Abstract: A camera module for surveillance of a passenger cabin of an aircraft, including a covering device for securing in a longitudinal cutout of a service channel including a carrier part having a circular securing cutout and including a mounting structure at least partly surrounding the securing cutout. A camera device includes a camera housing having a mounting portion with a spherically curved outer surface, and includes a camera unit having a lens accommodated in a front cutout of the camera housing, an optical sensor for generating image data, the optical sensor being in an interior of the camera housing, and a data interface for transferring the image data, wherein the camera housing is mounted by the mounting portion in the mounting structure to be rotatable or pivotable about at least two axes, and a locking device for locking the camera housing relative to the mounting structure.

Abstract: A monitoring system for an aircraft cabin has a main computing unit, a galley operator control apparatus and a physically separate data distribution apparatus, having a first computing unit and a second computing unit, which is autonomous in respect of the latter, and connected via an interface circuit for data interchange. The first computing unit is set up to take a cabin output signal received from the main computing unit for providing an operating signal for operating a cabin function. The second computing unit is set up to take a control command received from a galley operator control apparatus display device as a basis for providing a switching signal prompting a power control device to switch an electrical load on or off, set up to take a cabin output signal received from the first computing unit for providing a display signal to reproduce information on the display device.

Abstract: An aircraft seat with a voltage supply port associated only with the aircraft seat and/or a data port associated only with the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit, associated with the aircraft seat and including a voltage input and a voltage output, each of which is connected to another of the voltage supply ports, a switching circuit associated only with the aircraft seat and hooked up between the voltage output and the voltage supply port and/or between the data port and a data network, with which each of the voltage supply port or each of the data port can be activated or deactivated.

Abstract: A camera module for surveillance of a passenger cabin of an aircraft, including a covering device for securing in a longitudinal cutout of a service channel including a carrier part having a circular securing cutout and including a mounting structure at least partly surrounding the securing cutout. A camera device includes a camera housing having a mounting portion with a spherically curved outer surface, and includes a camera unit having a lens accommodated in a front cutout of the camera housing, an optical sensor for generating image data, the optical sensor being in an interior of the camera housing, and a data interface for transferring the image data, wherein the camera housing is mounted by the mounting portion in the mounting structure to be rotatable or pivotable about at least two axes, and a locking device for locking the camera housing relative to the mounting structure.

Abstract: An electrical adapter for connecting a panel to a cabin management system for an aircraft, wherein the electrical adapter is configured to connect the cabin management system and the panel to one another, having at least one processor and a memory and also having at least one interface for the cabin management system and having at least one further interface, wherein the at least one further interface allows a data transfer to the panel and/or the cabin management system. Also, a display system is provided for an aircraft having a cabin management system, a panel for presenting information, wherein the panel comprises hardware and software for monitoring image information presented on the panel, and an electrical adapter for connecting the panel to the cabin management system.

Abstract: An aircraft seat with a voltage supply port associated only with the aircraft seat and/or a data port associated only with the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit, associated with the aircraft seat and including a voltage input and a voltage output, each of which is connected to another of the voltage supply ports, a switching circuit associated only with the aircraft seat and hooked up between the voltage output and the voltage supply port and/or between the data port and a data network, with which each of the voltage supply port or each of the data port can be activated or deactivated.

Abstract: A monitoring system for an aircraft cabin has a main computing unit, a galley operator control apparatus and a physically separate data distribution apparatus, having a first computing unit and a second computing unit, which is autonomous in respect of the latter, and connected via an interface circuit for data interchange. The first computing unit is set up to take a cabin output signal received from the main computing unit for providing an operating signal for operating a cabin function. The second computing unit is set up to take a control command received from a galley operator control apparatus display device as a basis for providing a switching signal prompting a power control device to switch an electrical load on or off, set up to take a cabin output signal received from the first computing unit for providing a display signal to reproduce information on the display device.

Abstract: A communication module includes a communication module, having an inductive energy transfer unit, a transfer driver coupled to the inductive energy transfer unit and configured to generate driver signals for operating the inductive energy transfer unit, a charging processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in an inductive power charging operation mode, and a communication processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in a near field communication (NFC), operation mode.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin management panel and an aircraft cabin management system including the aircraft cabin management panel. The aircraft cabin management panel includes a user interface and a control unit configured to communicate a control instruction to at least one of a plurality of cabin components provided in an aircraft cabin upon an input received via the user interface. The control instruction enables the at least one of the plurality of cabin components to perform an operation in accordance with the control instruction.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin management panel and an aircraft cabin management system including the aircraft cabin management panel. The aircraft cabin management panel includes a user interface and a control unit configured to communicate a control instruction to at least one of a plurality of cabin components provided in an aircraft cabin upon an input received via the user interface. The control instruction enables the at least one of the plurality of cabin components to perform an operation in accordance with the control instruction.

Abstract: A communication module includes a communication module, having an inductive energy transfer unit, a transfer driver coupled to the inductive energy transfer unit and configured to generate driver signals for operating the inductive energy transfer unit, a charging processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in an inductive power charging operation mode, and a communication processor coupled to the transfer driver and configured to control the inductive energy transfer unit to operate in a near field communication (NFC), operation mode.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement can carry out a method for controlling the light transmission of an electrochromic glass that involves generating a control voltage that is applied to the electrochromic glass to bring about a desired transparency or lack of transparency. The method optimizes, i.e. minimizes, the electrical energy that must be applied to the electrochromic glass, with respect to magnitude and duration, while achieving the desired degree of transparency very quickly. The actual voltage on the glass is measured at certain intervals and compared with a reference voltage that corresponds to a desired light transmission. A control voltage of positive or negative polarity is applied to the electrochromic glass for a certain charging or discharging period, depending on the deviation of the actual voltage from the reference value, and the actual voltage on the glass is again measured and compared with the reference voltage.