AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

An aircraft communication network comprises in-flight entertainment terminals, an addressing system, communication links and one or more cameras intended for installation inside the aircraft. A passenger can thus receive on their in-flight entertainment terminal, images captured by one of the cameras or data deduced from the images. Said images or data inform him of crowding in common access areas or shared use areas inside the aircraft.

主权项

1. Communication network for an aircraft comprising:
in-flight entertainment terminals, intended for individual use by passengers of the aircraft; an addressing system; and communication links connecting the terminals and the addressing system, characterized in that it also comprises at least one camera intended for installation inside the aircraft, so that an optical field of said camera comprises a common access area or a shared use area inside the aircraft, the camera being connected to the communication links of the network, and in that each in-flight entertainment terminal is adapted to receive a command from the corresponding passenger, then to forward said command to the addressing system, and the addressing system is adapted to send, in response to said command, at least one data item resulting from at least one image acquisition carried out by the camera, via the communication links to the in-flight entertainment terminal that received the command, and said in-flight entertainment terminal is adapted to communicate said data item to the corresponding passenger.