US 12,263,956 B2
Situational awareness monitoring systems and methods
Joyce S. T. Tan, Mobile, AL (US); Tina Kay Griffin, Mobile, AL (US); Patrick Alexander Rollfink, Hamburg (DE); Christophe J. P. J. Legare, Ottawa (CA); Natalia Cooper, Ottawa (CA); John Russell Thomas, Ottawa (CA); Shelley M. Roberts, Ottawa (CA); and Caidence S. Paleske, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Airbus Americas, Inc., Mobile, AL (US); Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE); and National Research Council of Canada, Ontario (CA)
Filed by Airbus Americas, Inc., Mobile, AL (US); and Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,343.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208668 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
an aircraft fuselage having a passenger cabin and a cockpit;
a center-forward attendant space located between the passenger cabin and the cockpit and configured for a cabin crew member of the aircraft to stand therein and monitor progress of an emergency evacuation of the aircraft;
one or more emergency exits for providing egress of passengers from the aircraft fuselage during the emergency evacuation; and
a situational awareness monitoring (SAM) system for use in monitoring the emergency evacuation of the passengers from the aircraft, the SAM system comprising:
one or more imaging devices; and
one or more display modules, each of which is configured to display within the passenger cabin images captured by a corresponding one of the one or more imaging devices.