Patents by Inventor Patrice About

Patrice About 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).

  • Non-intrusive passenger rest cabin monitoring system
    Patent number: 11136137
    Abstract: A passenger cabin monitoring system includes infrared cameras disposed in respective passenger rest compartments, a flight attendant information system including at least one display and at least one speaker, and a computing device in communication with the infrared cameras and the flight attendant information system. The computing device is configured to detect a temperature of a portion of passenger rest compartment based on one or more thermal images generated by a respective infrared camera of the passenger rest compartment. The computing device is further configured to compare the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment with a predetermined critical temperature and provide an audible alert and/or a visual alert via the flight attendant information system to indicate a critical status of the passenger rest compartment when the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment is above the predetermined critical temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Art M. Escobar, Nicolas Behr, Trevor Skelly, Randall S. Weaver, R. Klaus Brauer, Patrice About
  • NON-INTRUSIVE PASSENGER REST CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200079524
    Abstract: A passenger cabin monitoring system includes infrared cameras disposed in respective passenger rest compartments, a flight attendant information system including at least one display and at least one speaker, and a computing device in communication with the infrared cameras and the flight attendant information system. The computing device is configured to detect a temperature of a portion of passenger rest compartment based on one or more thermal images generated by a respective infrared camera of the passenger rest compartment. The computing device is further configured to compare the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment with a predetermined critical temperature and provide an audible alert and/or a visual alert via the flight attendant information system to indicate a critical status of the passenger rest compartment when the temperature of the portion of the passenger rest compartment is above the predetermined critical temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Art M. Escobar, Nicolas Behr, Trevor Skelly, Randall S. Weaver, R. Klaus Brauer, Patrice About