Aircraft remote monitoring system
AssigneeBurke Lakefront Services, Inc.
InventorsThomas Slavin, Paul Panehal
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Abstract
An assembly is disclosed that facilitates monitoring one or more aircraft that are on the ground at an airport or other facility. The assembly includes a web based camera that can pan, tilt and zoom, as well as a base that can pan independent of the movement of the camera. The assembly can be selectively affixed to any aircraft service vehicle, such as a fuel truck, to monitor one or more the craft during processes such as fueling, baggage or passenger unloading, and the like. The camera can be operated remotely and/or from the service vehicle to provide relatively constant surveillance of the aircraft. The camera is housed within a protective environmental chamber so that the assembly can be utilized outdoors substantially indefinitely.
Claims44
An assembly configured for selective mounting to an aircraft service vehicle, comprising:
- a camera having one or more of tilt, pan and zoom capabilities;
- a base to which the camera is operatively associated, the base having pan capabilities;
- means for selectively mounting the assembly to the aircraft service vehicle;
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- an environmental chamber operatively associated with the base and enveloping the camera.
A system adapted to monitor one or more aircraft from an aircraft service vehicle with which the system is operatively associated, the system comprising:
- a multi-port hub operatively associated with at least one of a camera and a base, where the camera is operatively associated with the base and the camera is configured to at least one of pan, tilt and zoom, and the base is configured to pan;
- a wireless access point operatively associated with the multi-port hub, the wireless access point serving as a point of presence for a wireless network within which the system is operated and allowing one or more remote devices to send data to and receive data from at least one of the camera and base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.