Method for inspecting an airplane and system
AssigneeDeutsche Post AG
InventorsHendrik Meiner, Benedikt Streicher
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for inspecting an airplane includes operating an unmanned aircraft in the area of the airplane, and during the operating capturing measurement data of the airplane by way of a sensor system of the unmanned aircraft, transmitting the measurement data to a computer device separate from the unmanned aircraft by means of a wireless communication method, and detecting at least one damaged area of the airplane on the basis of the measurement data.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for inspecting an airplane, comprising:
- operating an unmanned aircraft in the area of the airplane,
- capturing measurement data of the airplane by way of a sensor system of the unmanned aircraft,
- transmitting the measurement data to a computer device separate from the unmanned aircraft by means of a wireless communication method,
- detecting at least one damaged area of the airplane on the basis of the measurement data,
- marking the damaged area by way of a marking device of at least one of the unmanned aircraft and a further unmanned aircraft, and
- at least one of repairing and cleaning the damaged area by way of a tool of at least one of the unmanned aircraft and the further unmanned aircraft.
A computer-implemented method for inspecting an airplane, comprising:
- operating an unmanned aircraft in the area of the airplane,
- capturing measurement data of the airplane by way of a sensor system of the unmanned aircraft,
- transmitting the measurement data to a computer device separate from the unmanned aircraft by means of a wireless communication method,
- detecting at least one damaged area of the airplane on the basis of the measurement data, wherein
- the measurement data comprise information about at least one of the number and the arrangement of stringers or frames of the airplane.
The computer-implemented method for inspecting an airplane, comprising:
- operating an unmanned aircraft in the area of the airplane,
- capturing measurement data of the airplane by way of a sensor system of the unmanned aircraft,
- transmitting the measurement data to a computer device separate from the unmanned aircraft by means of a wireless communication method,
- detecting at least one damaged area of the airplane on the basis of the measurement data, and at least one of
- generating a model for predicting at least one of a repair time of the damaged area and a closest possible usage time of the airplane on the basis of at least one of the measurement data and the damaged area, and
- predicting at least one of a repair time of the damaged area and a closest possible usage time of the airplane by means of a/the model for predicting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.