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FLIGHT DECK DOOR SURVEILLANCE AND LOCK CONTROL

  • US 20170043881A1
  • Filed: 08/13/2015
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • capturing, by a camera system including at least one camera device positioned within an aircraft, image data of an interior of the aircraft;

    determining, by a processing device positioned within the aircraft, that one or more alert criteria are satisfied;

    outputting, by the processing device in response to determining that the one or more alert criteria are satisfied, at least a portion of the captured image data of the interior of the aircraft for transmission to a ground-based computing device via a wireless communications network;

    receiving, by the processing device from the ground-based computing device via the wireless communications network, a lock override command configured to cause the processing device to unlock an electronically-controlled door lock of a flight deck door of the aircraft; and

    unlocking, by the processing device in response to receiving the lock override command from the ground-based computing device, the electronically-controlled door lock of the flight deck door.

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