US Patent Issued to Thales Avionics on Nov. 11 for "Software definable controllers in vehicle reconfigurable for different seating groups" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,415, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Thales Avionics Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Software definable controllers in vehicle reconfigurable for different seating groups" was invented by Kevin Judd (Irvine, Calif.) and Ethan Trokie (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat entertainment system includes a display unit, a handheld controller, and an entertainment system controller. The handheld controller includes an input interface with a grid of touch sensitive elements spaced apart on the input interface, and an interchangeable user input pad which overlays and covers the grid of touch sensitive elements and has indicia indicat...