Method and device for remotely inspecting the state of an aircraft engine
First Claim
1. Assistance device for a remote diagnostic during verification of the state of an aircraft engine, carried out in situ by at least one operator (20) by means of an endoscope (26) or a camera, used to capture images of said engine and measurements that will be transmitted to at least one remote terminal (22) used by at least one remote expert (24) to make a collaborative analysis of said images and said measurements, the device also comprising a portable housing (30) that can be connected to a monitor and monitored by the operator (20), said portable housing (30) being provided with means of wireless communication with the endoscope (26) and means of allowing the operator (20) to manually and/or automatically enrich the captured images and the measurements made with audio and/or video and/or text comments, said portable housing (30) comprising a software module to generate an operations context as a function of positioning data provided by a GPS, weather data at the location of the endoscopy and data on a communications network so as to determine ideal encoding parameters for publication of images and measurements so that the at least one remote expert may use the context data to make a detailed analysis of phenomena detected during the endoscopy and to produce a precise diagnostic on causes of damage, the device characterised in that the portable housing (30) is configurable to send at least one image to the remote terminal (22) following automatic detection of a particular pattern that could represent an anomaly.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an assistance device for remote diagnostics during verification of the state of an aircraft engine, carried out in situ by at least one operator with an endoscope used to capture images of the engine and to take measurements intended to be transmitted to at least one remote terminal used by at least one remote expert, with the aim of performing a collaborative analysis of the images and the measurements. The device according to the invention further comprises a portable housing controlled by the operator and equipped with a software module intended for generating an operational context as a function of location data provided by a GPS, weather data from the endoscopy location, and data on the communications network.
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- 1. Assistance device for a remote diagnostic during verification of the state of an aircraft engine, carried out in situ by at least one operator (20) by means of an endoscope (26) or a camera, used to capture images of said engine and measurements that will be transmitted to at least one remote terminal (22) used by at least one remote expert (24) to make a collaborative analysis of said images and said measurements, the device also comprising a portable housing (30) that can be connected to a monitor and monitored by the operator (20), said portable housing (30) being provided with means of wireless communication with the endoscope (26) and means of allowing the operator (20) to manually and/or automatically enrich the captured images and the measurements made with audio and/or video and/or text comments, said portable housing (30) comprising a software module to generate an operations context as a function of positioning data provided by a GPS, weather data at the location of the endoscopy and data on a communications network so as to determine ideal encoding parameters for publication of images and measurements so that the at least one remote expert may use the context data to make a detailed analysis of phenomena detected during the endoscopy and to produce a precise diagnostic on causes of damage, the device characterised in that the portable housing (30) is configurable to send at least one image to the remote terminal (22) following automatic detection of a particular pattern that could represent an anomaly.
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9. Method for assistance with remote diagnostic during a verification of the state of an aircraft engine to make a collaborative analysis of images and measurements made by an operator (20) using an endoscope (26) or a camera and that will be sent to at least one remote expert (24), the method including the following steps:
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transmitting said images and said measurements from the endoscope (26) to a portable housing (30) that can be connected to a monitor and checked by the operator (20); manually and/or automatically enriching said images and said measurements with audio and/or video and/or text comments, exchanging images, measurements, documentation and reference images between said portable housing (30) and a remote terminal (22) used by the expert (24) in real time and interactively through a wireless connection, to analyse said images and said measurements and to collaboratively create a diagnostic, characterised in that it also comprises a preliminary step consisting of; generating an operations context as a function of positioning data provided by a GPS, weather data at the location of the endoscopy and data on a communications network so as to determine ideal encoding parameters for publication of images and measurements so that the at least one remote expert may use the context data to make a detailed analysis of phenomena detected during the endoscopy and to produce a precise diagnostic on causes of damage, wherein said portable housing (30) sends at least one image to the remote terminal (22) following automatic detection of a particular pattern that could represent an anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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