Aircraft with a safety distance display apparatus
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
InventorLieven Desmet
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Abstract
An aircraft with a safety distance display apparatus that is configured to display a visual indication on an obstacle for representing a current distance between the aircraft and the obstacle, wherein the safety distance display apparatus comprises a first light source that emits a first light signal in a first predefined direction, and a second light source that emits a second light signal in a second predefined direction, and wherein the first light signal crosses the second light signal at a predetermined safety distance from the aircraft.
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An aircraft with a safety distance display apparatus that is configured to display a visual indication on an obstacle for representing a current distance between the aircraft and the obstacle, the safety distance display apparatus comprises a first light source that emits a first light signal in a first predefined direction, and a second light source that emits a second light signal in a second predefined direction, wherein the first light signal crosses the second light signal at a predetermined safety distance from the aircraft, wherein the first light signal forms a first pattern and the second light signal forms a second pattern, wherein the first and second patterns overlap at the predetermined safety distance and/or wherein the first and second patterns are concentric at the predetermined safety distance, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are intermittent light patterns respectively comprised of alternating light sectors and unilluminated sectors, wherein at the predetermined safety distance the first light signal and the second light signal combine into a single light signal that forms a continuous light pattern as the light sectors of the first pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the second pattern at the predetermined safety distance and the light sectors of the second pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the first pattern at the predetermined safety distance, and at distances from the aircraft other than the predetermined safety distance the first pattern and the second pattern are spaced apart from one another.
A safety distance display apparatus for displaying a visual indication on an obstacle for representing a current distance between a vehicle and the obstacle, comprising a first light source that emits a first light signal in a first predefined direction and a second light source that emits a second light signal in a second predefined direction, wherein the first light signal crosses the second light signal at a predetermined safety distance from the vehicle, wherein the first light signal forms a first pattern and the second light signal forms a second pattern, wherein the first and second patterns overlap at the predetermined safety distance and/or wherein the first and second patterns are concentric at the predetermined safety distance, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are intermittent light patterns respectively comprised of alternating light sectors and unilluminated sectors, wherein at the predetermined safety distance the first light signal and the second light signal combine into a single light signal that forms a continuous light pattern as the light sectors of the first pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the second pattern at the predetermined safety and the light sectors of the second pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the first pattern at the predetermined safety distance, and at distances from the aircraft other than the predetermined safety distance the first pattern and the second pattern are spaced apart from one another.
An aircraft with a distance display apparatus, the distance display apparatus configured to display a visual indication on an obstacle representing a current distance between the aircraft and the obstacle, the distance display apparatus comprising a first light source to emit a first light signal in a first predefined direction, and a second light source to emit a second light signal in a second predefined direction, wherein the first light signal crosses the second light signal at a predetermined safety distance from the aircraft, wherein the first light signal forms a first pattern and the second light signal forms a second pattern, wherein the first and second patterns overlap at the predetermined safety distance and/or wherein the first and second patterns are concentric at the predetermined safety distance, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are intermittent light patterns respectively comprised of an array of a predetermined numbers of alternating light sectors and unilluminated sectors, wherein at the predetermined safety distance the first light signal and the second light signal combine into a single light signal that forms a continuous light pattern as the light sectors of the first pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the second pattern at the predetermined safety distance and the light sectors of the second pattern overlap with the unilluminated sectors of the first pattern at the predetermined safety distance, and at distances from the aircraft other than the predetermined safety distance the first pattern and the second pattern are spaced apart from one another.
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