Patents by Inventor Eric H. Wu

Eric H. Wu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for providing a wake-up user interface for a night mode on transportation vehicles
    Patent number: 11365007
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes enabling by a processor, a night mode for a seat device of an in-flight entertainment system (IFE) on an aircraft based on a night mode trigger; displaying by the processor, during the night mode, a wake-up user interface on the seat device for a passenger, when a seat device monitor backlight has turned on after the backlight was turned off, or a seat device backlight timer has triggered, where a brightness of the wake-up user interface is lower than a brightness of a default user interface of the seat device; and enabling by the processor a first set of functions of the seat device accessible from the wake-up user interface, the first set of functions being less than a second set of functions accessible from the default user-interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventor: Eric H. Wu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A WAKE-UP USER INTERFACE FOR A NIGHT MODE ON TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20210122469
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a transportation vehicle. One method includes enabling by a processor, a night mode for a seat device of an in-flight entertainment system (IFE) on an aircraft based on a night mode trigger; displaying by the processor, during the night mode, a wake-up user interface on the seat device for a passenger, when a seat device monitor backlight has turned on after the backlight was turned off, or a seat device backlight timer has triggered, where a brightness of the wake-up user interface is lower than a brightness of a default user interface of the seat device; and enabling by the processor a first set of functions of the seat device accessible from the wake-up user interface, the first set of functions being less than a second set of functions accessible from the default user-interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Eric H. Wu