Method for operating a passenger boarding bridge of an airport
AssigneeTK Airport Solutions, S.A.
InventorFrederik Petry
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Abstract
A method for operating a passenger boarding bridge of an airport includes the steps of moving the passenger boarding bridge from one of a retracted position into a docking position, or from the docking position into the retracted position. The method further includes receiving from a bridge operator located at a remote operating workstation, operating instructions that are input to an operating interface of the remote work station, the remote workstation being connected to a remote operation network. The method further includes operating the passenger boarding bridge according to the received operation instructions issued by the bridge operator at the remote operating workstation.
Claims9
A method of operating a passenger boarding bridge of an airport, comprising:
- providing a remote operation network to which is connected at least one remote operation workstation having an operating interface;
- receiving a first operation request to remotely operate a first passenger boarding bridge that is located at a first airport;
- allocating the received first operation request to a first workstation from a plurality of workstations, thereby establishing a first temporary operating connection between the selected first workstation and the first passenger boarding bridge;
- operating the first passenger boarding bridge from the selected first workstation according to the allocated first operation request;
- receiving, in the operating interface of the operation workstation, operation instructions issued by a bridge operator located at the remote operating workstation;
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- remotely operating the passenger boarding bridge according to the received operations instructions to move the passenger boarding bridge from at least one of a retracted position to a docking position, or from the docking position to the retracted position.
A remote operations network, comprising:
- a plurality of first passenger boarding bridges located at a first airport;
- a plurality of second passenger boarding bridges located at a second airport;
- a plurality of remote operating workstations, located remotely to at least one of the airports;
- a network connection in operative communication between the plurality of first passenger boarding bridges, the second passenger boarding bridges, and the plurality of remote operating workstations that is configured to enable the transfer of operating data between the plurality of first and second passenger boarding bridge and the plurality of remote operating workstations;
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- an allocator configured to allocate a plurality of operation requests, each received for operating one of a plurality of passenger boarding bridges, to a selected workstation out of the plurality of workstations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.