SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND VALIDATING FLIGHT PROCEDURE

• US 20160144979A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Flight Inspection Center of CAAC
• Original Assignee: Flight Inspection Center of CAAC
• Inventors: SU, WEI, OU, YANGTING, LIU, KUN, YU, YACHAO, CHEN, TAO, WEI, GANG
• Granted Patent: US 9,902,503 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 23/00 Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0073 Surveillance aids scene image recognition G06V20/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/04 Anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/165 Control of aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/08 for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/24 including display or recording of simulated flight path

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for inspecting and validating a flight procedure used in the field of civil aviation. The system comprises an image capturing apparatus, a storage device, a playing device, a recorder such as QAR, a data processing module and a synchronization module; the method for inspecting and validating a flight procedure applied in the system includes the following steps: collecting actual visual videos and flight parameters, generating simulation visual videos, generating over-limit alarms, processing data, generating complex simulation visual videos, generating flight trajectory and flight procedure protection area pictures, and synchronizing and playing the videos. With the application of the system and the method, the defects of the prior art can be overcome, artificial sensory factors are more avoided, the general condition of an aircraft itself at each time point during the execution of the flight procedure are accurately reflected, and objective and accurate references are provided for designers and approvers of the flight procedure.

Claims

1. A system for inspecting and validating a flight procedure, comprising an image capturing apparatus, a storage device, a playing device, and recorder such as a Quick Access Recorder(QAR), characterized in that the system is further provided with a data processing module for processing flight data extracted by the QAR and a synchronization module for synchronizing video files temporally;

the image capturing apparatus is equipped on an aircraft, and is connected with the acquisition and storage device;

the QAR is connected with the data processing module;

the acquisition and storage device and the data processing module are connected independently with the synchronization module, the synchronization module being connected with the playing device.

2. The system for inspecting and validating a flight procedure of claim 1, characterized in that the system further comprises a first display screen for displaying images of actual flight paths collected by the image capturing apparatus, a second display screen and a third display screen for displaying images of simulation flight paths generated from the flight data recorded by the aircraft recorder, and a fourth display screen for displaying two-dimensional pictures of images of the simulation flight paths;

the playing device is independently connected with the first display screen, the second display screen, the third display screen, and the fourth display screen.

3. The system for inspecting and validating a flight procedure of claim 2, characterized in that the third display screen displays complex flight simulation videos processed and generated by software such as Xplane, and the fourth display screen displays simulation videos of 3D images processed and generated by software such as Google Earth.

4. The system for inspecting and validating a flight procedure of claim 2, characterized in that the first display screen, the second display screen, the third display screen and the fourth display screen are four display screens disposed on the same wall.

5. A method for validating a flight procedure applied in the system of claim 1, characterized in that the method comprises the step of collecting actual visual videos and flight parameters, the step of generating simulation visual videos, the step of generating over-limit alarms, the step of processing data, the step of generating complex simulation visual videos, the step of generating flight trajectory and flight procedure protection area pictures, the step of synchronizing the videos, and the step of playing the videos;

in the step of collecting actual visual videos and flight parameters, actual flight is carried out at an actual location according to a pre-designed flight procedure;

during the flight, the image capturing apparatus in the system stores the captured actual visual videos into the storage device, and meanwhile, recorder records various flight parameters;

in the step of generating simulation visual videos, the data processing module in the system extracts the flight parameters recorded in recorder, decoding processing software of recorder makes simulation videos of actual flights of the aircraft, and the actual flight parameters are embedded in the simulation videos, so that the flight parameters are visible in the video;

in the step of generating over-limit alarms, the data processing module in the system extracts the flight parameters recorded in recorder, the actual flight parameters are compared with standard parameters preset in the flight procedure, alarms are generated by the flight parameter alarm function of the decoding processing software of recorder, and the alarms are embedded into simulation videos, so that the alarm are visible in the simulation visual videos;

in the data processing step, the data processing module generates, by the decoding processing software of recorder, video source data packets used for making composite flight simulation videos and image source data packets used for processing and generating 3D images by software Google Earth or other software;

in the step of generating composite simulation visual videos, the data processing module in the system extracts the video source data packets, and the composite simulation visual videos with view angles adjustable are generated by simulation flight software;

in the step of generating flight trajectory and flight procedure protection area pictures, the data processing module in the system extracts the image source data packets, 3D image files with the actual flight trajectories are generated by software Google Earth or other software, and the protection areas set in the flight procedure are marked in the 3D image to generate pictures containing the actual flight trajectories and the flight procedure protection areas;

in the synchronization step, the synchronization module synchronizes the actual visual videos, the simulation visual videos and the composite simulation visual videos temporally, and selects the flight trajectory and the flight procedure protection area pictures output by the software Google Earth or other software in the time period corresponding to that of the abovementioned three videos;

in the playing step, the actual visual videos, the simulation visual videos, the composite simulation visual videos and the simulation visual pictures temporally synchronized by multi-path video player software are simultaneously played.

6. The method of claim 5, characterized in that the video source data packets generated by the data processing module in the “

data processing step”

are data packets used for making a 3D dynamic video by Xplane software or other software.

7. The method of claim 5, characterized in that the time system used in the “

synchronization step”

is a GPS time system, and the synchronization module extracts GPS time and local time parameters in the videos, and the starting points of the videos or the images are adjusted according to the parameters to realize the synchronization of the videos or the images.