AERIAL SURVEY PLANE HAVING COVER FOR PROTECTING LENS OF INFRARED CAMERA FOR AERIAL SURVEY

• US 20150163381A1
• Filed: 12/09/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
• Original Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
• Inventors: SUNG, Ki-Sung, KIM, Jeong-Chan, HAN, Jong-Gyu, LEE, Sung-Soon, YEON, Yeong-Kwang
• Granted Patent: US 9,716,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/00 Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

An aerial survey plane having a cover for protecting a lens of an infrared camera for an aerial survey according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial survey observation window; an aerial survey infrared camera; at least one shock absorbing part to absorb shock applied to the aerial survey infrared camera; at least one support vertically provided on the shock absorbing part; a lifting part to lift and lower the aerial survey infrared camera; a protective cover provided between the aerial survey infrared camera and the bottom surface of the fuselage of the aerial survey plane and having a size to cover the aerial survey observation window; at least one motor to move the protective cover toward any one direction; and a controller to remotely control the opening and the closing of the protective cover.

Claims

1. An aerial survey plane having a cover for protecting a lens of an infrared camera for an aerial survey, the plane comprising:

an aerial survey observation window provided on a bottom surface of a fuselage of an aerial survey plane and having a predetermined size;

an aerial survey infrared camera disposed at the aerial survey observation window and facing a ground surface or a water surface;

at least one shock absorbing part disposed on a lower part of the aerial survey infrared camera to absorb shock applied to the aerial survey infrared camera from the aerial survey plane;

at least one support vertically provided on the shock absorbing part to support the aerial survey infrared camera while surrounding the aerial survey infrared camera;

a lifting part to lift up and down the aerial survey infrared camera;

a protective cover provided between the aerial survey infrared camera and the bottom surface of the fuselage of the aerial survey plane and having a size to cover the aerial survey observation window to close the aerial survey observation window before the aerial survey plane starts an aerial survey;

at least one motor disposed on at least one side surface of the protective cover to move the protective cover in a predetermined direction so that the aerial survey observation window is opened to start the aerial survey and the aerial survey observation window is closed to protect the lens of the aerial survey infrared camera; and

a controller to remotely control the opening and the closing of the protective cover.

2. The aerial survey plane according to claim 1, wherein the lifting part is integrally formed with the support and has at least one of a screw type, a hydraulic type and an electronic type.

3. The aerial survey plane according to claim 1, wherein the lifting part is a lever type capable of lifting up or down the aerial survey infrared camera by one manipulation.

4. The aerial survey plane according to claim 1, wherein the protective cover comprises a hard plate.

5. The aerial survey plane according to claim 4, wherein the motor comprises a rotating gear part comprising a protruding part to move the protective cover in one direction, and the protective cover comprises a groove part having a predetermined pitch to engage with the protruding part of the gear unit.

6. The aerial survey plane according to claim 5, wherein the groove part comprises at least one row of grooves formed on an upper part or a lower part of the protective cover.

7. The aerial survey plane according to claim 5, wherein the groove part is formed on at least one of side surfaces of the protective cover.

8. An aerial survey plane having a cover for protecting a lens of an infrared camera for an aerial survey, the plane comprising:

an aerial survey observation window provided on a bottom surface of a fuselage of an aerial survey plane and having a predetermined size;

an aerial survey infrared camera disposed at the aerial survey observation window and facing a ground surface or a water surface;

guide blocks disposed at a lower part of the aerial survey infrared camera while interposing the aerial survey observation window therebetween and comprising a coupling part on an upper end thereof to be coupled to the aerial survey infrared camera;

a guide groove formed in a longitudinal direction on side surfaces of the guide blocks facing each other;

a protective cover inserted into the guide groove to move back and forth in the longitudinal direction;

a wire fixedly installed on at least one of side ends of the protective cover;

a first motor and a second motor disposed on both sides of the guide block, respectively, to wind the wire fixedly installed on the side end of the protective cover; and

a controller to remotely control the opening and the closing of the protective cover.

9. The aerial survey plane according to claim 8, wherein an upper part of the guide block is fixed to the aerial survey infrared camera through the coupling part.

10. The aerial survey plane according to claim 8, wherein a lower part of the guide block further comprises a shock absorbing part to absorb a shock applied thereto.

11. The aerial survey plane according to claim 8, wherein the first motor winds the wire while the second motor applies a predetermined amount of tension to the wire fixedly coupled to the protective cover and the second motor to suppress a fluctuation of the protective cover when closing the aerial survey observation window, and the second motor winds the wire while the first motor applies a predetermined amount of tension to the wire fixedly coupled to the protective cover and the first motor to suppress the fluctuation of the protective cover when opening the protective cover.

12. The aerial survey plane according to claim 8, wherein the protective cover is provided between the aerial survey infrared camera and the bottom surface of the fuselage of the aerial survey plane and has a size to cover the aerial survey observation window to close the aerial survey observation window before the aerial survey plane starts an aerial survey.