Method and system for delivering announcements in a cabin

摘要

A method for delivering announcements via a cabin communication facility comprising at least one cabin loudspeaker and via an on-board entertainment system comprising at least one headset output comprises the steps of delivering an announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker, beginning at a first instant, and delivering the announcement via the at least one headset output, beginning at a second instant, which differs from the first instant, the delivering of the announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker and the delivering of the announcement via the at least one headset output being initiated at differing instants.

主权项

1. A method for delivering announcements via a cabin communication facility comprising at least one cabin loudspeaker and an on-board entertainment system comprising at least one headset output, the method comprising:
delivering an announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker, beginning at a first instant; delivering the announcement via the at least one headset output, beginning at a second instant, which differs from the first instant; acquiring the announcement via a microphone connected to the cabin communication facility; storing the announcement; directly delivering the acquired announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker; delivering the stored announcement, with a time delay, via the at least one headset output; acquiring at least one further announcement via the microphone connected to the communication facility while or before the stored announcement is delivered via the at least one headset output; storing the at least one further announcement; and delivering the stored, at least one further announcement via the at least one headset output after the delivering of the first stored announcement via the at least one headset output wherein the delivering of the announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker and the delivering of the announcement via the at least one headset output are initiated at differing instants, wherein the delivering of the announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker ends at a third instant, and the second instant is selected so as to correspond with the third instant or chronologically succeeds the third instant, and wherein delivery of the announcement via the at least one headset is effected only after completion of the delivery of the announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker such that delivery of the announcement via the at least one headset is not synchronized with delivery of the announcement via the at least one cabin loudspeaker.