JP2013116666A - Passenger compartment service management system of aircraft - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system by which a passenger using an aircraft reserves a request and receives requested services inside a plane.SOLUTION: When reserving a flight and seat from an information terminal 100, a passenger reserves a request of meal and drink. This information is sent to a catering company 200, the meal and the drink 300 are prepared, an RFID tag Tis fixed, and is carried into in-flight of an aircraft 500. A cabin attendant confirms the meal and drink 300 attached with the tag Tby an RFID reader Rand serves them to the passenger.

Description

  The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin service that rationally manages a service of meals (meals / snack) and drinks (beverages) to passengers and products sold in the cabin using a wireless tag in the cabin of the aircraft. Regarding management system.

Airline users can make reservations for special meal requests such as vegetarian meals when making a flight reservation by phone, etc., and the airline is a catering company that prepares meals and drinks for these requests. To carry the meals requested for the reserved flight.
On the other hand, with the charge of food and drink services due to the arrival of the low-cost carrier (LCC) era, confirmation of order contents and management of the remaining number of in-flight meals are important tasks for cabin crew CA, and the cabin crew CA is also burdened. It is getting bigger.
A technology for managing physical distribution by attaching a wireless identification tag called RFID to a product or article and reading these tags with an RFID reader is disclosed in the following patent documents.

Special table 2009-521740

  The object of the present invention is that when a passenger makes a flight and seat reservation from a PC or a portable information terminal, the passenger makes a request for amenity in addition to food such as drinks, meals, and snacks. In response, RFID tags are attached to drinks and hoods, and the drinks and hoods with tags attached are installed in the cabin so that flight attendants can manage these and improve passenger satisfaction in response to passenger requests. A room service management system is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, the aircraft cabin service management system according to the present invention is an airline company in which an aircraft passenger carries an aircraft with designation of a seat, information on meals, drinks, and necessary items when making a flight reservation from an information terminal The data server's input process, the data server sends the entered information to the catering company, the process of sending it to the aircraft center server, and the catering company needs meals, drinks and necessary A step of preparing an article and carrying it into an aircraft with an RFID tag, a step of sending information from a center server in the aircraft to a portable terminal carried by a flight attendant via a router, and a flight attendant using an RFID reader Read RFID tags of meals, drinks, and necessary items, and displayed them on mobile devices Those comprising the step of performing a service to passengers in correspondence with the distribution.
And the portable information terminal which a flight attendant carries is equipped with the function which totals these remaining positions while displaying each seat position, the meal provided to the passenger of each seat, a drink, and a necessary article. is there.
In addition, the portable information terminal carried by the flight attendant is provided with a function for managing the remaining number of duty-free items sold on board and a currency conversion function.

By providing the above-described means, the present invention can adequately meet the demands of users who use the aircraft, and the airline can reduce the cost and weight by installing drinks and foods necessary for each flight without excess or deficiency. It becomes possible to reduce.
In addition, the cabin crew in the cabin can provide optimal services to passengers, and can efficiently manage the remaining number of drinks and food, manage products sold in the cabin, and calculate prices.

Explanatory drawing of the aircraft cabin service management system of the present invention. Explanatory drawing centering on the cabin of the aircraft cabin service management system of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the detail of the service by flight attendant CA. Explanatory drawing which shows the display information of PDA which cabin attendant CA carries.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an aircraft cabin service management system according to the present invention.
A user who intends to use an aircraft uses a personal computer or a portable terminal 100 to make a flight reservation and a seat designation. At this time, the user designates a desired drink type and meal (meal).

This information is transmitted to the catering company 200, catering companies 200 is configured to prepare a drink or meal 300, confers an RFID tag _{T 1} to each drink and meal tray 300.
Tag T ₁ drink and food 300 that has been granted is transported to the airport is conveyed to cabin 500 of an aircraft.

In the cabin 500 of the aircraft, the flight attendant CA uses the RFID reader R ₁ to read the information on the tag T ₁ of the drink or meal 300, and for the passenger in the designated seat, the drink or meal requested at the time of reservation. To service.
With this system, it is possible to accurately provide drinks and meals desired by passengers in advance, and passenger satisfaction is greatly improved.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram focusing on the cabin of the aircraft cabin service management system described in FIG.
The user makes a reservation for a drink and a meal at the same time as making a reservation for a flight and a seat on the PC 100 or the like.

These data are transmitted to the airline data server 110. This special information is transmitted to the company by catering and downloaded to the in-flight center server 600.
The catering company prepares the requested drink or meal, attaches the RFID tag, and carries it into the galley 510 in the guest room 500.

The in-flight center server 600 outputs information from the router 610 to the wireless LAN, and this information is received by a personal digital assistant (PDA) 700 carried by the cabin crew CA.
Flight attendant CA provides reserved drinks and meals to passengers in the seats displayed on PDA 700.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the service provided by the cabin crew CA.
In a service cart 520 mounted on an in-flight galley, a tray 300 on which meals prepared by a catering company are placed is stored.

These trays 300 RFID tags T ₁ is being granted by the catering company, information of meal is stored. Attendants CA by bringing the reader R ₁ tag T ₁ in the tag, information of the tag T ₁ is displayed on the display of the reader R _1. The flight attendant CA confirms this information and services meals, snacks, etc. that have been requested in advance by passengers.

By operating the reader R _1, it is possible to perform the meal remaining number of management remaining in service cart 520.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display information of a personal digital assistant (PDA) 700 carried by the cabin crew CA.
A personal digital assistant (PDA) 700 displays the sheet number and the type of meal requested, such as meat or fish, and a message indicating that the service has been completed and the remaining number of meals. It is confirmed.

In addition, when selling duty-free goods to passengers, currency conversion can be calculated and the remaining number of articles can be managed.
The personal digital assistant (PDA) 700 has a function of recording passenger boarding history and mileage information registration, and recording and displaying VIP customer information, memo information to be added, and the like.

As described above, the aircraft cabin service management system of the present invention can provide services such as drinks and meals reserved for passengers, as well as goods requested by passengers, thus increasing passenger satisfaction and accurately managing quantities. Thus, the transportation cost can be reduced.
In addition, the service burden on the cabin crew CA can be reduced, and as a result, the service to passengers can be improved.

100 Information terminal 110 Data server 200 Catering company 300 Meal, drinks, etc. 500 Airplane in-flight 510 Galley 520 Service cart 600 Center server 610 Router 700 Personal digital assistant (PDA)
CA flight attendant T ₁ RFID tag R ₁ RFID reader

Claims (3)

  Aircraft passengers can select seats when making flight reservations from information terminals, enter information on meals, drinks, and necessary items into the data server of the airline that carries the aircraft, and cater the information entered by the data server Sending to the company and sending to the aircraft center server, Catering company preparing meals, drinks, and necessary items corresponding to the sent information, and attaching them to the aircraft with RFID tags The center server in the aircraft sends information to the mobile terminal carried by the flight attendant via the router, and the flight attendant reads the RFID tags of meals, drinks, and necessary items with the RFID reader and displays them on the mobile terminal. Providing a service for passengers corresponding to the information Machine room service management system of.   The portable information terminal carried by the cabin crew has the function of displaying each seat position and the meals, drinks, and necessary items provided to the passengers of each seat, and totaling the remaining amount. The aircraft cabin service management system according to claim 1.   2. The aircraft cabin service management system according to claim 1, further comprising a duty management and currency conversion function for duty-free items sold in the cabin from a portable information terminal carried by the cabin crew.

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