METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING, RECORDING AND/OR REPORTING INCIDENTS IN PROXIMITY OF AN AIRCRAFT
First Claim
1. A method for recording information about incidents that occur within proximity of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- activating, via a processor of the aircraft, an incident monitoring mode, the activating including;
enabling, via the processor of the aircraft, external imagers of the aircraft to acquire video images from outside the aircraft, and recording the video images in a temporary buffer as pre-event video data;
enabling, via the processor of the aircraft, sensors of the aircraft, wherein the sensors comprise;
motion sensors that detect movement in the vicinity of the aircraft, and movement sensors that detect movement of the aircraft;
determining, at the processor, whether a trigger event has been detected by one or more of the sensors;
when the trigger event has been detected by one or more of the sensors;
saving an incident report file in a memory onboard the aircraft, the incident report file comprising;
the pre-event video data that is currently stored in the temporary buffer when the trigger event was detected; and
continuing to record post-event video images from outside the aircraft in the incident report file until a condition occurs, wherein the post-event video images are recorded as post-event video data.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring, recording and/or reporting information about incidents that occur within proximity of an aircraft. When an incident monitoring mode is activated, external imagers of the aircraft begin recording of video images outside the aircraft in a temporary buffer as pre-event video data. Motion sensors that detect movement in the vicinity of the aircraft, and movement sensors that detect movement of the aircraft are also enabled. When a sensor detects a trigger event, an incident report file (IRF) is saved that includes the pre-event video data that is stored in the temporary buffer. Post-event video images are then recorded in the IRF as post-event video data until a condition occurs. Alarm signals that are perceptible outside the aircraft, and an incident report message can be generated and communicated to an external computer to indicate that an incident has occurred in proximity of the aircraft.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for recording information about incidents that occur within proximity of an aircraft, the method comprising:
-
activating, via a processor of the aircraft, an incident monitoring mode, the activating including; enabling, via the processor of the aircraft, external imagers of the aircraft to acquire video images from outside the aircraft, and recording the video images in a temporary buffer as pre-event video data; enabling, via the processor of the aircraft, sensors of the aircraft, wherein the sensors comprise;
motion sensors that detect movement in the vicinity of the aircraft, and movement sensors that detect movement of the aircraft;determining, at the processor, whether a trigger event has been detected by one or more of the sensors; when the trigger event has been detected by one or more of the sensors; saving an incident report file in a memory onboard the aircraft, the incident report file comprising;
the pre-event video data that is currently stored in the temporary buffer when the trigger event was detected; andcontinuing to record post-event video images from outside the aircraft in the incident report file until a condition occurs, wherein the post-event video images are recorded as post-event video data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A system implemented onboard an aircraft for recording information about incidents that occur within proximity of the aircraft, the system comprising:
-
external imagers mounted onboard the aircraft; sensors mounted onboard the aircraft, the sensors comprising;
motion sensors that are configured to detect movement in the vicinity of the aircraft, and movement sensors that are configured to detect movement of the aircraft;a computer mounted onboard the aircraft and comprising; a memory comprising a temporary buffer; and a processor configured to; enable the sensors and the external imagers when an incident monitoring mode is activated, wherein the external imagers, when enabled, acquire video images from outside the aircraft, wherein video images that are in the temporary buffer at any given time are pre-event video data; and when a trigger event has been detected by one or more of the sensors, wherein the processor is further configured to save the pre-event video data that is currently in the temporary buffer in the memory as an incident report file, and wherein the processor is further configured to save post-event video images acquired from outside the aircraft in the incident report file until a condition occurs, wherein the processor saves the post-event video images as post-event video data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification