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US 9,775,095 B2Granted
Aircraft proximity sensor system for radio frequency transmission device
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsRichard Desmarais, Stephen Varga
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Abstract
An aircraft proximity sensor system includes a control module in communication with a transceiver module and an aircraft proximity sensor module, the control module operable to disable transmission by the transceiver module in response to the aircraft proximity sensor module.
Claims19
An aircraft proximity sensor system, comprising:
- a transceiver module;
- an aircraft proximity sensor module, said aircraft proximity sensor module includes a tri-axis electromagnet field sensor operable to detect electromagnetic fields generated by an aircraft, and an aircraft/tower radio communication sensor operable to detect transmission on at least one of a Unicom, multicom, Flight Services, and Traffic Advisory (CTAF) frequency for an uncontrolled airport;
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- a control module in communication with said transceiver module and said aircraft proximity sensor module, said control module operable to disable transmission by said transceiver module in response to said aircraft proximity sensor module, wherein said control module is operable to disable transmission by said transceiver module in response to said aircraft proximity sensor module being proximate an aircraft with inactive jet engines.
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A method of transmission control for a data logger, the method comprising:
- detecting a proximity to an aircraft via an aircraft proximity sensor module that includes a tri-axis electromagnet field sensor operable to detect electromagnetic fields generated by the aircraft, and an aircraft/tower radio communication sensor operable to detect transmission on at least one of a Unicom, multicom, Flight Services, and Traffic Advisory (CTAF) frequency for an uncontrolled airport;
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- disabling transmission from a data logger in response to the proximity with the aircraft while the aircraft has inactive jet engines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.