US 11,987,360 B2
Virtual open sky in super first-class suites
Sambasiva Rao Kodati, Kaikalur (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,482.
Claims priority of application No. 202141016415 (IN), filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324575 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0015 (2013.01) [B64D 11/064 (2014.12); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer apparatus disposed in an aircraft cabin, the computer apparatus comprising:
at least one monitor disposed in a ceiling of the aircraft cabin, oriented to display images downward;
a recline sensor configured to determine when a passenger seat in the aircraft cabin is in a reclined orientation;
at least one environmental camera disposed to produce an image stream of an environment as seen from the aircraft cabin; and
at least one processor in data communication with the at least one environmental camera, the at least one monitor, and a memory storing processor executable code for configuring the at least one processor to:
receive the image stream from the at least one environmental camera;
render the image stream on the at least one monitor;
determine that the passenger seat is in a reclined orientation; and
apply a mood affective image routine to the at least one monitor,
wherein the mood affective image routine is timed according to a day/night schedule that terminates by replicating a time at a flight destination.