System and method for stockkeeping in an aircraft galley

US8378825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Tobias Dahms · Lüneburg, DE
• Franz Angerer · Dahme/Mark, DE
• Arne Anhalt · Hamburg, DE
• Stephan Beier · Munich, DE
• Martin Dobler · Haimhausen, DE
• Ulf Glaser · Koblenz, DE
• Juergen Hairbucher · Aying, DE
• Fabian Knaul · Berlin, DE
• Ralf Graefe · Haar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for stockkeeping in an aircraft galley includes a plurality of receiving devices which are provided for reception in a base body of the aircraft galley and are each provided with a transponder which is configured to emit an identification signal characteristic of the content of the corresponding receiving devices. Furthermore, the stockkeeping system includes at least one transmitting/receiving unit which is provided on the aircraft galley and is configured to read in identification signals emitted by the transponders of the receiving devices and transmit these signals to a data processing unit, the data processing unit being configured to determine, on the basis of the identification signals transmitted by the transmitting/receiving unit, the inventory of the aircraft galley. An output unit of the system is configured to output the inventory of the aircraft galley determined by the data processing unit.