Method and apparatus for monitoring the take-off and landing procedure of an aircraft and system
AssigneeVolocopter GmbH
InventorUlrich Schaferlein
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the take-off and/or landing procedure of an aircraft (1), in particular for an electrical, vertical take-off and landing aircraft (1), in which a monitoring region of a take-off and landing site (2) is monitored by at least one microphone (4, 5) of a monitoring station to detect sound emission data of an aircraft (1) taking off or landing as it approaches or departs and the detected sound emission data are transmitted from the monitoring station to an evaluation unit. The detected sound emission data are evaluated by the evaluation unit by comparing the detected sound emission data to characteristic sound emission data.
Claims16
A method for monitoring at least one of a take-off or landing procedure of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- A) monitoring a monitoring region of a take-off and landing site using at least one microphone of a monitoring station to detect sound emission data of the aircraft taking off or landing as the aircraft approaches or departs;
- B) transmitting the detected sound emission data from the monitoring station to an evaluation unit;
- C) evaluating the detected sound emission data by the evaluation unit by comparing the detected sound emission data to characteristic sound emission data;
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- D) the evaluation unit signaling a controller with a notification, and the controller issuing a clearance for take-off in dependence on an evaluation of the notification.
An apparatus for monitoring at least one of take-off or landing procedure of an aircraft, comprising:
- a monitoring station with at least one microphone configured to detect sound emission data of the aircraft taking off or landing as the aircraft approaches or departs in a monitoring region of at least one of a take-off or landing site,
- at least one evaluation unit that is configured to receive the sound emission data from the monitoring station and is further configured to evaluate the sound emission data by comparing the detected sound emission data to characteristic sound emission data of a same type of aircraft, and
- a controller that is configured to receive a notification from the evaluation unit, and a clearance for take-off is issued in dependence on an evaluation of the notification.
A system for monitoring at least one of a take-off or landing procedure of an aircraft, comprising:
- a monitoring station with at least one microphone configured to detect sound emission data of the aircraft taking off or landing as the aircraft approaches or departs in a monitoring region of at least one of a take-off or landing site,
- at least one evaluation unit that is configured to receive the sound emission data from the monitoring station and is configured to evaluate the sound emission data by comparing the detected sound emission data to characteristic sound emission data of a same type of aircraft,
- at least one database that is accessible by the evaluation unit and is configured to provide the characteristic sound emission data, and
- a controller that is configured to receive a notification from the evaluation unit, and a clearance for take-off is issued in dependence on an evaluation of the notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.