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US09584846B2 In-flight entertainment system with wireless handheld controller and cradle having controlled locking and status reporting to crew
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带无线手持控制器和摇篮的飞行娱乐系统具有控制锁定和状态报告给船员
- Patent Title: In-flight entertainment system with wireless handheld controller and cradle having controlled locking and status reporting to crew
- Patent Title (中): 带无线手持控制器和摇篮的飞行娱乐系统具有控制锁定和状态报告给船员
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Application No.: US14028185Application Date: 2013-09-16
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Publication No.: US09584846B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Brett Bleacher , Christopher K. Mondragon , Charles G. Smith , Richard J. Lopez
- Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04N21/414
- IPC: H04N21/414 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/214 ; G08B21/02 ; G08B13/14

Abstract:
A vehicle entertainment system is disclosed that includes docking cradles that can store handheld controllers, and a management terminal. The management terminal controls an electronically controlled lock apparatus of the cradles to selectively lock the handheld controllers in a stored position within the docking cradles. The management terminal may receive and display the status of which of the docking cradles store a handheld controller, and may display at least one user selectable indicia that is touch selectable by a user to control one or more of the docking cradles to lock and unlock handheld controllers stored therein. Related inductive charging circuits, theft alert circuits, and other components of the vehicle entertainment system are disclosed.
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