212results about "Landing aids" patented technology

A display system of an aircraft includes a display device defining a display area, a vision system for generating an image of an operating environment of the aircraft on the display area, data processors operatively coupled to the display device and the vision system, and non-transitory machine-readable memory operatively coupled to the one or more data processors and storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to cause the one or more processors to, when a condition of the aircraft is met, cause an alteration of a display of flight information on the display area to declutter a cutout region in the image generated by the vision system, the cutout region devoid of imaging generated by the vision system and displaying an Approach Lighting System (ALS) of a runway of intended landing for the aircraft.

Exemplary disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, and devices for a ground maneuvering system for aircraft. The systems, methods, and devices may include a ground maneuvering system including at least one processor in communication with at least one sensor and at least one maneuvering vehicle. The at least one maneuvering vehicle includes one or more processors in communication with one or more sensors. The one or more processors can be configured to sense, using the one or more sensors, an area associated with a plurality of areas, to determine a location within area, or to maneuver the maneuvering vehicle to the location. The maneuvering vehicle may also include a movement system for maneuvering the maneuvering vehicle in or around the plurality of areas, and a platform configured for an aircraft.

Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include a landing surface configured to hold an unmanned aerial vehicle; a box configured to enclose the landing surface in a first arrangement of the dock and expose the landing surface in a second arrangement of the dock; and a retractable arm, wherein the landing surface is positioned at an end of the retractable arm and the retractable arm is configured to extend to move the landing surface outside of the box and contract to pull the landing surface inside of the box.

The invention provides a Fresnel optical image target detection and identification method based on event stream data enhancement, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the data preprocessing of collected Fresnel optical image event data through employing a denoising algorithm based on time-space continuity, and screening the original event stream data; converting the screened event stream data of the target area into pixel data under an image coordinate system by adopting a dual threshold limiting strategy of event quantity and accumulation time; existing image features are enhanced, and pixel-level fusion, feature-level fusion and decision-level fusion are carried out on event stream data of an event camera and RGB camera data; and the target detection module is used for performing target detection and recognition on the fused data by using a YOLO target detection model. According to the method, the detection of the Fresnel optical image target is realized, so that the detection and recognition capability of the Fresnel optical image target in a complex environment is improved, and the method is particularly suitable for scenes such as seaborne landing guidance and the like.

The utility model provides an unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform and system, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform comprises a platform plate, a light emitting plate, a transparent sticker and a brightness regulator; the transparent sticker is arranged on the face, away from the platform plate, of the light-emitting plate. The light-emitting plate comprises a control line which is connected with the output end of the brightness regulator. A guide code is arranged on the transparent sticker; the brightness regulator is used for outputting a brightness regulation signal to the light-emitting plate. Through the above structure, the brightness of the light-emitting plate can be dynamically adjusted through the brightness adjuster in an environment where the unmanned aerial vehicle camera is difficult to obtain a clear guide code image, such as insufficient light and at night, so that the guide code is kept in an optimal visible state, and the guide code on the platform can be always clearly captured by the unmanned aerial vehicle camera. Therefore, the reliability and accuracy of landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be improved.

An embodiment vertiport includes a main body portion having a lower space, a take-off and landing zone disposed in the lower space and spaced apart from the main body portion by a predetermined gap, a door portion disposed in the gap and configured to open or close the gap, a plurality of elevating portions disposed to surround the take-off and landing zone in the lower space, a ring-shaped portion surrounding the take-off and landing zone and connected to the plurality of elevating portions, wherein the ring-shaped portion is configured to be elevated by the plurality of elevating portions, and a plurality of generators disposed on the ring-shaped portion in a fixed position.

An embodiment vertiport includes a main body portion having a lower space, a take-off and landing zone disposed in the lower space and spaced apart from the main body portion by a predetermined gap, a door portion disposed in the gap and configured to open or close the gap, a plurality of elevating portions disposed to surround the take-off and landing zone in the lower space, a ring-shaped portion surrounding the take-off and landing zone and connected to the plurality of elevating portions, wherein the ring-shaped portion is configured to be elevated by the plurality of elevating portions, and a plurality of generators disposed on the ring-shaped portion in a fixed position.

Ultra-wideband positioning system (100) for determining a position of at least one entity (200) on an airport field comprising at least one of a manoeuvring area (310) and an apron (350), said system comprising: -at least one airport light-signalling device (801), in particular an approach light, a runway light, a taxiway light, an elevated light, an inset light, a light box, or a visual docking guidance system, said device (801) being located on or around the least one of the manoeuvring area (310, 320) and the apron (350); wherein the at least one airport light-signalling device (801) comprises a positioning unit (400) being arranged in or on the at least one airport visual-signalling device (801), said unit (400), - a position determining unit (700) in data communication with the positioning unit (400) of the at least one airport light-signalling device (801), said position determining unit (700) being configured to calculate the position of the at least one entity (200).

The utility model discloses a beacon light maintenance device based on an unmanned aerial vehicle, and relates to the technical field of beacon light maintenance devices, the beacon light maintenance device comprises a beacon light, the beacon light comprises a mounting seat body, a light body and a positioning rod; the lamp body is fixed to the top end of the mounting base. The upper end of the positioning rod is vertically fixed in the bottom center of the mounting base; an inserting hole structure is arranged at the top end of the positioning connecting part, and the lower end of the positioning rod can be movably inserted into the inserting hole structure; the lower part of the positioning connecting part is a mounting end connected with the top of the beacon light tower pile; the unmanned aerial vehicle suspension dismounting and mounting assembly comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle, a throwing device and a connecting assembly; the throwing device is mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle; one end of the connecting component can be magnetically connected with the top end of the lamp body, and the other end can be hung on the throwing device hook body; the unmanned aerial vehicle can suspend and convey the beacon light through the throwing device and the connecting assembly so as to carry out disassembly and assembly operation. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be used for carrying the beacon light for remote conveying and replacement, so that the maintenance and replacement efficiency and safety of the beacon light are improved.

An automated alert system using unmanned aerial vehicles is described where the system is configured to monitor a selected area via one or more sensors configured to monitor the selected area for an anomaly. A processor in communication with the one or more sensors may be programmed to create or alter a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle upon receiving an alert from the one or more sensors for investigating or verifying the anomaly.

The present invention concerns a system for positioning an airborne vehicle (502) at a geographic location, the system comprising the airborne vehicle (502) having one or more infra-red ( I R) detectors, and a positioning beacon (504) located at the geographic location, the positioning beacon (504) being configured to wirelessly transmit a landing identifier for detection by the airborne vehicle (502) and comprising one or more emitters or reflectors configured to respectively emit or reflect an IR signal, wherein the airborne vehicle (502) is configured to receive the landing identifier and the emitted or reflected IR signal to compare the received landing identifier and a stored unique identifier and if the received landing identifier matches the stored unique identifier to use the emitted or reflected signal to control movement of the airborne vehicle (502) with respect to the positioning beacon.

Systems and methods of providing guidance to assist eVTOL aerial vehicles in performing landing and takeoff operations at landing locations in GPS-denied environments are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an aerial vehicle comprising a camera configured to generate images based on information transmitted by a plurality of light sources located adjacent a landing surface for the aerial vehicle and a controller circuit configured to receive the generated images and determine a position and an orientation of the aerial vehicle based on the received images, wherein the light sources are arranged in a predetermined pattern on the landing surface, and wherein a characteristic of light emitted from each of the light sources is modulated with respect to time.

The invention introduces a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle follow-up and precise landing target system, which comprises a multi-level visual target, and the visual target sequentially comprises a central positioning area, a target positioning area and a target positioning area from the center to the periphery, and the central positioning area is formed by arranging four aruco marks of a first size in a 2 * 2 array mode; the middle transition area is formed by arranging eight aruco marks of the first size in the upper direction, the lower direction, the left direction and the right direction of the center positioning area; four aruco marks of a second size are respectively arranged at the left upper part, the right upper part, the left lower part and the right lower part of the central positioning area; the peripheral auxiliary area is formed by arranging four aruco marks of a third size at four corners of the whole visual target respectively; the maximum peripheral frame is an aruco mark of a fourth size, and the outer frame of the aruco mark of the fourth size forms the outermost layer area of the whole target. According to the invention, continuous and stable visual features can be provided for the mooring unmanned aerial vehicle at different flight heights and attitudes, and the landing reliability is improved.

A system for coordinating aircraft servicing tasks of a plurality of ground support equipment at an airport includes a plurality of beacons and one or more processing circuits. The plurality of beacons are configured to couple to the plurality of ground support equipment. The one or more processing circuits include one or more processors storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processing circuits to acquire signals from the plurality of beacons and coordinate movement of the plurality of ground support equipment based on the signals and in accordance with an aircraft servicing plan.

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, a battery, and a processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface with a funnel geometry shaped to fit a bottom surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle at a base of the funnel, wherein tapered sides of the funnel form corners at the base of the funnel, and a battery charger configured to charge the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle is on the landing surface, wherein conducting contacts of the battery charger are on the landing surface, positioned at the bottom of the funnel.

To provide a collimator capable of visually recognizing a front sight from a rear sight in a horizontal direction even when a light irradiation direction of a lamp is inclined upwardly.SOLUTION: A collimator 1 of the present disclosure comprises a rear sight 1a and a front sight 1b. The rear sight 1a and the front sight 1b are located on a single reference straight line. The reference straight line is inclined relative to a horizontal direction so that the front sight 1b is located below the rear sight 1a. When attempting to view the front sight 1b horizontally from the rear sight 1a, the front sight 1b is at a height that allows it to be visually recognized.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A flight management system includes a communications system configured to receive weather data from a remote source, a display system configured to generate an output for a flight display of an aircraft, and at least one processor with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code. The output includes weather information based on the received weather data. The processor-executable code causes the processor to receive a user input from a user interface element of the aircraft where the user input requests updated weather information. The processor-executable code causes the processor to retrieve, via the communications system and in response to the user input, updated weather data from the remote source; calculate a departure or arrival performance flight parameter based at least in part on the updated weather data; and provide, via the display system, an output for the flight display of the aircraft where the output includes the flight parameter.

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, a cradle coupled to the lift body, and a side-shift actuator configured to selectively move the cradle along a lateral direction relative to the body.

The invention relates to the technical field of low-altitude aircraft supporting facilities, and one embodiment of the invention provides a low-altitude aircraft solar wireless charging platform which comprises a wireless charging platform, solar power generation platforms are arranged on the two opposite sides of the wireless charging platform, a charging energy supply assembly is arranged on the wireless charging platform, and the charging energy supply assembly is arranged on the wireless charging platform. The locking and positioning assembly is arranged in the wireless charging platform; the charging energy supply assembly comprises a warning groove, and the warning groove is formed in the upper end face of the wireless charging platform. By means of the technical scheme, the problems that in the prior art, charging equipment is generally simple in structure, energy storage, charging and other processes cannot be stably controlled, and the problem that in the wireless charging process, a high-intensity magnetic field generated by a magnetic coupling transmitting coil has adverse effects on internal metal or electrical structures of an unmanned aerial vehicle and the charging equipment is solved; the technical problem that the low-altitude aircraft does not need to return and is convenient to charge during field operation is solved.

The invention discloses an overturning shading type flickering HAPI lamp of a helicopter field visual approach gradient indication system. The system comprises a supporting frame assembly, a protection assembly, an optical assembly, a shading assembly, a light-emitting assembly, a control assembly and a main control board. The core lies in that the shading assembly is of a mechanical turnover structure, corresponding shading pieces are driven by an upper driving mechanism and a lower driving mechanism to conduct periodic turnover motion, constant light beams generated by the light emitting assembly are mechanically shielded and released regularly, and color filtering is conducted in combination with light filtering glass arranged in a partitioned mode; therefore, the constant light beam is converted into four standard indicating light beams which accord with specifications, namely red / green and constant bright / flickering. Light beam flickering is achieved in a physical and mechanical mode, a traditional LED direct electronic flickering mode is replaced, the problems of light intensity attenuation, inaccurate color, high electronic failure rate, poor environmental adaptability and the like are effectively solved, and the LED light source has the advantages of being accurate in indication, stable in work, long in service life and high in reliability.

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.

The present disclosure relates to an illumination unit for a helideck, comprising a mounting board, a light source attached to the mounting board, and a dome, and wherein a support structure comprises a separation wall air-tightly separating a first cavity under the dome from a second cavity receiving at least the mounting board and the light source. The separation wall further comprises a first wall portion forming an optical element, and wherein the optical element comprises one or more light entrance surfaces for receiving light from the light source and one or more light output surfaces for outputting light into the first cavity. The present disclosure also relates to light panels comprising a plurality of illumination units.

Aerodrome signalling system (100), comprising a plurality of signalling units (2), each comprising at least one aerodrome signalling device (9, 10), and a central communication unit (4) configured for data communication with the plurality of signalling units. The plurality of signalling units (2) each comprise a wireless data communication device (18) configured for cellular data communication and at least one sensor device (15) configured to capture measurement data in relation to one or more of: an environmental condition, a meteorological condition, a presence of an object, a movement of an object and a status condition relating to the respective signalling unit other than a status condition of the respective at least one signalling device. The at least one sensor device (15) is configured to communicate the measurement data to the wireless data communication device for transmission via a cellular network.

The invention discloses a dynamic compensation method and system for guiding lamplight in the manual landing process of a shipborne aircraft, and belongs to the field of shipborne aircraft guiding lamplight compensation. The problems that in an existing lamplight compensation method, adaptability to complex motion of a ship is insufficient, the dynamic relative position relation between the pilot eye position and a guiding lamplight coordinate system is not fully considered, and compensation precision is low in different stable states are solved. The method comprises: defining a coordinate system; ship motion parameters are obtained in real time; based on the coordinate system and the ship motion parameters, calculating the coordinate of the pilot eye position under the guide lamp coordinate system; calculating the coordinate of the focus of the Fresnel lamp in the guide lamp coordinate system; determining a height error, a transverse error and a pitch angle based on the pilot eye position coordinate and the light focus coordinate; executing longitudinal compensation and transverse compensation; and dynamically adjusting the guide light based on the compensated light control angle. The method is mainly used for guiding lamplight to accurately counteract ship swing in real time.

The utility model is suitable for the technical field of airport equipment, and provides a guiding device for an airport, which comprises a guiding vehicle fixedly provided with a control system, the common indicator light board used for guiding an airplane to take off and land is fixedly mounted on the guide vehicle; the through opening is formed in the top of the guide vehicle; the hydraulic rod is fixedly mounted in the guide vehicle; the fog lamp indicating lamp board is used for guiding an airplane in rainy and foggy weather, the fog lamp indicating lamp board is fixedly installed on an output shaft of the hydraulic rod, and the fog lamp indicating lamp board is arranged in the guiding vehicle; the fixing plate is fixedly installed on the fog lamp indicating lamp board and is in sliding connection with the through opening. The airport guiding device provided by the scheme can improve the definition of the indicating lamp in rainy days and foggy days, is beneficial to guiding airplanes, and improves the guiding efficiency.

A system for global auto-configuration of at least one airport signaling device (11) of an aerodrome, said system comprising: a central control unit (14) and signaling devices (11), wherein the central control unit (14) is capable of communicating with the airport signaling devices (11) via the communication module (119) once a communication channel has been initiated; wherein the system is configured to communicate configuration data of at least one signaling device (11) to an Internet of Things (loT) hub (210), namely the identity code and the estimated location of the at least one signaling device; wherein the Internet of Things (loT) hub is capable of data communication with plurality of servers (220) configured to store inventory data related to a set of registered airport aeronautical signaling devices for at least one aerodrome for a predefined geographical area.

To provide a mounting device for an aircraft landing guidance flash light which does not require adjustment of an angle of a flashlight when the aircraft landing guidance flashlight is mounted to the mounting device for the aircraft landing guidance flashlight, and an aircraft landing guidance flashlight device.SOLUTION: Mounting devices 10, 20 for an aircraft landing guidance flashlight comprise a pair of mounting arms 11, a U-shaped light emission part fixing plate 12, and rotation shaft fixing means. A rotation shaft 13a is arranged on one of the pair of mounting arms 11 and the U-shaped light emission part fixing plate 12, and a bearing of the rotation shaft 13a is arranged on the other of them. Before the detachable aircraft landing guidance flashlight is provided on the U-shaped light emission part fixing plate 12, an angle of the U-shaped light emission part fixing plate 12 to the pair of mounting arms 11 is adjusted to a predetermined angle by the rotation shaft 13a and the bearing, so as to make a fixing condition by the rotation shaft fixing means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The utility model relates to the field of indicating lamps, in particular to an indicating lamp for a helicopter deck. The indicating lamp for the helicopter deck comprises a lamp body. A plurality of light source assemblies are arranged at the top of the lamp body at equal intervals, and light sources can be emitted through the light source assemblies. According to the indicating lamp for the helicopter deck, through the combination of the heat conduction silica gel pad, the LED light source plate and the lens, it is guaranteed that a light source is bright, even and stable, and therefore the good lighting effect is guaranteed, visibility is improved, and the night vision ability of sailors and pilots is prevented from being affected. And due to the application of the heat-conducting silica gel pad, the overall heat dissipation performance is effectively improved, the service life of the LED light source is prolonged, and the stability of the light source is maintained. And in addition, convenience of actual installation and maintenance is considered in the design of the lamp body structure, and through the connection mode of the terminals and the wire pressing clamps, the installation process is simplified, and later maintenance and electrical maintenance work are also facilitated.

The invention discloses a bus-based static lamplight landing assisting system for a shipboard helicopter. The static lamplight landing assisting system for the shipboard helicopter comprises a control panel, a landing assisting system control box, a static landing assisting lamp, a landing signal lamp repeater and a buzzer. And the control panel is in communication connection with the landing assisting system control box. The landing assisting system control box, the static landing assisting lamp, the rising and falling signal lamp repeater and the buzzer are all located in the same CAN bus control network. The method has the advantages that helicopter landing assisting tasks of small and medium-sized ships such as law enforcement ships are protected, and the method has high practical value.