15results about "Landing aids" patented technology

A streaming policy management system and method wherein bandwidth may be allocated based on external device information received from a streaming client device connected to one or more external audio / video (A / V) devices. When a streaming network back office receives a request from the streaming client device for delivery of a particular content, wherein the request includes external device information of one or more external A / V devices connected to the streaming client device, a bandwidth is determined for streaming the particular content to the streaming client device and a request may be made to a content delivery network to create a distribution pipe having the bandwidth to accommodate the delivery of the particular content. A manifest file is provided to the streaming client device that includes one or more pointers that point to content segments of the particular content.

Airfield ground lighting system (10), comprising: a plurality of light units (11) arranged in a serial circuit (13), a power supply (12), said power supply (12) comprising a constant current regulator (121); wherein each light unit (11) comprises at least one light source (114) and optionally at least one activatable device; wherein the airfield ground lighting system or a power supply control unit (14) of said system is configured to determine an expected power demand of the serial circuit (13) based on at least one of an expected light intensity level output to be applied, to at least one, in particular each light unit (11) and / or an expected activation state of the at least one activatable device of said light unit (11).

Disclosed in an example embodiment herein is an airfield luminaire, comprising a housing, a light source in an interior of the housing, a sensor for sensing a condition associated with the housing, and control logic comprising a processor coupled with the light source and the sensor. The control logic is operable to obtain data from the sensor and determine a status of the airfield luminaire. In another example embodiment, a controller is operable to receive data representative of sensor data from the plurality of airfield lighting fixtures and determine the status of a selected one of the plurality if lighting fixtures based on the sensor data. In yet another example embodiment control logic that comprises a processor is operable to determine the present light output of a LED based on aging rate and amount of time the LED is operated at a plurality of temperatures.

A towbarless tractor for towing an airplane having a nose landing gear includes a chassis, a body supported on the chassis, and a capture system. The capture system includes a lift body coupled to at least one of the body or the chassis, and a cradle rotatably coupled to the lift body about a tilt axis. The towbarless tractor further includes a torque sensor configured to measure a torque between the cradle and the nose landing gear.

Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propulsion mechanism, an image sensor, and processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface configured to hold the unmanned aerial vehicle and a fiducial on the landing surface, wherein the processing apparatus is configured to: control the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to a first location in a vicinity of the dock; access one or more images captured using the image sensor; detect the fiducial in at least one of the one or more images; determine a pose of the fiducial based on the one or more images; and control, based on the pose of the fiducial, the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to land on the landing surface.

Enbodiments of the present application provide a guiding apparatus for aircraft landing, which includes: a light-emitting array, disposed in a target landing area of the aircraft, including at least one light-emitting unit located at a target landing point and a plurality of light-emitting units arranged around the at least one light-emitting unit; a light-emitting control unit, electrically connected to the light-emitting array, and configured to control the light-emitting array to emit light in accordance with preset light-emitting timing. Enbodiments of the present application also provide a guiding method for aircraft landing, and an aircraft landing control method and system, and related devices. The present application can significantly improves the precision of fixed-point landing of the aircraft, and effectively eliminates the influence of external conditions on the fixed-point landing of the aircraft, and has low hardware requirements of system.

The present invention relates to a system for detecting a foreign object on a runway. The system includes a thermal camera having a first field of view and adapted to capture a thermal image of an area of interest on the runway, a visible light camera having a second field of view and adapted to capture a visible light image of the area of interest on the runway, such that the first field of view overlaps the second field of view. The system further includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor for storing instructions executable by the processor, such that the processor is configured to detect a thermal object image in the thermal image, detect a visible light object image in the visible light image, and determine that the foreign object is detected when the thermal object image and the visible light object image are detected in the thermal image and the visible light object image respectively. The present invention further provides a method thereof and a detection system for detecting the same.

To provide a new runway-embedded flashing device that is light-weight, has long life, has high effective luminous intensity, can switch luminous intensity and has less power consumption.SOLUTION: A runway-embedded flash device 1 of the present invention comprises a cylindrical body 10, a ceiling member 11, a light guide member 12, and an LED flash light source 13. The cylindrical body 10 can be embedded in a runway. The ceiling member 11 is arranged on an upper opening part of the cylindrical body 10 in a state where it can be exposed to a runway surface when the cylindrical body 10 is embedded in the runway. The ceiling member 11 is provided with a window for flash light emission. The light guide member 12 is arranged on the window for flash light emission. The LED flash light source 13 is arranged in the cylindrical body 10 in a state where it can emit flash light toward the light guide member 12 arranged on the window for a flash light source. The light guide member 12 allows the flash light emitted from the LED flash light source 13 to be emitted to the outside from the window for flash light emission.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A takeoff and landing assisting device is provided. A carrier platform (14) has a takeoff and landing surface (14a). On the takeoff and landing surface (14a), an opening portion (16) for performing cargo loading and unloading between a flying body (12) is formed. On the takeoff and landing surface (14a), a plurality of marks such as a mark (36A) are formed. Each mark is a figure or the like for determining a relative position between the flying body (12) and the carrier platform (14). The opening portion (16) is formed on the takeoff and landing surface (14a) in such a manner that an edge (16a) of the opening portion (16) does not cross the marks.

Active standby (33) refers to the method for implementing an obstruction lighting system (2) consisting of n light sources (3), where n is a natural number and n > 1, with identical or similar specifications, placed inside i luminaires (4), where i = 1,...,n, at the top and / or along the height or width of the aviation obstacle (1) that requires marking. The method aims at safer operation, increased reliability, and an extended application field for the system (2), and is achieved through the simultaneous start of the periodic operating cycle of all n fight sources (3), main and auxiliary, in contrast to their serial operation with continuous (9) or periodic (10) light emission under prior art (9, 10, 31). The system (2) can produce either a continuous active light front with afterglow (26, 29) or without afterglow (25), or a periodic active light front, called regular flashing, with afterglow (28) or without afterglow (27), or a periodic active light front, called emergency flashing (36), with or without afterglow. It may also emit a coded message indicating position, emergency status, or communication in general, depending on the conditions and requirements defined by ICAO / FAA regulations and standards for each specific application.

[Problem] To provide a landing port which improves landing accuracy of a flying body by providing an auxiliary device in which the landing port keeps a predetermined posture, and facilitates precise landing onto a moving body moving or oscillating. [Solution] Provided is a landing port for a flying body, wherein the landing port is provided with: a landing surface on which the flying body can land; and an auxiliary device for providing, to the flying body, information for assisting landing of the flying body onto the landing surface. The auxiliary device has a posture maintaining mechanism for maintaining a predetermined inclination independently of at least one of the landing surface and the installation surface of the auxiliary device and for providing the information in a direction corresponding to the inclination.

Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propulsion mechanism, an image sensor, and processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface configured to hold the unmanned aerial vehicle and a fiducial on the landing surface, wherein the processing apparatus is configured to: control the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to a first location in a vicinity of the dock; access one or more images captured using the image sensor; detect the fiducial in at least one of the one or more images; determine a pose of the fiducial based on the one or more images; and control, based on the pose of the fiducial, the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to land on the landing surface.

Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propulsion mechanism, an image sensor, and processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface configured to hold the unmanned aerial vehicle and a fiducial on the landing surface, wherein the processing apparatus is configured to: control the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to a first location in a vicinity of the dock; access one or more images captured using the image sensor; detect the fiducial in at least one of the one or more images; determine a pose of the fiducial based on the one or more images; and control, based on the pose of the fiducial, the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to land on the landing surface.