Emulator
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorSteven Paul Smith
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Abstract
An emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The emulator connectable to an automated equipment module and configured to: send a first signal to an automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module; and receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module, wherein the automated equipment module is arranged to operate autonomously on an aircraft assembly.
Claims21
An automated aircraft assembly emulator system, comprising:
- an automated equipment module;
- an emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly, wherein the emulator is configured to test the interaction of the automated equipment module with the automated aircraft assembly jig prior to the automated equipment module operating on a real-life aircraft assembly, the emulator connectable to the automated equipment module and configured to:
- send a first signal to the automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module to perform an action;
- and
- receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module,
- wherein the automated equipment module is arranged to operate autonomously on an aircraft assembly;
- and
- wherein,
- the emulator is configured to send the first signal to the automated equipment module.
An automated aircraft assembly emulator system, comprising:
- an automated equipment module;
- an emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly, wherein the automated equipment module is configured to connect to the automated aircraft assembly jig using a connector, wherein the emulator is configured to connect to the automated equipment module using the connector and further configured to:
- send a first signal to the automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module to perform an action;
- and
- receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the automated equipment module,
- wherein the automated equipment module is arranged to operate autonomously on an aircraft assembly;
- and
- wherein,
- the emulator is configured to send the first signal to the automated equipment module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.