JPS6094899A - Controller for aircraft loading chamber - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aircraft transportation management device or system.

RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application no.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Aircraft currently in service must fly increasingly congested airways, and many aircraft are forced to operate 24/7 over increasingly larger areas.

Gone are the days when a single aircraft capable of circumnavigating the world could be used repeatedly on a single flight with the same Nemuro crew on alternate sides for the same flight. Of course,
Although these characteristics can be seen in short-range air routes, the situation has changed for Oya's transport aircraft, which are often required to fly routes of an international nature.

In general, many flight crew members, especially Nemuro crew members (hospitality crew members), feel comfortable coming into work on any given day without receiving clear instructions as to where the aircraft they are working on is going. It's normal. Thus, because the destination, domestic or international, is random, and the exact nature of the aircraft is not known in advance, i.e. wide body, narrow body, etc., flight crew and the Nemuro crew must carry with them all flight information parameters essential to the efficient operation of the aircraft and the maintenance or upkeep of appropriate passenger service. All necessary information for the crew or crew members is either individually loaded by the crew and stored in the aircraft or distributed in the back compartment of the aircraft prior to flight time. All complimentary services that provide meals and alcoholic beverages must be stored in inventory and thoroughly inspected for the purpose of the flight prior to the start of the flight.
There is a need.

Situations often arise where there is no passenger list that reflects the public requirement that departures be on time. Although this is not a matter of essential importance to passenger service, being able to uniquely identify a passenger by name or seat assignment number increases the passenger's sense of satisfaction with the service and care he or she receives. It will be greatly exalted.

Also, regarding the economic aspect of root management, serious problems have arisen regarding losses in inventory. For example, the loss to airlines from alcoholic beverages alone is thought to be considerable. Additionally, sales of headphones and duty-free products are considered potential loss-making items for airlines.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION International flights and flights related to international flights involve a large number of passengers paying in foreign currency for services received on board the aircraft, which can easily create confusion for flight crews regarding exchange rates.

At present, large losses are caused to airlines due to the devaluation of their own currency and the appreciation of the currency of other countries, which are often carried out in a spontaneous manner on a daily basis.
This is because there is no way for a flight crew to know on a real-time basis the exchange rate of a currency.

Airlines are making great efforts to address this problem, which has been outlined above.

For example, employees working at airline headquarters may be able to quickly and locally change matters such as currency, flight schedules, etc.
Our services include providing each crew member with a supplementary information change sheet so that they can update their information. However, since airlines cannot know exactly the routes and aircraft types on which their crew members will be working, crew members should replace any outdated data that needs to be changed or updated well in advance of the flight. New data is passed.

However, it would not be surprising if a time-pressed crew member were to selectively update the information data to include only the information that the crew member considers necessary.

However, if such a polar bear were to occur, it could result in the crew heading to their destination without up-to-date information regarding the flight in question.

OBJECT AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE INVENTION At present, no simple solution to the problems outlined above has been proposed. The invention described below proposes an economical and novel solution to the problems facing airlines in terms of aircraft root cellar management as generally described above.

Particularly, the present invention provides for a plurality of boardings that can travel across a geographic region of the globe between discretely identifiable points on the globe that are distinctively identified as origin and destination combination points. Aircraft transport management for maintaining global information about parameters related to the efficient operation of the aircraft as well as the maintenance of passenger service requirements. Regarding equipment. The management device includes an airborne information processor coupled to a storage device that stores global information.

The storage device is operatively coupled to a microprocessor unit and, through the microprocessor, to a keyboard-controlled video terminal having a cathode ray tube (CRT).

The keyboard is operable to command departure and destination combination point information from global information for display on the CRT of the video terminal.

It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide an airborne storage or memory containing global or global information, and to couple this storage through a central processing unit to a keyboard-controlled video terminal, which By displaying departure and destination combination point information on a video terminal from global information on a terminal and/or distributing it as a hard copy printout, efficient operation and boarding of aircraft within the earth domain can be achieved. An object of the present invention is to provide an aircraft management device that facilitates the maintenance or maintenance of service requests by aircraft operators.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system that efficiently couples the required aircraft cabin management functions to ground management functions via aircraft-to-ground and ground-to-aircraft digital communications links.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide an aircraft onboard management system with memory or storage that can be modified from a remote location on the ground, either directly or via satellite.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide an aircraft root cellar management system that can be coupled via a central processing unit to a video screen of an aircraft entertainment facility.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide statistical information regarding defective equipment reports, crew detention time, room management items, passenger comments, in-flight investigation information, and supplies inventory for a particular departing 7-light flight segment. , information on a wide range of aircraft-like indoor activities, such as, but not limited to, passenger connection information, alcohol sales, headphone sales and duty-free sales information from the aircraft to the ground station or headquarters. An object of the present invention is to provide an aircraft root cellar management device that can transmit data.

In order to achieve the above-stated objects, the present invention provides a system for transporting data over geographic regions of the globe between discretely identifiable points on the globe that are distinctively identified as origin and destination combination points. A system for maintaining global information about parameters related to the efficient operation of the aircraft as well as the maintenance of passenger service requirements. The aim is to provide an aircraft management system. The management device comprises an airborne transceiver coupled to a storage device storing global information regarding essential parameters such as those mentioned above.

Furthermore, in the aircraft management device of the present invention, at least one remote transceiver is provided to form a communication link to the aircraft onboard transceiver, thereby:
Information in the aircraft's onboard memory can be modified from a remote transceiver, and information generated on the aircraft regarding the parameters described above can be transmitted for use by a remote transceiver. The remote transceiver can be located at the ground station or coupled to the ground station via a satellite digital data link and/or an airborne transceiver.

, an onboard storage device is operatively coupled to a microprocessor and, through the microprocessor, to a keyboard-controlled video terminal. In connection with its operation, the video terminal includes a printer for producing a hard copy printout and is further coupled to the aircraft's remote video entertainment equipment.

By operating the keyboard, the departure and destination combination point information is designated from the global information and displayed on a video terminal or simultaneously on the video screen of an entertainment facility, and furthermore, it is a form of hard copy printout. It can be distributed in

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a terrestrial region ti of the planet Earth in which a device or system embodying the invention may be used. There is. To explain the theory underlying the present invention, we will use what is commonly known in Poole algebra as a "pen diagram."

An examination of Figure 1 will make the outline of this pen diagram clear. The explanation using the pen diagram is only for the purpose of clarifying the magnitude of the problem to be solved by the present invention, which will be described in detail later.
It is to be understood that it is not intended to be used to limit the invention.

As shown, circle 12 covers almost all of the Earth's region. This circle/J contains all global information regarding the essential parameters for safe and efficient operation of aircraft, as well as services for aircraft passengers within the earth region surrounded by this information circle lλ. It is used to express all information related to the maintenance of. Note that the term "aircraft passengers" is used to include passengers of the aircraft as well as crew members working on the route.

Merely for convenience of explanation, e discrete geographical ground areas are shown. That is, LAX (L
oa Angeles), JFK (John F.

Kennedy, lJew York), OO8(0
aracas Venezuela) and IcHR
(Iron HeathroW Airport
).

Here, all airports in the world are assigned a three-letter [S city/airport code j] according to the regulations. Each of the airports mentioned above has one circle associated with it. In other words, 13 yen is associated with airport LAX, and 13 yen is associated with JF'K.
9, aCS is associated with circle 16, and LHH is associated with circle 1. Yen /J, /F, /I, and 17
are appropriate for the city/airport depicted at the center of each of these days and are intended to represent any global information regarding the essential parameters.

3 aircraft /l, /9 and 2/ and satellite 2
．． 2 and ground station 23 are shown schematically in FIG. The aircraft is located at JFK (New York, New York).
York) as the lost destination, LAX (LogAn
represents an aircraft departing from gelθa). The aircraft has a departure light path that can be characterized as J11rK/CC8, and the aircraft has a departure light path that can be characterized as J11rK/CC8, and the aircraft
It has 7 departure flights that can be characteristically represented as FK.

The crew of an aircraft IT heading from LAX to JFH will receive a shadow representing only essential information about the aircraft IG flying between Los Angeles (LAX) and New York (JFK), out of all global or global information. We specifically need only the information contained within the intersection, 2q. Therefore, for the flight section from Los Angeles to New York and the intersections of interest to the present invention, this is a new terminology that combines the starting point and the missing point. Similarly, information circle/u, It
The intersections shaded with , among all the earth information, are those of New York (JFK) and Caracas, Venezuela (
Aircraft flying between aOS )? It will be understood that only information that is essential to the subject matter is represented. This flight section is hereinafter referred to as TF
KC! It will be expressed using O8.

Finally, the intersection λ with information circles /F and /7 shading
Of all the global information, London's Heath
row airport (LBR) and New York, TIPK
It represents only essential information regarding aircraft, 27, flying between. The new expression for this flight segment is LHRJF
' becomes.

As is clear from the above description, the aircraft are located at discretely identifiable points on the globe, namely LAX, JFK.

When operating throughout the Earth region // between aaS and LHR, each intercity air route can depart. Details of the apparatus used to implement the present invention utilizing the "Departure 7 Destination" combination point are discussed below. Further, the cooperative function between the artificial satellite-1 and the ground station a3 will be explained together when considering the operation of the entire apparatus of the present invention.

Note that all crew members, including land crew members, are required to have access to all information represented by the Earth information module.

With this in mind, please refer to FIG.

This figure schematically depicts, in three dimensions, a portion of the earth and various elements used in implementing the invention.

FIG. 2 is drawn to represent all aspects of the aircraft management system. That is, (1) aircraft management system hardware; An aircraft such as /1 carrying a
(3) a ground station 23 with a transceiver (not shown) connected to the ground station 23 by means of a digital communication link;
An aircraft management system is shown including a communications satellite COCO connected to aircraft/, and 1, respectively.

Aircraft /1 has a digital communication link J5 shown between aircraft /g and ground station 2J.

Next, referring to Figure 3, this figure shows the aircraft-mounted hardware of Figure 2, ? / is shown in the block diagram.

Inside the dotted line block, the cabin or Nemuro group θ of the aircraft/1 is shown as Iζ, as is the avionics rack/.

Aircraft and related avionics racks &/
A high frequency transceiver is provided which functions as an information processing means. The present invention also uses very high frequency (VH)
F)) The use of a transceiver is considered. Transceiver F
J can communicate with ground station 3 or satellite 1 (FIG. 2) using digital signals having a standard rate of 2'100 bits/sec. Typically, messages to or from transceiver 11.2 have a length of less than 72 seconds.

The high-frequency transceiver 4t is connected to the high-frequency buffer modem q+ by a line 3 as shown schematically, while the latter is connected to the high-frequency buffer modem q+ via a central processing unit (CPU) 6 via a line IIS. It is connected to the storage device or memory lI9 via the data and data g. CPU 4t4
is a microprocessor of conventional design. In practice,
All global information, including essential parameters, is supplied to and stored in the CPU'lA while the aircraft is on the ground.
Storage device 4'? via U? supplied to

However, what is particularly important here is that the writing device and the information stored therein can be modified from the ground via the digital data communications link 35. Alternatively, the storage lid and the information stored therein may be transferred to the communication link 36 (see FIG. ) can also be changed from the artificial satellite 2-2. Typically, remote stations such as station #3 are located at airports, which are individually identifiable by the three letter city/airport codes mentioned above. In the case of Figure 1, remote station-3 is located at Chicago's O'Hara (0' Ha
ra).

The storage lid is operatively coupled to the microprocessor via a connecting duct. This microprocessor constitutes aptrp6 and is connected to a keyboard 53 via connections s3 and Sλ.
controls a cathode ray tube (OUT) j-1 provided in video terminal l6 via connection 5. Also connect st
A hardcopy printer S is connected to the cpuqb's microprocessor via a hardcopy printer S to provide video visual messages or hardcopy printouts to the users of the system.

Typically, aircraft with video entertainment facilities for passengers are equipped with multiple remote viewing screens. One such screen 60 is shown as
The keyboard S3 is connected via connection 59 to 0PUII& and is connected to the keyboard S3 when information useful to passengers, such as flight connections, is required just before reaching the destination.
controlled from.

Six magnetic card readers are connected to the CtPUII 4 via connection 6/, constituting a security measure such that only authorized flight crew members can access the root cell management system.

A mark-sensing card reader 6Il is also coupled to the CPU F 6 via a connection 63 and constitutes a convenient means for the rapid input of data or instructions to the system. There is.

As shown in the figure, a commercially available automatic communications addressing and reporting system (commercially available from Aeronautical Radio Corporation under the trade name "AOARs system") management device 0 is installed in the avionics rack F/. However, since the details do not constitute the present invention, detailed description thereof will be omitted. connection 6g,
The management device 70, which is coupled to each other to the 0PUQt and the buffer modem FF via 69, respectively, interacts with the pilot and communication links in a manner not shown, but which is well known in the commercial aviation industry. By the way.

In operation, the keyboard 538 is operated to select the storage device 1.
'? The departure and destination combination information is designated from the global information stored in the . This departure 7 destination combination information is stored on the 0RT55 of the video terminal 56 and the printer s.
The hardcopy printouts from 0C11 can be displayed alternately or simultaneously via Figures 4' and 27). Additionally, as previously mentioned, information can also be directed to be viewed by the passenger via the video entertainment facility 60.

Reference is now made to Figure y, which shows, in three-dimensional form, the actual equipment currently used in commercial aircraft. The reference numerals used in FIG. 3 correspond to the reference numerals discussed above in connection with the description in the block diagram of FIG.

From the explanation given earlier, in order to access earth information,
It will be appreciated that program schemes are developed using three-letter airport and/or city codes that exist worldwide. Departure 7 destination or arrival city codes may be combined to form new expressions. Form.

This combined new representation is used to access specific information specific to a particular flight segment. The technique of using a new form of representation, Departure 7 Destination Combination Location, solves the problem of combining known information in a special way to display flight leg information used by the Nemuro crew.

As previously mentioned, the system inherently requires the user to insert an "identification" card into the magnetic card reader 62 when initial power is applied to the root cellar management device. It is designed to have the ability.

The card reader is a type of reading device that reads a magnetically encoded stripe on a credit card. By this means, the user can identify personnel who are authorized to access the root cellar management system and prevent operations by passengers or other unauthorized persons.

In order for the user to obtain a pre-flight briefing, an authorized user must enter the departure and destination stations via the keyboard. So C! RT! displays information relevant to the flight, such as local time at these stations, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) entry/exit and arrival stations, and the type of service provided during the departure.

As previously mentioned, a constant problem for aviation is maintaining accurate records of the supplies on board each flight. This is made more effective by the invention described herein. Video terminal 66, in particular ORT,
In the image generated on the tt, the user is requested to enter the number of meals, headponds, alcoholic beverages, and duty free items served on board the aircraft by class, all of which data must be entered when loading the above items. shall be entered in the inventory. This information can be entered via the mark sense card reader 6tI or the keyboard 55. The system sends information about inventory items downwards through the high frequency transceiver Hiroko! 2. The ground station is designed to communicate in the form of a J''/2000 to a ground station 23, such as that shown in FIG. 2.The ground station is equipped with a transceiver and associated CPU, memory, etc. (not shown).

Further, passenger load information can be manually input into the keyboard s3 and stored in the memory 19.

If the information found in the manifest given to the Nemuro crew immediately prior to flight appears incomplete, the remote ground station at the point of departure shall transmit the complete manifest immediately after the aircraft is in the air. With regard to announcements that it is desirable to make to passengers during the flight, it is desirable to store the desired announcement content in the memory lid in whatever language is typically required on the flight segment. Appropriate announcements should be distributed to Nemuro crewmembers in the form of a printed hard copy tθ so that they can directly use it to make necessary announcements to passengers via the aircraft communication system. be.

For currency exchange, the on-board management system automatically functions at the user's request to print the printer str or video terminal! 6, it may be possible to display the currency exchange most relevant to the flight segment being flown or any other currency exchange requested by the flight crew.

With respect to customs and document management, the Nemuro Management System can provide specific textual information regarding customs regulations and other documents typically required for a particular departure/destination flight segment currently in progress. If desired by the user of a system embodying the invention, memory or storage t/
, q using keyboard 9.7, by polling,
It is possible to enable access to the ``Handbook J type'' documents provided in Nemuro.

Regarding flight connection information, this function is currently performed by many users via voice channel communication. This functionality can be significantly improved by the present invention. The Nemuro management system can automatically provide flight connection information via the printer and video terminal and entertainment equipment bo;4: via its printer zr4 or its video terminal S6. This feature is particularly advantageous in the case of late or diverted arrivals. In addition, in the Nemuro management system, problems related to unusual passenger or crew flight connections are transmitted to the ground station via the high-frequency transy bug λ and the digital communication link 35, and are examined by knowledgeable air traffic control personnel at the ground station. According to another aspect of the system, records relating to root cell maintenance or maintenance items, such as defective seats, faulty lamps, or other faulty equipment, are loaded into memory and subsequently communicated to the ground station as described above. maintenance can be performed upon arrival at the destination airport. At the end of each flight segment, a briefing and flight report is conducted that requires input from the Nemuro crew. In this case, too, a summary of the various interactions during the flight segment can be entered via the keyboard S3 or the MarkSense card reader 6, and later the System Q user can store it in the memory.
A printed hard copy of the summary report can be taken out from the printer 5g. By statistically examining the sales of alcoholic beverages, headphones, and duty-free goods during the flight segment, we found that sales were statistically significantly lower than would normally occur for a given departure/destination flight segment. This makes it possible to identify flight crew members who are That is, air traffic control personnel should note that apart from this apparently low sales, airlines can quickly assess the correlation between the above low sales and flight crews for other flight segments. It can be determined from data stored in a large-scale memory installed on the ground. It is hoped that this type of inspection, or at least making crew members aware of the existence of such inspection capabilities, will reduce the losses that are currently believed to be occurring.

At the end of each flight, there is a sign-off or termination that concludes the Nemuro crew's responsibility for the completed flight.
f) It has a function. This termination or sign-off function allows you to memoize selected information generated during the flight segment.
J II? permanently stored and used to initialize the root cellar management system for the next flight.

In order to provide administrative information regarding the various operations within the passenger compartment or cabin to the flight crew and airline management in the most efficient and convenient manner as outlined above, the most important data is stored in the aircraft's onboard memory register 9.
It turns out that you should memorize it internally. Furthermore, this data should be organized in such a way that effective storage and retrieval is possible. Figure S shows the onboard memory lI9.
A preferred embodiment for data organization in Section 3 is shown. The Nemuro Management Database is composed of numerous data and program elements. For example, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, fWi na hθ8 t e
A storage device that can be an rJ type fixed disk? has a disk directory ioo to give 0PUJ the physical location of various data files and programs on the disk data. Furthermore, the cabin or Nemuro management database above Disk Hiro is
It is provided with a storage area 102 for an operating system such as an iRMX-za 6 for the CPU 6 as well as a storage area IOQ for a computer program for performing machine management functions.

The data structure on disk memory 9 also includes various files for storing cabin or cabin management data.

First, a general purpose database 104 is included which has data records for each flight leg as detailed in FIG. In addition, the cabin management database data includes movie files l.
og, R boundary file/10. Language file//, 1, general message file/I'l, special message file l/6, destination message file/It, currency file/Jo, in-flight sales file l-12, non&file 1.11 and invalid Includes employee number file/26. The structure of these files is shown in Figures 7 to 7.
．． This is shown in Figure 1.

The general-purpose database or flight section file IOT is
It is organized into a series of records as indicated by reference numeral 107 and 1/θ7D. One record should be maintained for each flight segment on which at least one aircraft is scheduled to operate. Also, for large-scale air routes, because the flight routes are wide-ranging, there are many records of 10'1 to 1/17? D could be provided. Record/I! The heading of each field 77A-107D is given a brief description of the contents of each field of the record. For example, for each record 107, 1/θ
The t15th field iot,h in 7D is
a three alphanumeric character field containing the identifier of the departure airport for a particular flight leg; and the first field 101. B is a three alpha character field containing an identifier for the arrival airport for the flight leg. In this way, the generic database file 1
Each of the records 107A-10tD of 04 is the departure airport 1o.
th and destination or arrival airport 101. Contains information regarding the specific flight space identified by the combination of H.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, general purpose database file 106 is located in random access memory II2.
Stored. This random access memory is
Preferably, it is implemented as a rotating disk memory such as a chθstθrW disk. represents the flight section/(ll
l? Individual records such as A 10 represent departure airports such as LAX, which represents Los Angeles International Airport, and Chicago O'Hara
A general-purpose database file 10 can be created by combining arrival or destination airports such as ORD representing international airports.
4 can be accessed to generate the combined representation LAXORD. This combination representation or string can be used as a disk file address or key to directly access a general purpose database file record 107), -1O7D containing information for a desired flight leg defined by a combination departure and arrival identifier. can. The file structure shown in Figure 6, in conjunction with the access methods described above, provides a very effective means of organizing Nemuro management data and accessing data that is particularly useful for flight crew and route management. Provides a simple means to do so.

Field 101 storing departure and arrival station (airport) codes or identifiers. A and 10/,
Along with B, in flight section file record 107 - IO'7D
is the flight number (flight number) for a particular flight leg
It contains a field iot,a storing . This flight number segment or field is a double ASO number field that identifies the official air route flight number. Usually the flight number is a 3 digit number between l and 99.
9. However, a particular flight on a type of airway often has flight number 10θθ
Identified by /999. This specific field 1060 contains departure and arrival or destination identifiers (
code) / (Record 107A-10, in combination with 7AA and 10AT3, represents the flight segment for a particular flight number
A database key can be configured to access 7D. Individual flight segment or generic database records IO'l), -1O7D are required for different flight numbers if the information stored in the generic database file IOA changes for the same flight segment for different flights. It can be. For example, if breakfast is served on a morning flight and dinner is served on a daily flight on a particular leg, such as from Los Angeles to Chicago, two separate records would be required even if the flight segment is the same. That will happen.

Similarly, the type or type of aircraft flying a particular flight segment is entered in field 101. It can be recorded in D. This aircraft model field 101. D is a specific flight section record 10? It can consist of three alphanumeric fields used to represent the type of aircraft identified by A-107D. One purpose of this field is to provide an individual record containing the actual service and data for a flight segment when more than one type of aircraft is used on that segment. This field can also be used for database key access in the manner described above. Examples of three-letter codes that can be used in field l06D are shown in Table I below.
Table I 72/- Boy] l Gua, 27-3. t Kukokohoeings 2 Fuko 3S Fu λ Fuboing 7ko 7 - λl ? , 2A-Boeing 5tretch 727-22
/72B-Boeing 7ko7-koDGua3koBoeing? J7-. 2θθ 7da 7-Boeing Widebod774'? -7
0074LL-Boeing Widebody 7f
? -3PD//-Douglas Do10-10 Dlo-Douglas DO10-30 L/&-Lockheed L-10/l-! ;00 General database records/177A-107D also include four fields 10AE and iot, F, which store the departure and arrival times, respectively, for a particular flight leg. Departure time 10b'f2 and arrival time 104'F
are represented in fields 101, 'E, and 106F as numeric fields containing the local times of departure and arrival from particular departure and arrival airport gates.

In addition to arrival and departure times, each flight segment record 10
7A-/θ-D includes fields 10&G that store the scheduled flight time for the flight segment in question. field l0
bG is a numeric field of t characters that stores the estimated time elapsed between the departure airport gate and the arrival airport gate.

The gth field lθAH is a three alphabetic character field used to store the official airport instruction code for the service base specified in the airway. This field 101. H is used to identify the base station for a particular aircraft.

l0AF arrival time and iotm departure time are GM
1 if stored in T time (Greenwich Mean Time)
The field shown in 06D is provided to input the above GMT and departure time 101. A delta amount (difference amount) representing the difference between local time for either or both of arrival time 104F and arrival time 104F can be stored.

The number of miles between the departure airport and the arrival airport is field 10.
Stored in 4J.

It is common practice to have multiple flight numbers for the same flight. For example, in an aircraft that is currently flying around the world, oo is used to represent a world cruise.
issue a basic flight number such as i and, for example, lI for a flight from Los Angeles to New York.
2, and 3/3 for the London to Rome section.
Individual flight numbers such as 9 can be issued for intermediate flight legs. Further, the above-mentioned alternative flight number can be stored in the alias field shown in 10AK of the general-purpose database file 106.

For aircraft or flight segments that fly over a fairly large area of water, it is often necessary, and may be legally mandated, to carry life vests on board the aircraft. Therefore, general-purpose database file 1
In field 1otL of 04, a flag indicating whether a life vest is required in a certain flight section is stored.

On long flights, airlines often provide movies for the entertainment of passengers. Information regarding the movie to be shown on a particular flight leg is stored in field 104M of the general database. This field stores the number of each individual record in the movie file 10 that stores information regarding the movie to be shown on the flight segment. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, for example, the data record/θ field 104M contains a first number (N
Q OF REO 8) and, in this example, a movie file 10g containing information about movies that have been or are to be shown on the flight segment in question.
The recording number (RHO#) can be used as a disk file address to access the recording directly from the movie file 101 in this case. In the example shown in Figure 6, the first number in record 107 indicates that there are two records in the movie file toe in Figure 7, which stores information about the movie to be shown on the flight segment. and the first numbers 6 and 10 are the record numbers of the records containing the information, and these numbers are used as keys to access those records directly from the movie file iog. In the preferred embodiment of the movie file iot shown in FIG.
The information contained in the records marked 0gB and 10C is stored in a format that allows it to be displayed directly on the display screen of the terminal shown in Fig. d without additional processing. .

Another type of information stored in the records of general database 10A is information regarding meals served during the flight. This information is stored in field 101.1 in the general database file IOA in the form of a code such that, for example, B stands for breakfast, L stands for lunch, and D stands for dinner. Stored in H.

Another important type of information that should be available to flight crews is information regarding the type of environmental conditions that should be provided to passengers during a particular flight leg. Since the list of environmental services provided to first class, business class and economy class passengers on some long international routes can be very extensive, the records in the general database file 10A include As shown in FIG. 3, fields iot and o are provided to store a key for identifying the record number in the environment file/10. Third
As shown, the environmental services are stored in the environment file/10 in such a way that the information within each record is immediately viewable without data manipulation.

The structure of the environment file 1oto is similar to the structure of the movie field 104M in that multiple records are stored with their respective addresses.

Furthermore, in international aviation, it is desirable for flight crew members to have the ability to speak various foreign languages. The foreign language required on any flight leg is indicated by field 106P in the general database iot, which stores a key identifying a particular record in the foreign language file 112, as shown in Figure t. A record is provided in the foreign language file/7.2 for each combination of foreign languages that would be required for any flight leg.

Nemuro or cabin management database 4 according to the present invention
In the preferred embodiment of the I9, means are provided for storing three types of messages or for managing communications with the aircrew and other employees on board the aircraft. The first type of message is referred to as a "general message" and typically includes general company-based information such as the purchase of a new aircraft or a new company policy. This general message is accessed by a general database file 101 with a general message field 10λQ having a structure similar to the field IOAM which directs its recording in the general message file II'A of FIG. 1O applicable to a particular flight leg. . As shown in FIG. 10, the general message file //4' consists of a plurality of records, each having fields indicating the date of occurrence of the general message //4LA and the time of occurrence together with the occurrence identifier of the fields /, /DAO. 〇 Also, a field //IID to store the deletion date of the general message and a field /I to store the text or contents of the general message.
da E is provided. In normal operation of the root cellar or cabin management system, the current date is stored in field II.
'A general message is displayed only if it precedes or equals the erasure date in the AD. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the text or content field is stored in the general message file
A maximum of 2j records and a maximum of Harder alphanumeric characters are stored in the memory.

Similarly, means are provided for displaying special messages that are only applicable for a particular flight segment on a particular day. For this purpose, a general purpose database/θ6
A field 10AR is provided in the special message file lθ, as shown in FIG.
6 to store the keys for accessing the relevant appropriate records. The structure and operation of the special message file l16 are the same as the general message file l14t in FIG. 1θ. An additional field //AA is provided to store the date on which the special message may apply.

Nemuro or cabin management database l? in a manner similar to special message means? It also provides a destination message containing information applicable to the arrival station or airport for a particular flight leg. As with general and special messages, the general database file 101. is provided with a field /θ6S storing a key for accessing the destination message associated with the destination message file l1gη) of FIG. 1 for a particular flight segment. The structure and operation of this destination message file /Iff are the same as the general message file //'1 and the special message file //4.

On many international flights, various currencies are used onboard the aircraft to purchase various items, such as drinks and food items, that are offered for sale onboard the aircraft. The flight crew's job is considerably more complex because different currencies in different regions of the world have different currencies, and currency exchange rates can sometimes vary from day to day. With this in mind, means are provided in the cabin or cabin management database lIf for displaying information regarding the relevant currency and exchange rate used on the 1% flight segment. This measure is achieved by providing in the general database iot a field 10AT which stores the key to the relevant record in the currency file/coθ for a particular flight segment. Generic database records as well as fields 10&M #)? Field 10AT in A-107D is the first (7) number representing the number of different currencies handled on the flight segment.
Number ('NOOF RFe5) and currency file lλθ
Contains the remaining digits representing the record numbers of these currencies within. Therefore, it is possible to display to the flight crew the different currencies that are valid on the flight segment. On the other hand, in the currency file iso, the currency information is
The first field that stores the date entered in so.1.
It consists of multiple different fields including 2OA. Further, the second field IOB stores the name of the country, and the third field QC stores the currency such as Franc in the case of France and Bond in the case of the United Kingdom.

Currency exchange rate from entry date laOm is in field l
- Recorded in 〇D. Along with the currency exchange rate in field 120D, means are provided for rounding and displaying the equivalent value for a particular dollar value. 1st
On the right side of the example shown in Figure 3, the equivalent currency value for the ANT Engineering GUA (Antigua) EiOl dollar is shown in field /20H, and in this case the equivalent currency value is g.
c 3 dollars, which is 15 dollars in Australian dollars. Similarly, fields /, 20F and 72
0G shows equivalent currency values of US λ, S dollar #, and US J dollar, which correspond to BO7, l dollar, and IO dollar 9, respectively, as shown in FIG. The amounts of $1, $263, and $3 were selected because these amounts represent typical prices for beverages and headphones that are most frequently handled by flight crews.

Information regarding in-flight sales is also stored in the cabin or cabin management database and is stored for a particular flight segment by field iob'a in the general database 104. can be accessed. Field 104Tl is the tlg i 17 in-flight sales or in-flight sales file 12. that is accessed for a particular flight segment. ◇The remaining numbers in the in-flight sales field/θ6U of the general-purpose database are the types of items sold on the specific flight section. Represents a specific record containing information related to this. In the in-flight or in-flight sales file, each record contains a field A that contains a description of the m class of items, a field that stores the unit in which the item is sold, /, 2, 2B, and 5 the price of the item. It is organized in such a way as to include fields /, 2C, field 122D that stores the product identification number, and field /J, 21n that stores the name of the specific product being sold. This information contained within the in-flight sales file provides the flight crew with the following information:
It is possible to display sufficient information regarding the types of items sold on any particular flight segment.

One type of information that is particularly useful to flight crews is a list of defective equipment aboard a particular aircraft. This list contains 124 bad files! This is accomplished by storing a list of defective equipment or problems present on the aircraft. In the bad file example shown in Figure 15, the first field /IA is used to describe the nature of the problem, such as a broken chair or a missing magazine. Fields /IB and 1240 indicate the time and date of the defect or problem, and fields 121D and/or 2411 indicate the flight number and leg in which the problem occurred. There is no need to use a general database to access this file since such defects or problems are related to a particular aircraft and not to a flight segment.

In the Nemuro or cabin management database GDE shown in FIG. It is related to the storage or storage of information called ``information''. As previously mentioned, the general purpose database file 104 stores data in the flight segment records or, by using keys or disk file addresses, pre-stored data in the auxiliary database files 10t-10. Individual records 106 or 10A that define global information or data relating to a particular flight leg in order to access defined records.
It has D.

A second type of data, which may be referred to as flight operations data, is used in an advantageous embodiment of the cabin management system of the present invention. In the cabin management database '19 shown in FIG. 5, flight operation data is stored in a forging history or history database file shown at 12g. An example of a flight history database file is shown in FIGS. 1AA, 1AB, and 140. As shown in Figures 1AA, 1AB and 140, the flight history database file/2g is
It consists of a number of records, indicated by reference numerals 130 and 13. In normal operations, there are 7 flight history database records (13) for each flight segment, and this record/32 is used to accumulate operational data for that particular flight segment. Although only one flight history database record /30 and 13.2 is shown in Figures 16A, 1AB, and 1AO, many of the data needed to store data accumulated over various flight segments are shown in Figures 16A, 1AB, and 1AO. Flight history database file with records/J
The data thus accumulated can be transferred to the ground station's base computer when it no longer needs to be stored onboard the aircraft. In the case where flight segment operation data is immediately transmitted to the ground station base computer after each flight segment, the onboard system may need to have only one flight history database record 13θ.

As is clear from Figures 1/, A, 1AB and 1C, each flight history database record /30 and /
The three stores a large amount of data. Each record in the flight history database file i,2 is identified by a Flight Almanac Database (FHDB) identifier or code (FHDB).

- one or more flight B-almanac database records i3o;

13-2, it is necessary to identify the record. Referring to Figure 1AA, this identification is based on the same basic flight leg identification stored in the general database record, which includes departure airport, arrival airport, flight number, aircraft type, and service base. This is achieved by the field t3ta s. Additionally, the flight time as well as departure and arrival times may be part of the FHDB identifier. Therefore, in the operation of the Nemuro or Cabin Management System, FHDB
The identifier can be used as a key to access the disk file address of a flight history database record that stores flight information for a particular flight segment.

In the example shown in FIG. 1AA, flight history database records 130 and /32 are provided on floppy disks for transmitting the information contained in a particular flight history database record to a central computer or to a central computer at a ground station. It has an offload field 134 that indicates the date and time of loading. The above off-road field in form/31. Fields similar to (not shown) may be used to store the initialization date and time of certain records typically made during the commissioning process described in more detail below.

Each flight history database record also has fields for storing the flight number, aircraft type, and tail number of the particular aircraft in which the cabin management system is installed. These fields are respectively i3 in the first MA diagram.
It is indicated by g, /'I-joyo and /l-ko. The departure airport for a flight segment is stored in field IDAG, and the final landing airport for that flight segment is stored in field /IA.

If one or more intermediate airports exist on a particular flight leg, the identifiers of those airports may be stored in the field designated by the reference numeral ldat in the flight history database record.

The name, employee number and base data of the first class managing flight crew member or parser are stored in field iro, as well as the name, employee number and base data of the economy class managing flight crew member or parser.

The information to be entered into the flight history database prior to departure on a flight segment consisting of
iPARTURE/, DIPARTUR12, DEPA
It is generally shown as RTURIN field and DEPARTURE field. pEpAuTURN /field/
/60. for the number of beverage kits in first class. /l for the number of first class and business class vans; 1. /M4' for the number of coolers in first class and business class
but subfields such as lA& for the identification code of the airport where the kit and van were loaded, and /111 for the number of the employee who loaded the first class kit and van. There is. In this particular embodiment of the invention shown in FIG.
is provided.

DEPARTURE/7 E/L/D/jJ also stores the first five digits and the last C digit of the sticker number for the alcoholic beverage kit loaded for 1 First Class. Subfield Fj (
/7.2) and LJ (denoted /7.2). Similarly, field/71. and 17g is 0DIICPARTU which stores the same information about the sticker number
RE! The (starting) λ field 13 has a large number of subfields, of which the subfield /s=
stores the starting inventory of first class alcohol/beverages in i/s gallons; subfield /- stores the initial inventory of alcoholic beverages in first class i/io gallons; subfield 1
gtei stores the initial inventory of first class small bottles of alcohol (mini alcoholic drinks), subfield itt stores the initial inventory of first class wine, and subfield /lza stores the initial inventory of first class alcoholic beverages (mini alcoholic beverages), The initial inventory of class beer is stored, and the subfield ldeO stores the initial inventory of first class free cigarettes. Similarly, field/9.2
．． /? 4I and 6 are used to store the departure or initial inventory of business class small bottles of alcohol, wine and beer. PARTUln J field/, tA is 1
It has a subfield that stores the initial or starting inventory for the economy class. Among them, subfield 19g stores the number of alcohol kits or sets, subfield aOO stores the number of service wagons, subfield 20Z stores the number of coolers, and subfield 1047 stores the identifier or code of the station or airport where the departure loading took place, and the field =
06 stores the employee number of the person who loaded the cargo. DEPARTURE /Field/, Similar to tJ, this is a field for storing the first three digits and the last digit number of the sticker on the alcohol kit or set! /θ, λ/λ, co/'I and,
2/A is provided.

D]1lfPARTUR]nDufffield is for departure or initial inventory for economy class, subfield λ1g stores mini beverage inventory for economy class, and inn inventory , subfield λ,2 stores the beer inventory for economy class, subfield 2 stores the number of headphones sold in economy class, and fieldco26 stores the beer inventory for economy class. The portion of the flight history database file shown in Figure 1AB contains the number of cigarettes used to store the final inventory details of the various items present on the aircraft at the end of the airfield. Field Co. VAII (arrival)/, ARRIVAL
J, ARRIVAL 3 Oyobi ARRIVAL & is oC these ARR engineering vA'IJ field or arrival field here g, ko3θ, λ3ko and λ3da are shown in Fig. 1AA DFiP TUR] i! Or field at departure/! 2. /! ;4~/36 and 1str
As can be seen, the ARRIVAL or Arrivals field stores or stores similar general information representing the number of items in stock.Also, as shown in Figure 1AB, the flight history database file is and has a field for the amount of currency received from business class passengers. This field is divided into a plurality of subfields, as exemplified by subfield 23g and subfield θ, which represent the name of the country where the currency is used and the amount of currency expressed in monetary units of the country. In a preferred embodiment,
The country identification in subfield 23g is represented by a code that can be used as a key or disk file address for accessing information about the country's currency from the currency file ixo in FIG. has been done. As shown in Figure 1AB, in this embodiment of the invention, means are provided for recording or storing the currencies of five different countries.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1AB, the flight history database file is provided with field cogs λ, 24I44, and cog 6 for counting the number of passengers in first class, business class, and economy class.

Each of these passenger count fields 2, 241 and H is divided into subfields exemplified by Jlff, -260 and λ5,2, which subfields are used to determine the passenger count at the departure airport, intermediate or The number of passengers at the stopover airport and the number of passengers at the final airport are stored.

In the particular embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 14B,
A field 23 is provided for storing currency received from economy class passengers. The structure of this field is the same as that of the currency receiving field 23B.The part of the flight history database file shown in Figures 1 & B also contains the fields
These fields are used to store the amount in US dollars of the currency received in first class and business class and the currency received in economy class. The contents of each of the five subfields included in the currency field SSt and CoStt represent the US dollar equivalent amount of the foreign currency stored in the currency amount field expressed in SaO. The memorized US dollar equivalent amount is the 73rd
It is calculated using the exchange rate stored in the field /lOD of the currency file shown in the figure.

The final portion of the flight history database file shown in Figure 140 includes fields in each record /30 and /32, which include
TURE or departure field/! 2. /! fil
, /j/; and 15g and ARR engineering VAL or arrival field co, 2f, co30°, 2J, 2 and 234! The usage amount of various inventory items recorded in 260 is stored in the field 260, along with the number of free cigarettes. The number of alcoholic beverages in /15 gallons used during the flight segment is stored in Field Co6, the number of alcoholic beverages in Q gallons is stored in field J44L, and the number of mini alcoholic beverages used in the flight segment. The number of wine bottles is stored in the field 26g, and the number of beer bottles is stored in the field Koku0. Similarly, the number of mini alcoholic drinks consumed in business class is stored in the field 26g. 274! is stored in
Further, fields 276 and 27g store the amount of wine and beer used in business class. The consumption of mini-alcohol, wine, beer, headphones and cigarettes in economy class is also stored in field 210 in a similar manner.
Alcoholic beverages, headphones, and cigarettes are distributed free of charge in first class and business class, but are sold in economy class, so fields 2g and 2 of the flight history database file in Figure The amounts of mini-alcohols, wine, beer, headphones, and cigarettes used in Tokoza 0 are stored in dollars. The dollar prices of various items sold in economy class can be obtained from the in-flight sales file l here in Figure 1q.

The entire logic of the program stored in the database field of FIG. 3 that operates the cabin or root cellar management system is illustrated in the logic diagram of FIG. 17. Arrow,? 00, the CRT or flat screen display device S of the terminal shown in FIGS. 4 and 21! The title is displayed.

Preferably, the display of this title will automatically appear when aircraft power is available, and the display or terminal device will be switched on by the flight crew for the display of the title generated on the display unit 5. It would be advantageous to avoid having to do so. The occurrence of this title display is shown in logic block 302 of FIG. This indication itself may be any appropriate indication, but it is an indication that identifies the nature of the system or the system.
Preferably, the display provides instructions for the next step to the operator. In this case, a typical command would be a command to unlock and withdraw the keyboard S3 from the terminal shown in FIG. 2 and a command to insert the employee's magnetic identification card into the magnetic card reader 60. In this case, in response to a valid card, the system automatically generates a display of the menu indicated by block Job on display device S3, as indicated by arrow 304I. The program for executing the logic shown in Figure 1 is stored in the management program file 10 of the Nemuro management database, while the management program file is as shown in Figures 21 and 4. It is stored in the disk file at.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the menu display includes:
This is done in the form shown below, with a header section at the top that identifies the flight section.

Menu LAX/! :/jpm 07 EIFiP (September 7th). LHRf: #pm 075FJ (September 7th), GM
TJθ: 15 Menu θri 5up (Y/7) Start (sign-on) Pre-flight briefing (overview) Departure inventory inventory Passenger currency exchange Arrival inventory inventory Defective equipment inventory balance Currency balance In-flight sales report At the end of the flight, use the up or down arrow keys to select the desired item.

[RFiTURN Press J key to execute selection O Brompching: Use the up or down arrow keys to
Press the TURNJ key to execute selections.0 Note that the portion of the header representing the departure and arrival airports is not complete until the initiation or registration procedure shown in block 30g is completed.

At this point, the only possible selections from the above menu allowed by the logic of block 306 are sign-on as indicated by arrow 300 or registration logic 3.
It is 01r.

When the start of block 30g or sign-on logic is selected by pressing the RETURN J key on keyboard S3, the following question is generated on display S5: ``You are a first-class parser.'' Is there a response?'' The response typed in by the operator is p``YI'', for example by pressing the l'-YJ key on the keyboard j3.
B (affirmative)”, display 5! The following display will occur.

First Class Parser Registration GMT 2o:ls oq 5EP (September 7) First Class Parser Registration First Class Parser Name: 0AROLFi
JACKSON Employee Number = 56gθ3 Parser Base: LAX Flight Number = 315 Departure Point: LAX Destination: :rFx Destination: LHR Your Last Name [Please type 0AROIJ JAOKSONJ.

Prompting: Type your first and last name, Type your employee number, Type your base code, etc. In the display shown above, the uppercase part after the colon. represents information input by the operator. After the operator presses the "return" key, the next economy class registration display is generated on the display device 5S.

Economy class parser registration GMT Ko0:/! 075IP (September 7th) Economy Class Parser Registration Economy Class Parser No. ν Makoto Birth Name: JACK K.
SM Engineering TH Employee Number: Orig/Passer's Base, - MI Personnel Flight Number: 11 Departure Point: LAX Destination: JFK Destination: LHR Please enter your first and last name.

Prompting: Please enter your first and last name. Please enter your employee number. Please type the base or base code.

(If the following items have already been registered by the first class parser, the next prompting will not be displayed.

) Please type your flight number, type your departure code, type your stopover or intermediate code (stopover)
(If there is no airport, press the return key) and type the destination code. In the display shown above, the uppercase part after the colon represents the information entered by the operator. As you can see from the prompt above, the economy class or first class dimensions include the flight number, departure airport code, stopover airport code, and destination, which serve to identify the flight segment to the system. You will be asked to type in the airport code.

Here, this registration logic is based on the handling room management database Q? as shown in Figure 5. Invalid employee number file 7.
2 contains logic for accessing the system so that the validity of the employee number typed into the system by the operator can be determined. When registration is completed, a menu is automatically displayed on the display device SS, as indicated by arrow 3/λ in FIG. 77.

Typically, the next selection from the menu is a pre-flight briefing, as shown by the arrow, 3/f, in the logic diagram diagram of Figure 1. At the pre-flight briefing, denoted by /l,
The display shown in FIG. 20 is generated on the display 55. The first line of the pre-flight briefing shown in FIG. 10 is a header that represents the identification code of the airport as the departure station.

In this case, IJAX, which represents Los Angeles National Airport
JFK stands for New York's Kennedy Airport.

The occurrence of this header display is shown in detail in the logic diagram diagrams in Figures it and iq@. As shown in FIG. ig, the cabin management system is provided with a hardware clock 31g. The output of this hardware clock 3/g is connected to a line 320, as shown in FIG. 1g.
．． 7. Contains signals generated in 2J, J Co. 4I right and 3 Co., respectively, and these signals are GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time) (GMTHR) and GMT minute (GMTM Engineering 11).
, 0M7th (GMTDAY) and GMTMonth (GMT
MNTH). Signals representing these quantities are indicated by arrow 33
As shown in da, the departure station time difference and destination station (from LHR in this example) are output on tracks 330 and 33 from the relevant flight leg records in the general database iot, respectively, for GM'l'. Block 3 with a quantity representing the time difference with respect to GMT
．． 2g is input to the GMTSET logic unit. Further, as shown in FIG. 1E, these quantities are converted by the GMTBIT logic 3.1g into quantities representing the GMT hour, day and month at the departure stations I, AX and the destination station LHH. These quantities, indicated generally by the reference numeral 336, are then provided to header logic 33g, the latter being supplied to the header aq shown in FIG.
generate o. In this way, a header is automatically generated for each display, and the basic information is transferred to the Hll in Figure ig, without the need to recalculate this information for another display.
: Stored in the AD engineering S logic 33g @ In this way, in the briefing logic 3/l shown in Figure 1, the information obtained in the general-purpose database file 106 and the auxiliary database file shown in Figures 7 to 15 is stored. The information generated by the header display logic shown in Figure it in combination with the basic flight sector information shown in Figure aO is used to generate relevant and appropriate briefing information to the crew for that particular flight sector. After the basic pre-flight briefing display has been generated on display 5j, the operator selects “OOM
1 arrow JI by pressing the TIHUEJ key! As shown in the auxiliary database file 314! A general message applicable to the flight segment is displayed on the display device 5. This logic is shown in block 3 of Figure 1.

After the general message is displayed, the operator selects [0O
When you press the "NT Engineering (Continuous)" key, arrow 3 in the first diagram
As shown at 6, the system displays a special message appropriately related to the flight segment in question. This logic is shown in block 3'lt of FIG. An example of a special message display is shown below.

Pre-Flight Briefing/% Special Message LAX/, 2
:#pm ori SIP, JFK Ir:l! rPm
O7SEP, GMT Co:is ot sxp Flight//Special Message Special Offer Film Time Zone/: FLA8HDANO]n PG/:
31° time zone, 2: THFi M Engineering RROR0R
AOKEiD PG/: Lt time zone 3: MA
X DUGAN REiTURNS PG / : 3
1 time zone 44: B brother EIT'FRIEINDS
PG/: ! 0 time zone k: TOOTEI ■”
PG/14 Press the ○ONT NUE key to continue.
Press the MENUE key to return to the menu Prompting: Press the 0ONT/NUFli key to continue/Press the MENU111i key to return to the menu! Similarly,
Directional light information is also automatically generated as indicated by arrow 330 on display 55.

An example of this forward light display is shown below.

Preflight Briefings Destination Information LAX /J: #pm 07 SEP, JFK ff
:#pmθ? SEP, GMT co:is o7sup LAX to JFK fly) //Flight information for A JOHN 1? , Kll! 1JNIITDY Airport,
New York, using jet air Crew arrival procedures: Descending base Parser checks at crew desk Crew briefing procedure knee ROOM across the street from the arrival area / 3 A - WORT, + DPOR
Distance to city center: 16 miles Duty free shops: Open from 09'-30 until 3 minutes before the departure of the last flight Ground transportation: bus, subway, taxi. The hotel is located in the south hall of the airport, next to Nijiti Bank, the parlor acceptance area. Message transmission facilities: Yes. Business phone number 6
3λ-1l090 rental car: Yes. Restaurant: Yes.

Other: Helicopter service; free round trip F'O and Be PAI to NYO and EWR.

Prompting: Press 0ONT NUIIC key to continue Press MENUFli key to return to menu 17th
As shown in the logic diagram diagram of the figure, when the pre-flight briefing sequence is completed, a menu as shown at logic block 304 is again displayed on the display, tj.

At this point, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the operator has complete freedom to select various steps or procedures as indicated by the arrows emanating from the menu logic block 3Ot as shown in Figure 1. .

In normal in-service operation, the operator selects departure inventory logic from the menu as indicated by arrow 3S in the first diagram. In the first part of the departure logic, as indicated by block 370, a display as shown below is generated on display 53.

First Class and Business Class Departure Inventory LAX /l:/rpm 0781! fP, 'Lr
HR8::Brpm 07 SIP, GMT, zo:
tz 07 B1P First class and business class departure inventory kit: Ko3, wagon: io, cooler: , 20%
NIL311#, 71r loaded at LAX departure airport /23 data://, /ko, /3. /I is,i
5i ri+/g+/9. λ0. I2/, here, 23
．． ．． 2'l seal number 67g90: Hiroko, da 3. Dada, 111. Da6Jrisβsu, data.

30,j/,! ;,2,13. ! ;'I,! ;! ;、!
AA? Af&: , 2/, 2.2, 13. ．． 24t,
:l! ;, 25.1? ,,Zg.

Ko? , 3θ, 3/, 32, 33.3'l, 3 for first class/number of alcohol in 15 gallons □---
5 First Class // Number of alcohol per 10 gallons--i.

Number of mini-alcohols for first class---9?
? Number of wines/champagne for first class---
11. Number of first class beers (/koO2,) -
---/, Number of 2 free cigarettes (da 18) □----
i.

Number of mini-alcohols for business class □□ Yoλj Number of wine/champagne for business class □ ---7g9 Number of beer (l oz,) for business class ------
---2! ;Please type whether these items are taxable or non-taxable (T or T).

Prompting: Please type the number of FO/Be alcohol kits.
, Please type the number of FO/BO wagons・'E'O/B
Type the e-cooler number, Type the location where the meal will be served, Type the cargo employee number, and whether these items are taxable or nontaxable (T or L). Please enter the first 5 digits of the FO/BO starting seal number. Please enter the last 5 digits of the FC/Be starting seal number. FC initial/# gallon units. Please type the quantity of alcohol in Il'C initial // Please type the quantity of alcohol in 10 gallons, 1! 'O Please enter the initial quantity of mini-alcohols, Fc Please enter the initial quantity of wine/champagne, E'O Please enter the initial quantity of beer (/l O2,)・ FC initial cigarette ( Please type the quantity of 4='-), Be the initial quantity of mini-alcohols, Be the initial quantity of wine/champagne, BO the initial quantity of beer (/, 202.) Please type.

As can be seen from the above display, the logic of block 370, in response to input by the system operator, inserts departure inventory information into the departure field /! of the flight history database file /lit, as shown in FIG. 1AA. 2. /ku.

/ Load into j-4 and ist.

When the first class departure inventory is completed, the system's logic is
Block 374 in Figure 7! Activates the departure inventory creation logic for economy class represented by . As a result, the following display is generated on the display device 111.

Economy class departure inventory LAX /J:/, tpm 07 BBP, LHRl!
:#pm 07 BEP, GMT ko:is o'i
sup Economy class departure inventory kit:, 23 Wagon: 10 Cooler: J OLA
Xte1tllllJda56tt was loaded and departed 7.23da! ;”, //, /ko, i3.ida, /
&, /A, /7s/za.

/f, koQ, λ/2.2ko, 23. λda, KoS Seal number 47g90: Guko, Da 3.4t Da, Da S, Da 6.
Hiro 7. Da f, +9°so,! ri,,5′x,s3. z
*, rs, si.

Seal number 6? A'H,: 2/, 22, 1. j, 24
', t! , 24. ．． 27.2g.

, 29, 30, 3/, 3 pieces, 3.3, 3 da, 35 Quantity of mini-alcohols in economy class------
−999 Quantity of foreign wine in economy class −−
----1 io.

Quantity of beer in economy class (/20Z,) --
−−−−−Quantity of domestic wine in 9 Dewa Economy Class −−−−−Quantity of TGG headphones for sale −−−
-------------323 Number of cigarette packs for sale ---11111---Dako 5 Please type the place where the meal is served. Prompt: Number of alcohol kits in economy class (EC). Type EC wagon number Type EC tala number Type location where meals are served Type loading employee number If these items are taxable or Please enter whether it is a non-taxable item (T or factory). Please enter the 1st to 5th digit of the departure sticker number. 1180 Please enter the last digit of the departure sticker number. EC Initial Mini Please enter the quantity of alcohol. EC Please enter the initial quantity of foreign wine. ma Please enter the initial quantity of beer (/, 2oz,). l1 IC Please type the initial quantity of domestic wine. E (
j Please enter the number of headphones for initial sale. EC Please enter the number of cigarette packs for initial sale. As in the case of the First Class Departure Inventory, the Economy Class Departure Inventory Logic 374L will The information is in the arrival field 2 of the flight history database file/2g as shown in Figure 1AB.
30, 1.3 pieces.

23'j and 2.2ff. After the economy class departure inventory is completed by the operator, the system will automatically, as indicated by arrow 376,
Moving to menu logic 304.

Before or after creating the departure inventory, the system operator selects the menu item "Passengers Boarding" to enter the number of passengers boarded at the departure or stopover airport in the flight history database file field, as shown in Figure 1AB. ,
21112, 241 and Rada Otsu. This logic is activated via line 36θ to
At any point during flight, the system operator can use a menu to activate currency exchange logic as shown in block 3tO of FIG. 77. , 3IO can generate a screen display in the format shown below using the currency data stored in the currency file ixo shown in FIG. As mentioned earlier, the currency file /,20 is created using the flight segment information.
〇 Currency Exchange LAX /, 2: #pm 07811fP, LHRl
#pm 071P, GMT co/:/! θ7 SIP Currency Exchange UK Bond OJo 0,71 /,,1! /Jθ
Germany German six theta lek, t, 60 3.90 /,
,! ;0 '1.1:0 France franc za, oo
i2. oo, 2o, oo ae, oθ Type the name of an additional country: AU8TRALIA (Press Menu Exit (mx Engineering T)) Brompching: Type the name of an additional country: (Press Menu Exit) The system operator also , a menu can be used to call up a display that utilizes the logic of block 3g, 2 representing an equipment failure. With this equipment defect display logic, the information shown in FIG. 75 is displayed on the display device 53, and the operator can then delete or add the defect.

At the end of the flight leg, the system operator selects arrival inventory or itemized inventory from the menu display, as shown by arrow 356 in FIG.

The first operation, indicated by logic block 3g'l, is to generate first class and business class arrival inventory displays of the type shown below.

First class and business class arrival inventory LAX /+2:/jpm 07 SEP, LHRg
:/jpm 07 BEP, GMTko0:/! ; Q7
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−−−−1−−−−−−−S first class/
/3 gallons of partially consumed alcohol remaining - 1111 - cofirst class //10 gallons of complete alcohol remaining -
------- 10 First Class // Number of Partially Consumed Alcohol Remaining in 10 Gallon Units ----
--/Remaining number of first class mini alcohols --
−−−−−′? ? ? Remaining number of first class Y I champagne - 111111 Remaining number of Zani first class beer (/, 20Z,) ----/ Remaining number of co-free shikarut (g I8) ---- -------i.

Type the 7th to 5th digits of the FO/B O arrival sticker number: /777 Prompting: Type the 1st to 5th digits of the FO/Be arrival sticker number, ? Please enter the last digit of the O/BO arrival sticker number. Please enter the total number of alcohol remaining in /72 gallons for FC (first class). Partially consumed in 1/3 gallons for To. Type the remaining amount of alcohol in //10 gallons of FC, Dive the number of partially consumed alcohol remaining in 1/70 gallons of FO, Type the number of remaining FC mini-alcohols, Type the remaining number of FC wine/champagne, FC beer (
/xoz, ), type the number of cigarettes left (4='
8) Type the number remaining. When the arrival inventory information is entered manually by the operator, this information is automatically entered into the flight history database file according to the logic shown in block 3g, as shown in Figure 1AB. It is input to fields CocoS and Co3θ. Once this is completed, as indicated by arrow 3, the system logic activates the logic of block 3gg to generate an economy class arrival inventory display of the type shown below on display sS.

Economy class arrival inventory list LAX /2', /JPm075ffP, LHRA'
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5FltP Inventory inventory kit upon arrival for engineering class: Ko3 Wagon = 1O Cooler: KoQ Loaded at LAX to 367g of magnetism Tax paid 7 digits to 5 digits Number string of last digit Arrival 5366 ri : //
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/! ;,H,,/ri,lza,I9. :10 Number of mini-alcohols left in economy class---99? Remaining number of foreign wines in economy class -1---io.

Remaining quantity of economy class beer (l oz,) --
---999 Number of domestic wines remaining in economy class
-1---Remaining number of ggg headphones for sale --1---
-------------- Da 4III Remaining number of cigarette packs for sale -------------- Please type the remaining number of headphones that can be sold in lI2: Hiro 1 III Prompting: Arrival at EC Enter the first to third digit of the hour sticker number.

]l[i0 Enter the last λ digit of the sticker number upon arrival, enter the remaining amount of FIC mini alcohol, IO
Remaining amount of foreign wine: Type ]1i0 beer (
/ 20z,), Type the remaining amount of EC domestic wine, Type the remaining number of headphones for BO sale, Type the remaining number of cigarette packs for DC sale.・First class As with the arrival inventory, the information in the above display is assigned by logic 3111 to the fields of the flight history database file/20, 2.
? It is input to λ and 2j4'.

Also, at the end of the flight section, the system operator selects the inventory settlement procedure from the menu.
As shown by line 35g in FIG. 77, the logic of block 3qθ is activated. Regarding first class inventory settlement, the following display will be generated on the display device SS 〇 Prompting: Please check the inventory as shown above/If correct, press the accept (AOOJCPT) key. BA MEINU
Press the key to select Departure or Arrival Inventory and enter it correctly.

Once the first class inventory is confirmed as shown in the display above, the system will automatically select the arrow J? , 2, the economy class inventory settlement operation shown in block 3 Tada is started. As a result, the following display will be made.0 Economy Class Inventory Settlement LAX I2:/jpm 07 SEP, LHRg:
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11111 price $lJO$/,! ;0 $/,! rO
$/, 10 $3.00 8/, θO Departure/Arrival Check the inventory as shown above/If correct, press the Accept (AOC! EFT) key, otherwise press the MFiNU key to check the inventory at departure or arrival. Please select and enter correctly.

Prompting = Please check the inventory as shown above/If correct, press ACCEPT (ACCIICFT) key, otherwise press MENU
Press the key to select departure or arrival inventory and enter it correctly.

Once economy class inventory is confirmed, the system will automatically follow the menu logic, 301. Return to O With the inventory close, the currency close function, shown at block 396 in FIG. 17, is initiated by selecting the currency close procedure from the menu. The logic of block 396 generates the type of display shown below for the first class monetary settlement.

First Class and Business Class Currency Settlement - 111111 interval - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - + Acupuncture -
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N) Press J, type the amount of currency collected, type the number of FC passengers from XXX to YYY, XX
Type the number of BO passengers from X to YYY. After the first class currency settlement is completed, a similar display will occur for the economy class currency settlement.

At the end of a flight leg, once all of the functions described above have been performed by the system operator, who is normally on board, a flight path is selected from the menu, thereby activating the logic shown in block 39g. One of the main functions of flight route logic
One is to lock the flight history database data.
and thereby ensure that changes can no longer be made by the crew and that accurate data is submitted to management.

A preferred embodiment of the aircraft onboard terminal includes a memory for storing the cabin management database shown in FIG. 3 and a display or display device for displaying data of the type described above and for inputting data into the memory. The keyboard and magnetic card reader are the second
It is provided as shown in FIG. For more information about this device, please visit Me.
tz et al., U.S. patent application of the same date.

For convenience of explanation, components of the terminal in FIG. 21 that are similar to components of the terminal shown in FIG. 7 are given the same reference numerals. As shown in FIG. 27, the terminal is enclosed within a housing aOO having a front panel 1Iio. The terminal housing yoo is normally mounted within the passenger section of the compartment in such a way that the front panel '110 is accessible to the passenger; In the preferred embodiment, the visual display device is a flat panel display device (display)! S is provided 60
Seven basic requirements from an ergonomic point of view are that the display be easily readable within the aircraft cabin environment. The text projected onto the display SS must be large enough to be easily read by the flight crew operating the system. At the same time, display device! rj
- must be capable of displaying sufficient information so as to reduce to a minimum the need for scrolling or otherwise invoking additional data pages. Otherwise, the operation of the system would be considerably complicated.

Regarding the various displays mentioned above, it is preferable to use a display that can generate 1.247th line θ characters0.Furthermore, the front panel 'I10 has a keyboard Ar as shown in Figure 2/. , 3 is provided with a foldable keyboard door. Door 0, which is not visible in FIG. 21 since it is in its folded position, is provided with a lock or lock for restricting access to the keyboard to authorized personnel. Because this type of information, particularly information regarding onboard inventory, is of economic importance to airlines, it is considered important to provide various means of restricting access to this information.

Keyboard S3 is the reference number +! It has special function keys, generally indicated by //, which are used to facilitate the operation of the system. (acceptance)
” key is included.

The front panel YIO also usually has a printer SG on the back side
A printer door 1112 is also provided. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, printer 5g is a high speed wave (e.g. 2000 characters per second) rotary electric printer of the type disclosed in US Pat. No. 1 I/71,313. This type of high-speed printer is particularly useful in that it can quickly print out the above-mentioned display. For example, a printout of the destination message display facilitates reading 9 of information regarding the aircraft's public address system.

The terminals shown in FIGS. 27 and 4 are equipped with data manual means using data cards. In particular, this feature is realized by the mark sense card reader 64I, which receives the mark sense data card from the aperture 1I14L and ejects the card from the upper aperture 'li&.

As is clear from FIG. 27, the printer 5g is also provided with a protection plate yit in which an arc-shaped slot '120 is formed, through which the printed matter output from the printer is taken out.

Keyboard S3 has l pairs of tracks 4 (J and D,
It is supported on the housing qoo and is fixed to the housing qoo, which allows the keyboard to be attached to the housing qoo.
Slide in and pull back, display device! It can be stored under the S. The keyboard 33 is provided with a magnetic card reader, indicated generally by the reference numeral 6θ. keyboard! 3 is provided with a slot 6, through which a magnetic card can be inserted into a magnetic card reader 60. One of the primary purposes of magnetic card readers is to provide operator identification or authorization means so that the system can be restricted to use by authorized personnel.

A number of components are mounted within the housing θθ, including a power supply 1211 for the printer, tff, as well as a power supply Dakota for other elements within the printer.

At the rear of the terminal, a number of printed circuit boards are fixed within the housing tioo. The printed circuit board, which cannot be seen by removing a portion of the housing yoo, contains the microprocessor module shown in Figure 3.
PU)li& and related circuits are included. The microprocessor or microcomputer IA runs the operating system program iox and the management program /Q stored in memory 9 in FIG.
Use ll.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, as shown in FIG. 27, the database for the root cellar or cabin management system dub shown in FIG. It is provided.

However, the aircraft is Because of the unfavorable environmental operating conditions for Winchester-type disk drives such as those shown in Figure 1, consideration must be given to the mounting and orientation of the disk drive. In Figure 1/, a preferred arrangement of the Winchester drive in an aircraft is illustrated. Winchester disk drive lI
9 is shown in partially cutaway form, so that the major internal elements of the system are visible.

Disk drive 19 includes a plurality of fixed rotating hard disks, designated by the reference numeral '130. A read/write head mechanism 3 is provided between the disks, and the head mechanism is controlled by a stepping motor tag 3. Since the most significant vibrations within an aircraft are vertical or vertical, and these vibrations typically occur during landing operations, disk '730 and head +, ?, as shown in FIG. , 2 in an essentially vertical position results in significant read shearing for digital data.

If the disk drive t9 is rotated 900 revolutions so that the disk '19 is in a horizontal position, read shear caused by aircraft vibrations is significantly reduced. However, with this arrangement of disk drives, head collisions occur due to large vertical vibrations that cause
Read/write header 3λ and disk '1.30
Serious damage may occur to itself. therefore,
It is considered preferable to arrange the Winchester disk data as shown in FIG. It will be done.

In order to provide relatively large amounts of data in digital form to the database 9 and to transfer flight history data to the ground computer, a floppy disk drive ' It is advantageous to provide 13A. A particularly suitable floppy disk drive assembly is the Sony 3.5 inch floppy disk drive assembly, which has a data storage capacity of approximately 760 kilobytes. As shown in the second figure, this micro-floppy disk drive is fixed to the upper left part of the housing aOO behind the printer door ll/, 2 and directly above the printer sg. The micro-floppy disk drive section 36 has a slot /I3g, through which the floppy disk is connected to the drive section da3.
6 is inserted. A button yyo is provided to release the floppy disk. In order to protect the micro-floppy disk drive 4136 from unauthorized access, a drive plate pad is attached to the top of the printer retention plate 4t/g.

Another method for moving large amounts of data into and out of the database 19 in digital form is illustrated in FIGS. A digital data busder 11.2 from a data transmission device can be used. This umbilical-style data transmission bus
4 (O connected to ground station Dada by A) As mentioned above, the terminal of Figure 21 is a particularly effective, convenient and economical method for communicating with the Nemuro management database at By accommodating the various components of the terminal within seven housings in the manner shown in Figure 27, the mechanism is compact and yet particularly advantageously adapted for use in passenger transport aircraft. One of the key features of the terminal shown in Figure 27 is the front panel 4t10, which makes it impossible to access the top or sides of the terminal. The terminal can be located in a part of the aircraft that is According to this configuration, FIG. 1-AA, FIG. 1AB and FIG.
Flight history database detailed in relation to AC diagrams/
, 1g, etc. It is possible to export a loaded copy of a database such as .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a geographical diagram of the area of the Earth to which the invention may be applied; FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the invention; FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic representation of a device embodying the invention installed onboard an aircraft; FIG. Figure 6 is a partial diagram of the Nemuro management database structure shown in Figure 5 in the aircraft onboard memory - a simplified diagram showing the structure of a general-purpose database file; Figure S is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a movie file that is part of the management database; Figure S is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of an environment file that is part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure 3 in the aircraft onboard memory; Figure 7 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of a foreign language file that is part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure 5 in the aircraft onboard memory, and Figure 1θ is the Nemuro management database shown in Figure 5 in the aircraft onboard memory. Figure 11 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of a special message file that is a part of the root cellar management database in the aircraft onboard memory. A diagram schematically showing the structure of the destination message file, which is a part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure S in the onboard memory. Figure 13 is a part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure S in the aircraft onboard memory. Schematic diagram showing the structure of a currency file, 11th percentile
The figure schematically shows the structure of the in-flight sales file, which is a part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure S in the aircraft onboard memory, and Figure 15 shows the structure of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure 3 in the aircraft onboard memory. Figures 1AA, 1AB, and 1.
Figure 40 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a file history database that is part of the Nemuro management database shown in Figure S in the aircraft onboard memory, and Figure 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the control structure of the Nemuro management system. Figure 11 is a block diagram of the GMT time logic and header display logic, Figure 19 is a diagram showing the header display, Figure 277 is a diagram showing the pre-flight briefing display, and Figure 11 is a block diagram of the Nemuro Management System. FIG. 2 is a partially cut-away diagram showing an aircraft-mounted terminal used together with the aircraft. //...Earth domain, 1g, /? , 2/...Aircraft, -2...Artificial hygiene 1.2.3.4A'lda...Ground station, ・
31... Aircraft management system hardware, 32... Telephone line, 33... Control department equipment, JAM. 36...Communication link, ql...Avionics rack, cost/high frequency transceiver% t...High frequency buffer modem, 16...Central processing unit (CPU), getta...Memory, 53...Keyboard, ri5... cathode ray tube (CRT)
), S6...video terminal, 3g...hard copy printer, bo...video entertainment device, 6.2...magnetic card reader, 6 datmark sense card reader, 70...automatic communication addressing/reporting system management. Apparatus, 10--
Printed hardcopy, lOO fist-disk directory,
/θg...management program, /θ6 book 1 general-purpose database, 107...record, lθza...movie file, /10
・・Environment file, //Co・・Language file, //II
・・General message file, //6・倚Special message file, 11g・・Destination message file, /
20-・Currency file, 1.22-・In-flight sales file, 72 evening・・Bad file, /2? ...Flight history database, 31'A...Auxiliary database file, lO
O...Housing, 4110...Front panel, D
Co...Printer door, Dalda, 4'/A...Opening, lcoo, 4L coro, da3t...Slot, back, '12'
L-Track, 1-track, 29-e power supply, 3-in-1 read/write head mechanism, 1I311...Step motor% 1I3A, φ floppy disk drive, Rihiro□.
Intimidation button, 1- and drive board, +4ZA- cable.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] l An aircraft-mounted root cellar management device for use in an aircraft, comprising a data processing means installed in the aircraft and including a digital computer for processing root cellar management data; data input means operatively connected to said data processing means for communicating with a digital computer and constituting a display device for providing a display of root cellar management data to an operator and a mechanism for input of root cellar control data by the operator; a terminal means mounted within the aircraft and operatively connected to said digital computer, representing global flight data and associated with one or more flight segments, representing predetermined information useful for root cell management functions; an aircraft-mounted Nemuro management system comprising a database containing flight history data representing flight operation data; 2. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the global flight data is stored in a general-purpose database file containing a plurality of flight segment records. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 1, in which each flight segment record stores global information regarding a predetermined flight segment, is configured to store global information stored in a general-purpose database. at least one auxiliary database storing additional global information, wherein the flight segment record includes identification data of a storage location of the global information in the previous auxiliary database associated with a predetermined flight segment; An aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 3. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 9, wherein the storage location identification data is an address in an auxiliary database of information related to a predetermined flight section. 6. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 2, wherein the flight segment record includes a flight segment identifier including departure and arrival airport identification codes. 7. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 6, wherein the flight zone identifier further includes a flight number. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 6, wherein the flight section record is rich in passenger service information. A patent in which passenger information is stored in at least seven auxiliary database files, and at least a portion of the passenger service information enriched with flight segment records is in the form of keys for predetermined records in seven of said auxiliary databases. An aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 3. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the IQ flight history data is stored in a history file. li A claim in which the flight history file contains flight crew information for a flight segment A claim in which the aircraft cabin management device according to claim 1θ The history file contains records for at least one flight segment Scope of Claim 1O The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 1O, the record of which includes a flight segment identifier. Aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 1C. Claim 1, further comprising a menu means for generating a menu display to enable an operator to select seven or more of a plurality of root chamber management operations by means of data entry means. Aircraft-mounted Nemuro Management Device as described in Section 1〇/
7. The aircraft-mounted root management system according to claim 1, wherein seven of the root cell management operations are initiation operations that request the operator to input information regarding the flight section. /5. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 111, wherein one of the root cellar management operations is a pre-flight briefing operation. 72. The aircraft-mounted root cellar management device according to claim 2, wherein one of the root cellar management operations is a departure inventory inventory entry operation. The aircraft-mounted nemuro management device according to claim 11I, wherein one of the nemuro management operations is a currency exchange operation.