Today, Embraer announced a new technology for its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 - designated the “upper tech panel.” This feature, an innovation unique to Embraer, is a backlit touchscreen valence that provides pertinent flight status information, ambient lighting and access to cabin controls.
The panel depicts, at a glance, just how far the aircraft is on a given journey, so the passenger never has to interrupt his or her activities to access moving map. The backlit screen also provides time to arrival, current local times at the departure and destination locations and present altitude. Furthermore, the new feature provides additional LED halo mood lights and allows passengers ergonomic overhead touchscreen access to lighting controls.
“The upper tech panel is just one example of how the passenger is at the nucleus of the design of the revolutionary Legacy 450 and Legacy 500,” says Jay Beever, Vice President of Interior Design, Embraer Executive Jets. “This new feature demonstrates Embraer’s approach to the use of technology in interior design, in that it is both simple to use and disappears when not needed. We firmly believe the purpose of technology is to serve the user. The upper tech panel does just that by detecting passenger hand proximity and bringing a number of cabin management options directly to ones fingertips.”
