Aircraft landing assisting system on water surface landing platform

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of aeronautical communication, and particularly relates to an aircraft landing assisting system on a water surface landing platform, which comprises a water surface platform with a landing runway for allowing an aircraft to land; the command monitoring room is positioned on the left front side of the terminal point of the landing runway of the water surface platform and is provided with a command set for command personnel to control; the lighting system is located at a starting point of a landing runway of the water surface platform, is provided with a plurality of indicating lamps and is controlled by the command set; the command set comprises a display module which is used for displaying related parameters of an aircraft landing on a water surface platform; the light control module is used for controlling the on and off of the indicating lamp automatically or through a commander and transmitting landing information to the airplane; according to the application, information of the aircraft can be conveniently displayed, the state of the aircraft can be commanded, and landing of the aircraft is facilitated.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the field of aviation communication technology, and particularly relates to an aircraft landing assistance system on a water landing platform. Background Art

[0002] Traditional aircraft water landings mainly rely on ground command personnel to guide pilots through voice communication, which has problems such as poor real-time performance and low information transmission efficiency. In the prior art, some systems have attempted to assist landings through ship patrols or virtual reality technology, but they have defects such as complex equipment and insufficient environmental adaptability. Summary of the Invention

[0003] To solve the above problems, this application provides an aircraft landing assistance system on a water landing platform, including:

[0004] A water platform with a landing runway for aircraft to land;

[0005] A command and monitoring room, located on one side of the starting point of the landing runway of the water platform, with a command console for command personnel to operate;

[0006] A lighting system, located at the left front of the end of the landing runway of the water platform, with multiple indicator lights controlled by the command console;

[0007] The command console includes:

[0008] A display module for displaying relevant parameters of the aircraft landing on the water platform;

[0009] A lighting control module that automatically or through command personnel controls the indicator lights to turn on and off, and is used to transmit landing information to the aircraft;

[0010] A communication module for communication between command personnel and the aircraft.

[0011] Preferably, the display module includes:

[0012] A head-up display, including a transparent screen located between the line of sight of the command personnel looking at the landing aircraft, the distance between the aircraft and the water platform projected on the transparent screen, the hook slope distance of the landing aircraft, and the aircraft sink rate;

[0013] An airspeed and trend indicator for displaying the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend;

[0014] An aircraft monitoring module for obtaining the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend;

[0015] A wind direction indicator module for displaying the wind direction of the water platform;

[0016] A wind speed indicator module for displaying the wind speed of the water platform;

[0017] The landing working mode indication module is used to receive the landing mode signal of the aircraft and display it to the commander;

[0018] The distance indication module of the aircraft from the ideal landing point is used to display the distance of the aircraft from the ideal landing point. The maximum scale is 6 nautical miles and the accuracy is 0.2 nautical miles;

[0019] The water surface platform tail slope display module displays the movement displacement value of the water surface platform tail slope in real time, which is convenient for the landing signal officer to judge whether the hook slope distance is safe.

[0020] The runway status light is used to display the status indication of whether the runway landing area is ready to receive the aircraft, indicated by red and green lights;

[0021] The lighting system status display module is used to indicate whether the lighting system is functioning properly;

[0022] The central TV monitoring screen gives the picture of the landing aircraft in the form of a crosshair;

[0023] The landing aircraft sink rate indicator is used to display the sink rate of the landing aircraft and its change trend indication.

[0024] Preferably, the modes displayed by the landing working mode indication module include:

[0025] The full pattern filling mode is for the fully automatic landing with the pilot's hands off the control column;

[0026] The half pattern filling mode is for the semi-automatic landing. The system controls the aircraft to 0.5 nautical miles / 200 feet, and the pilot takes over the control column to land the aircraft;

[0027] The non-pattern filling mode is for the voice command landing, and the pilot operates the aircraft to land according to the voice command from the water surface platform communication module.

[0028] Preferably, it further includes a display console, which is responsible for the power-on, self-check of the whole system, and the opening and closing, brightness and display scale adjustment of the display module.

[0029] Preferably, the landing aircraft sink rate indicator includes a strip-shaped frame with scales. One side of the strip-shaped frame has a color-distinguishing area, and the indicating band moves in the strip-shaped frame according to the sink rate of the landing aircraft. When the sink rate of the landing aircraft exceeds the threshold, the indicating band moves into the color-distinguishing area.

[0030] The advantages of this application include: providing an aircraft landing assistance system on a water surface landing platform, which can facilitate the display of aircraft information, command the status of the aircraft, and facilitate the landing of the aircraft. Brief Description of the Drawings

[0031] Figure 1It is a distribution diagram of the command console module in a preferred embodiment of the present application. Detailed implementation manners

[0032] To make the technical solutions and their advantages of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the present application will be further clearly and completely described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It can be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only partial embodiments of the present application, which are only used to explain the present application and not to limit the present application. It should be noted that for the convenience of description, only the parts related to the present application are shown in the drawings, and other related parts can refer to the general design. Without conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the technical features in the embodiments can be combined with each other to obtain new embodiments.

[0033] As Figure 1 shown, the present application provides an aircraft landing assistance system on a water landing platform, including:

[0034] A water platform having a landing runway for an aircraft to land;

[0035] A command and monitoring room located on one side of the starting point of the landing runway of the water platform, having a command console for the commander to operate;

[0036] A lighting system located in front of the end point of the landing runway of the water platform, having a plurality of indicator lights, controlled by the command console; for example, transmitting landing height correction instructions through the flashing frequency.

[0037] The command console includes:

[0038] A display module for displaying relevant parameters of the aircraft landing on the water platform;

[0039] A lighting control module for automatically or through the commander to control the on and off of the indicator lights, for transmitting landing information to the aircraft;

[0040] A communication module for communication between the commander and the aircraft.

[0041] In some optional implementation manners, the display module includes:

[0042] A head-up display 1, including a transparent screen located between the line of sight of the commander looking at the landing aircraft, the distance between the aircraft and the water platform projected on the transparent screen, the hook slope distance of the landing aircraft, and the aircraft sinking rate;

[0043] An airspeed and trend indicator 2 for displaying the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend; helping to predict the impact of speed changes on landing.

[0044] An aircraft monitoring module for obtaining the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend;

[0045] The wind direction indicating module 3 shows the wind direction of the water surface platform;

[0046] The wind speed indicating module 4 shows the wind speed of the water surface platform; integrates sensor data to provide a basis for adjusting the lighting system.

[0047] The landing working mode indicating module 5 is used to receive the landing mode signal of the aircraft and display it to the commander;

[0048] The distance indicating module 8 of the aircraft from the ideal landing point is used to show the distance of the aircraft from the ideal landing point, with a maximum scale of 6 nautical miles and an accuracy of 0.2 nautical miles;

[0049] The water surface platform tail slope display module 9 shows the movement displacement value of the water surface platform tail slope in real time, facilitating the landing signal officer to judge whether the hook slope distance is safe.

[0050] The runway status light 10 is used to show whether the runway landing area has the status indication to receive the aircraft, indicated by red and green lights;

[0051] The lighting system status display module 11 is used to indicate whether the lighting system is functioning properly;

[0052] The central television monitoring screen 12 gives the picture of the landing aircraft in the form of a crosshair;

[0053] The landing aircraft sink rate indicator 13 is used to show the sink rate of the landing aircraft and its change trend indication.

[0054] In some alternative embodiments, the modes displayed by the landing working mode indicating module 5 include:

[0055] The full pattern filling mode is for the fully automatic landing with the pilot's hands off the control stick;

[0056] The half pattern filling mode is for the semi-automatic landing. The system controls the aircraft to 0.5 nautical miles / 200 feet, and the pilot takes over the control of the aircraft by taking the control stick.

[0057] The non-pattern filling mode is for the voice command landing, and the pilot operates the aircraft to land according to the voice command from the water surface platform communication module.

[0058] Specifically, for the full automatic mode: the pilot's hands are off the control stick and do not participate in the aircraft control. Its sub-mode is that the system takes over the flight control, guides the aircraft to the safe range of 0.5 nautical miles / 200 feet, and then the pilot takes over.

[0059] For the semi-automatic mode: it is displayed on the cockpit HUD in the form of a crosshair, and the pilot fine-tunes the operation to control the aircraft to land.

[0060] Voice command mode: Applicable to complex meteorological conditions. When the data link is unavailable, the commander directly issues altitude and speed correction commands through the communication module.

[0061] Distinguish full filling, half filling, and no filling through the pattern filling state to meet the requirements of different landing scenarios.

[0062] In some alternative embodiments, it further includes a display console 7, which is responsible for power-on self-check of the entire system, opening and closing of the display module, and adjustment of brightness and display scale.

[0063] In some alternative embodiments, the descent rate indicator 13 of the landing aircraft includes a strip-shaped frame with scales. One side of the strip-shaped frame has a color-distinguishing area. The indicating band moves in the strip-shaped frame according to the descent rate of the landing aircraft. When the descent rate of the landing aircraft exceeds the threshold, the indicating band moves into the color-distinguishing area.

[0064] A specific embodiment:

[0065] System initialization: Start the self-check program through the display console 7 to confirm that the lighting system, communication module, and sensor status are normal.

[0066] Data synchronization: The HUD 1 and the aircraft monitoring module synchronize distance, speed, and environmental parameters in real time.

[0067] Command issuance: According to the selected working mode, automatically or manually control the lighting system to generate command codes. For example, a long-bright green light indicates permission to land, and a flashing red light prompts a go-around.

[0068] Emergency response: If the descent rate exceeds the limit or the tail slope displacement is abnormal, the system automatically switches to the voice command mode, and the commander intervenes emergently through the communication module.

[0069] The advantages of this application include: providing an aircraft landing assistance system on a water landing platform, which can facilitate the commander to command the state of the aircraft based on the information of the landing aircraft displayed, and facilitate the aircraft to ensure a safe landing.

[0070] The above are only specific embodiments of this application, but the protection scope of this application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be covered by the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of this application should be subject to the protection scope of the claimed rights.

Claims

1. An aircraft landing assistance system on a water landing platform, characterized in that, Comprising: A water surface platform having a landing runway for an aircraft to land; A command and monitoring room located on the left front side at the end of the landing runway of the water surface platform, having a command console for the command personnel to operate; A lighting system located at the starting point of the landing runway of the water surface platform, having a plurality of indicator lights controlled by the command console; The command console includes: A display module for displaying relevant parameters of the aircraft landing on the water surface platform; A lighting control module for automatically or through the command personnel to control the turning on and off of the indicator lights, and for transmitting landing information to the aircraft; A communication module for communication between the command personnel and the aircraft.

2. The aircraft landing assistance system on the water surface landing platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, The display module includes: A head-up display (1), including a transparent screen located between the line of sight of the command personnel looking at the landing aircraft, the distance between the aircraft and the water surface platform projected on the transparent screen, the hook slope distance of the landing aircraft, and the aircraft sink rate; An airspeed and trend indicator (2) for displaying the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend; An aircraft monitoring module for obtaining the true airspeed or engagement speed of the landing aircraft and its change trend; A wind direction indicator module (3) for displaying the wind direction of the water surface platform; A wind speed indicator module (4) for displaying the wind speed of the water surface platform; A landing working mode indicator module (5) for receiving the landing mode signal of the aircraft and displaying it to the command personnel; An aircraft distance from the ideal landing point indicator module (8) for displaying the distance of the aircraft from the ideal landing point, with a maximum scale of 6 nautical miles and an accuracy of 0.2 nautical miles; A water surface platform tail slope display module (9) for real-time displaying the movement displacement value of the water surface platform tail slope, facilitating the landing signal officer to judge whether the hook slope distance is safe; A runway status light (10) for indicating whether the runway landing area is in a state to receive the aircraft, indicated by red and green lights; A lighting system status display module (11) for indicating whether the lighting system is functioning properly; A central television monitoring screen (12) for giving the picture of the landing aircraft in the form of a crosshair; A landing aircraft sink rate indicator (13) for displaying the sink rate of the landing aircraft and its change trend indication.

3. The aircraft landing assistance system on the water surface landing platform according to claim 2, characterized in that, The modes displayed by the landing working mode indicator module (5) include: A full pattern filling mode, which is a fully automatic landing with the pilot's hands off the control column; A semi-pattern filling mode, which is a semi-automatic landing. The system controls the aircraft to 0.5 nautical miles / 200 feet, and the pilot takes over the control of the aircraft to land; A non-pattern filling mode, which is a voice command landing. The pilot operates the aircraft to land according to the voice command from the communication module of the water surface platform.

4. The aircraft landing assistance system on the water surface landing platform according to claim 2, characterized in that, It further includes a display console (7) responsible for power-on, self-check of the entire system, and opening and closing, brightness and display scale adjustment of the display module.

5. The aircraft landing assistance system on the water surface landing platform according to claim 2, wherein The landing aircraft sink rate indicator (13) includes a strip-shaped frame with scales. One side of the strip-shaped frame has a color-distinguishing area. The indicating band moves in the strip-shaped frame according to the sink rate of the landing aircraft. When the sink rate of the landing aircraft exceeds the threshold value, the indicating band moves into the color-distinguishing area.

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