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US 2016/0260334 A1Published application
Aircraft collision avoidance system
AssigneeWingguard, LLC
InventorGregory M. Griffith
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Abstract
An aircraft collision avoidance system including (a) at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft and/or vehicle, the separation monitoring device comprising (1) at least one transmitter, (2) at least one receiver, and (3) an image sensor, and (b) a master unit.
Claims16
An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
- at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising:
- at least one transmitter capable of selectively transmitting signals which are reflected off of an object and received by at least one receiver, the reflected signals defining a separation distance between the at least one receiver and the object and wherein the at least one transmitter outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance;
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- an image sensor;
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- a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the at least one transmitter and outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the at least one separation monitoring device is within a predetermined distance from the object, and wherein the master unit is in communication with the image sensor.
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An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
- at least one wireless transceiver capable of selectively transmitting signals and receiving signals which are reflected back to the wireless transceiver off of an object in order to define a separation distance between the wireless transceiver and the object and wherein the wireless transceiver outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance;
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- an image sensor;
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- a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the wireless transceiver, the master unit outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the wireless transceiver is within a predetermined distance from an object, and wherein the master unit is in communication with the image sensor.
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An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
- at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising:
- at least one sound transmitter capable of selectively transmitting signals which are reflected off of an object and received by at least one receiver, the reflected signals defining a separation distance between the at least one receiver and the object and wherein the at least one transmitter outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance;
- at least one radar transmitter capable of selectively transmitting radar signals which are reflected off of an object and received by at least one receiver, the reflected signals defining a separation distance between the at least one receiver and the object and wherein the at least one transmitter outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance;
- an image sensor;
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- a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the at least one sound transmitter and outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the at least one separation monitoring device is within a predetermined distance from the object, and wherein the master unit is in communication with the image sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.