Title:
AIRPORT GROUND ASSISTANCE EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/018623
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides airport ground assistance equipment capable of calculating an error of an actual stop position with respect to a normal stop position of an aircraft without requiring input of aircraft model information. An example of this airport ground assistance equipment includes an assistance equipment body, an aircraft model determination device (1B), a nose gear imaging camera (91), and a stop error calculation unit (53). The assistance equipment body can approach an aircraft in stoppage from a standby position and allows movement of people and/or articles between the assistance equipment body and the aircraft while being adjacent to or in contact with the aircraft. The aircraft model determination device (1B) captures an image of the aircraft while the assistance equipment body is at the standby position and uses the captured image to determine the aircraft model of the aircraft. The nose gear imaging camera (91) is attached to the assistance equipment body and images the nose gear of the aircraft that is in stoppage in an apron while the assistance equipment body is at the standby position. The stop error calculation unit (53) detects the stop position of the nose gear on the basis of the image captured by the nose gear imaging camera and calculates an error of the stop position of the nose gear with respect to a normal stop position determined in advance according to the aircraft model determined by the aircraft model determination device (1B).
Inventors:
SHIMOMORI WATARU
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/028504
Publication Date:
January 25, 2024
Filing Date:
July 22, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHINMAYWA IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B64F1/305
Foreign References:
| JP2020147284A | 2020-09-17 | |||
| JP2005104193A | 2005-04-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARCO PATENT & TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS (JP)
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