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AssigneeAirbus Deutschland GmbH
InventorsChristian PAUTSCH, Wolfgang Wohlers
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The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring the temperature of an aircraft, in which at least one camera connected to a first processing unit, for imaging detection of at least one region of the substantially upwardly-pointing outer surface of the aircraft, detects an images once, several times, or at regular intervals and transmits this to the first processing unit, wherein the light spectrum which may be detected by the camera lies substantially in the infrared range and the first processing unit determines the temperatures of substantially all the pictorially detected locations or has these determined by a downstream signal-processing device, in each case compares the temperature for individual locations with a predetermined maximum design temperature for the relevant location, and if the maximum design temperature is exceeded, generates a warning signal. The warning signal may be used to prevent takeoff of the aircraft, wherein the determined exceeding of the temperature may be checked by checking the measurements by means of a thermographic image of the surface of the aircraft in the cockpit of the aircraft and the prevention of takeoff may be deactivated if necessary.
A method for monitoring the temperature of the outer skin of an aircraft (2), in which a camera (6) connected to a first processing unit (18) for imaging detection of at least one region of the outer surface (10) of the aircraft, records (28) an image once, several times, or at regular intervals and transmits (30) this to the first processing unit (18), wherein the light spectrum which may be detected by the camera (6) lies in the infrared range and the first processing unit (18) determines the temperatures of pictorially detected locations or has these determined (32) by a downstream signal-processing device,
A system for monitoring the temperature of the outer skin of an aircraft (2), comprising at least one camera (6) for imaging detection of at least one region of the substantially upwardly-pointing outer surface (10) of the aircraft (2), and a first processing unit (18), wherein the camera (6) is connected to the first processing unit (18) for transmitting recorded images (30), the light spectrum which may be detected by the camera (6) lies in the infrared range, and the first processing unit (18) is set up to determine the temperatures of substantially all the pictorially detected locations from the transmitted image or to have these determined (32) by a downstream signal-processing device,
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