US 12,243,538 B2
Interactive aircraft cabin environment
Brian Cook, Savannah, GA (US); and Tongan Wang, Savannah, GA (US)
Assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION, Savannah, GA (US)
Filed by Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,701.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073759 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G10L 17/22 (2013.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/18 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 17/22 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); G10L 17/18 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0038 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0053 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interactive aircraft cabin environment control system comprising:
at least one microphone array disposed within the cabin to capture spoken utterances from a passenger;
data storage onboard the aircraft to store cabin environment preferences that indicate passenger-specific settings for a controllable cabin environment;
a control processor coupled to the at least one microphone array and to the data storage, the control processor being programmed and configured to:
analyze the spoken utterances captured by the at least one microphone array to ascertain identity of the passenger;
analyze the spoken utterances captured by the at least one microphone array to determine a current onboard location of the passenger;
obtain passenger-specific cabin environment preferences for the passenger, based on the ascertained identity of the passenger, wherein the passenger-specific cabin environment preferences indicate passenger-customized settings for controllable devices and systems that form a part of the controllable cabin environment;
analyze the spoken utterances captured by the at least one microphone array to detect a command or request to control at least one device or system of the controllable cabin environment; and
selectively apply the obtained passenger-specific cabin environment preferences for the passenger, based on the determined current onboard location of the passenger, wherein the selectively applied passenger-specific cabin environment preferences indicate passenger-customized settings for a controllable device or system positioned at or near the determined onboard location of the passenger, wherein the control processor provides supervisory control over the controllable device or system positioned at or near the determined onboard location of the passenger.