CA2476879A1 - Imaging system for a passenger bridge or the like for docking automatically with an aircraft - Google Patents

Imaging system for a passenger bridge or the like for docking automatically with an aircraft Download PDF

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CA2476879A1
CA2476879A1 CA002476879A CA2476879A CA2476879A1 CA 2476879 A1 CA2476879 A1 CA 2476879A1 CA 002476879 A CA002476879 A CA 002476879A CA 2476879 A CA2476879 A CA 2476879A CA 2476879 A1 CA2476879 A1 CA 2476879A1
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Derwin C. Spencer
Ohad I. Unna
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/30—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for embarking or disembarking passengers
    • B64F1/305—Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft, e.g. telescopic, vertically adjustable
    • B64F1/3055—Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft, e.g. telescopic, vertically adjustable with hinged head interface between aircraft and passenger bridge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/002—Taxiing aids
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
    • Y02T50/80—Energy efficient operational measures, e.g. ground operations or mission management

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A method of identifying the position of an opening, for example a door or a cargo bay, or the like of an aircraft, said opening having a predetermined perimeter; said method comprising: i) providing at least one passive target means (10, 11) proximate the perimeter of said opening and preferably being disposed proximate the perimeter of said opening, and when said opening is a door proximate the four corners of said door, and in another embodiment said target means is provided as a cluster of targets for example, at least one target located proximate each corner of said door; ii) directing a preferably pulsing lighting means (30) on said target (10, 11), preferably a passive reflective target such as that manufactured by the 3M company under the trademark Scotchlite® in one embodiment being in the invisible spectrum such as infrared or the like; iii) providing a target identification means and preferably at least one camera (20) and preferably a digital camera synchronized with said lighting means (30) and preferably housed together with said light to provide raw data, preferably images to a computing means; iv) computing means for receiving information from said target identification means and preferably at least one camera to process said information (in one embodiment provide enhanced images) and compare it to information stored in the computing means and thereby determine further action which might be taken based on the identification of the position opening.
CA002476879A 2002-02-27 2003-02-26 Imaging system for a passenger bridge or the like for docking automatically with an aircraft Expired - Fee Related CA2476879C (en)

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CA002373669A CA2373669A1 (en) 2002-02-27 2002-02-27 Imaging system for a passenger bridge of the like for docking automatically with an aircraft
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Cited By (3)

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CN110189574A (en) * 2019-06-11 2019-08-30 吉林省民航机场集团公司 A kind of connecting bridge docking simulation device
CN110750101A (en) * 2019-10-16 2020-02-04 北京天睿空间科技股份有限公司 Boarding bridge parking position setting method oriented to automatic operation
EP3925892A4 (en) * 2019-02-14 2022-03-30 Ana Motor Service Co., Ltd. Aircraft passenger boarding bridge having approach control function

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP3925892A4 (en) * 2019-02-14 2022-03-30 Ana Motor Service Co., Ltd. Aircraft passenger boarding bridge having approach control function
CN110189574A (en) * 2019-06-11 2019-08-30 吉林省民航机场集团公司 A kind of connecting bridge docking simulation device
CN110189574B (en) * 2019-06-11 2024-04-30 吉林省民航机场集团公司 Boarding bridge docking simulator
CN110750101A (en) * 2019-10-16 2020-02-04 北京天睿空间科技股份有限公司 Boarding bridge parking position setting method oriented to automatic operation

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