Freight evaluation for an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsBernd Schnörwangen, Sven Scherenberger
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Abstract
A freight evaluation system for providing freight information with respect to an item of freight of an aircraft includes a freight evaluation unit for collecting and analyzing data of a freight loading system and a recognition system and for determining the current position of the item of freight therefrom.
Claims11
A freight evaluation system for providing freight information relating to a specific item of freight of an aircraft, the freight evaluation system comprising:
- a freight loading system for moving a freight container containing the item of freight, in a freight space of the aircraft;
- a recognition system for providing sensor measured data related to the item of freight;
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- a freight evaluation unit coupled to the freight loading system and the recognition system for communication therewith, for analyzing the sensor measured data and data present in the freight loading system;
- wherein the freight evaluation unit is implemented to determine a current position of the item of freight on the basis of the analyzed data.
An aircraft having a freight evaluation system, the freight evaluation system comprising:
- a freight loading system for moving a freight container containing the item of freight, in a freight space of the aircraft;
- a recognition system for providing sensor measured data related to the item of freight;
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- a freight evaluation unit coupled to the freight loading system and the recognition system for communication therewith, for analyzing the sensor measured data and data present in the freight loading system;
- wherein the freight evaluation unit is implemented to determine a current position of the item of freight on the basis of the analyzed data.
A method for providing freight information relating to a specific item of freight of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- moving a freight container containing the item of freight in a freight space of the aircraft;
- providing data present in the freight loading system to a freight evaluation unit;
- providing sensor measured data related to the item of freight to the freight evaluation unit;
- analyzing the sensor measured data and the data present in the freight loading system;
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- determining the current position of the item of freight on the basis of the analyzed data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.