US 12,151,820 B2
Software controlled air flow management
Michael Krenz, Roscoe, IL (US); and Christopher M. Comiskey, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,078.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,847, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394912 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 13/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 13/06 (2013.01) [H04N 5/33 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0655 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts, wherein the interior space includes a main space for at least one passenger and a quarantine zone, separate from the main space, for at least one other passenger;
a plurality of valves disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space;
a plurality of sensors disposed in the interior space configured to sense a passenger condition;
a controller operatively connected to receive signals from the plurality of sensors, the controller including machine readable instructions configured to cause the controller to:
adjust the flow of air through the plurality of ducts with a respective valve or subset of the valves based on the sensed passenger condition, wherein adjusting the flow of air through the plurality of ducts includes increasing the flow of air into the main space and decreasing the flow of air into the quarantine zone and wherein the flow of air from the quarantine zone is exhausted from the interior space.