System for stock management for on-board catering for a vehicle

US11501249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Michael Bauer · Gernlinden, DE
• Matthias Reiss · Hamburg, DE
• Norbert Kaufeld · Hamburg, DE
• Tobias Dahms · Lüneburg, DE
• Heinrich Hoelscher · Hamburg, DE
• Rafael Mortensen Ernits · Bremen, DE
• Michael Freitag · Palos Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/0488
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for stock management for on-board catering for a vehicle, in particular for an aircraft, includes a galley which is provided with a control unit for controlling the galley, wherein the control unit is designed to make available stock management data of the galley; a service unit for transporting supplies within the vehicle, wherein the stock management data comprise a stock record of the supplies transported with the service unit; and at least one operator control element which is communicatively connected to the control unit of the galley via a wireless data connection and is designed to record removal of a supply item from the service unit and/or reception of a supply item into the service unit, and to bring about updating of the stock record of the transported supplies on the basis thereof.