US 10,950,134 B1 · System and method for protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility for housing the vehicle

Abstract

A method of protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility housing the moving vehicle includes creating a first monitored plane relative to a first physical surface of the facility. The first monitored plane is defined by a plurality of baseline measurements. Each baseline measurement corresponds to a distance between a sensor spaced apart from the first physical surface and an object impeding a beam transmitted by the sensor, and is identified by an angle parameter. The method further includes obtaining subsequent measurements of the plurality of baseline measurements; evaluating one or more subsequent measurements relative to corresponding one or more baseline measurements to determine if a criterion indicative of an intrusion of the first monitored plane is satisfied; and activating an alarm when the criteria is satisfied.

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Dependent claims

A method of protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility housing the moving vehicle, the method comprising:

creating a first monitored plane relative to a first physical surface of the facility, the first monitored plane defined by a plurality of baseline measurements, wherein each of the plurality of baseline measurements:
1) corresponds to a distance between a sensor spaced apart from the first physical surface and an object impeding a beam transmitted by the sensor, and 2) is identified by an angle parameter;
obtaining subsequent measurements of the plurality of baseline measurements;
evaluating one or more subsequent measurements relative to corresponding one or more baseline measurements to determine if a criterion indicative of an intrusion of the first monitored plane is satisfied;
and
activating an alarm when the criterion is satisfied.

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A system for protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility for housing the moving vehicle, the system comprising:

a measurement module spaced apart from a first physical surface of the facility and configured to:
rotate relative to the first physical surface;
and
obtain a plurality of measurements, wherein each of the plurality of measurements corresponds to a distance between the measurement module and an object impeding a beam transmitted by the measurement module;
a learning module coupled to the measurement module and configured to:
receive a plurality of measurements from the measurement module corresponding to a plurality of baseline measurements;
associate an angle parameter with each of the plurality of baseline measurements;
and
create a first monitored plane relative to the first physical surface, the first monitored plane defined by the plurality of baseline measurements and corresponding angle parameters;
and
a detection module coupled to the measurement module and configured to:
obtain one or more measurements from the measurement module, each corresponding to a subsequent measurement;
associate an angle parameter with each of the one or more subsequent measurements;
evaluate the one or more subsequent measurements relative to one or more baseline measurements having a same angle parameter to determine if a criteria indicative of an intrusion of the first monitored plane is satisfied;
and
output an alarm activation signal when the criteria is satisfied.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility for housing the vehicle

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System and method for protecting against impact between a moving vehicle and a facility for housing the vehicle

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