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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Calsee N. Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
Heidi J. Kneller, Bellevue, WA (US);
William A. Harkness, Everett, WA (US);
Buddy L. Sharpe, Mill Creek, WA (US);
James P. Schalla, Edmonds, WA (US);
Bethany L. Franko, Seattle, WA (US);
Kwun-wing W. Cheung, Shoreline, WA (US);
Calsee N. Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
Heidi J. Kneller, Bellevue, WA (US);
William A. Harkness, Everett, WA (US);
Buddy L. Sharpe, Mill Creek, WA (US);
James P. Schalla, Edmonds, WA (US);
Bethany L. Franko, Seattle, WA (US);
Kwun-Wing W. Cheung, Shoreline, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for an interior annunciator onboard a mobile platform (such as a train, marine vessel, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The system includes at least one speaker onboard the mobile platform. The system also includes a flight management control module that generates flight management data that indicates at least one status of an operation of the mobile platform. The system further includes an auditory control module that generates nonverbal auditory data based on the at least one status of the operation of the mobile platform. The nonverbal auditory data is broadcast by the at least one speaker to communicate the at least one status of the operation of the mobile platform to at least one passenger onboard the mobile platform.