Taxi strike alert system
AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert Rutkiewicz, Todd Anthony Ell, Joseph T. Pesik
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Abstract
A system includes a first smart sensor, a second smart sensor, and at least one image processor. The first smart sensor is configured to sense light in a forward direction and to capture an image during a first time period. The second sensor is configured to sense light in the forward direction and to capture a second image during the first time period. The at least one image processor is configured to identify at least one object in the first and second image, to determine a first size of the at least one object in the first image and a second size of the at least one object in the second image, and to determine a distance of the at least one object from the aircraft based upon the first size and the second size.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first smart sensor attachable to a front portion of an aircraft along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the first smart sensor configured to sense light in a forward direction when attached to the aircraft and to capture an image during a first time period;
- a second smart sensor attachable to a rear portion of an aircraft along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the second smart sensor configured to sense light in the forward direction and to capture a second image during the first time period;
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- at least one image processor configured to identify at least one object in the first and second images, to determine a first size of the at least one object in the first image and a second size of the at least one object in the second image, and to determine a distance of the at least one object from the aircraft based upon the first size and the second size.
A method comprising:
- capturing an image in a forward direction of an aircraft during a first time period using a first smart sensor attachable to a front portion of an aircraft along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft;
- capturing a second image in the forward direction during the first time period using a second smart sensor attachable to a rear portion of an aircraft along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft;
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- identifying at least one object in the first and second images using at least one image processor;
- determining a first size of the at least one object in the first image using the at least one image processor;
- determining a second size of the at least one object in the second image using the at least one image processor;
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- determining a distance of the at least one object from the aircraft based upon the first size and the second size using the at least one image processor.
A system comprising:
- a first smart sensor attachable to a front portion of an aircraft along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the first smart sensor comprising:
- a first image sensor configured to sense light in a forward direction when attached to the aircraft and to capture an image during a first time period;
- a projector configured to project structured light;
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- an image processor;
- a second smart sensor attachable to a rear portion of an aircraft along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, the second smart sensor comprising a second image sensor configured to sense light in the forward direction and to capture a second image during the first time period;
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- a controller to provide control signals to the first and second smart sensors, the control signals including data to indicate the first time period and the pattern of the structured light, and
- wherein the image processor is configured to identify at least one object in the first and second images, to determine a first size of the at least one object in the first image and a second size of the at least one object in the second image, and to determine a distance of the at least one object from the aircraft based upon the first size and the second size.
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