position adjustment to be made by the passenger of the passenger seat to face the target, based on the passenger location, the location of the target, and the initial facing direction, and outputting a position adjustment instruction according to the position adjustment parameter, the position adjustment instruction including at least an audio instruction in response to the visual impairment parameter indicating visual impairment of the passenger.