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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Jeffrey A. Frisco, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Scott Easterling, Malabar, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Frisco, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Scott Easterling, Malabar, FL (US);
LIVETV, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes an entertainment source, passenger seatback displays coupled to the entertainment source, and passenger control units (PCUs). Each PCU is associated with a respective seatback display. Each PCU includes an underside PCU input device carried by an underside of a seatback tray to be accessible by a user from the underside of the seatback tray when the seatback tray is in a stored position, and a topside PCU input device carried by a topside of the seatback tray to be accessible by the user from a topside of the seatback tray when the seatback tray is in a down position.