Impingement detection system for vehicle operators

Abstract

An impingement detection system for vehicle operators is disclosed. In practice, an impingement detection system may include a sensor that is configured to recognize if a potential impingement, such as an airplane tow bar, landing gear wheel chocks, etc., is located within a potentially hazardous area, such as the rotational pathway of an operating propeller. In an attempt to avoid a potential propeller strike or other issue, an alarm may be communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to indicate the potentially dangerous situation if and/or when the sensor recognizes the potential existence of the problem. Depending upon design concerns, such a system may utilize a visual alarm, an audible alarm, a haptic alarm, some combination of modalities, etc. Moreover, the system may focus the alarm on operators or personnel already within a vehicle, personnel outside the vehicle, both of these, and/or some other combination or individual.

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