Patents by Inventor Kent Kroener

Kent Kroener 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).

  • Predictive aircraft passenger cabin service system and method
    Patent number: 11203433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring passenger activity in an aircraft cabin environment to predict immediate future passenger needs. The systems and methods make use of sensors positioned within an aircraft cabin environment configured to sense condition changes of objects corresponding to predetermined service issues, device(s) usable by the service crew indicating the sensed condition changes, and processing circuitry configured to receive sensor signals and indicate the condition changes through the device(s) such that the service crew is made aware of the condition changes requiring actions to be completed by the service crew to attend to the immediate future passenger needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Dowty, Glenn A. Johnson, Kent Kroener
  • PREDICTIVE AIRCRAFT PASSENGER CABIN SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210031924
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring passenger activity in an aircraft cabin environment to predict immediate future passenger needs. The systems and methods make use of sensors positioned within an aircraft cabin environment configured to sense condition changes of objects corresponding to predetermined service issues, device(s) usable by the service crew indicating the sensed condition changes, and processing circuitry configured to receive sensor signals and indicate the condition changes through the device(s) such that the service crew is made aware of the condition changes requiring actions to be completed by the service crew to attend to the immediate future passenger needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mark B. Dowty, Glenn A. Johnson, Kent Kroener