Vehicle docking system
First Claim
1. A vehicle docking system comprising load responsive means disposed along the path of travel on the ground followed by a vehicle to a docking point;
- a visual display coupled to and receiving signals from the load responsive means providing vehicle position information to the vehicle operator dependant upon the load sensed by said load responsive means, the visual display comprising a plurality of columns of indicators, one indicating the desired path of the vehicle and two other indicator columns one on each side of said one column which when actuated indicate divergence of the vehicle to a side of the desired vehicle path, said indicators that indicate divergence being connected to an responding to load responsive means off the desired path of travel of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An aircraft docking system comprises a plurality of pairs of load sensors embedded in the surface of the airport apron. A visual display comprises three parallel columns of chevrons each comprising a plurality of fibre optics which transmit light from a source to the surface of the display and a stop sign. An aircraft approaching along the correct path will cause the chevrons of the central column to be sequentially illuminated. Divergence from that path will cause a chevron on the appropriate outer column to be illuminated. When the aircraft reaches the correct docking point, the stop sign is illuminated.
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1. A vehicle docking system comprising load responsive means disposed along the path of travel on the ground followed by a vehicle to a docking point;
- a visual display coupled to and receiving signals from the load responsive means providing vehicle position information to the vehicle operator dependant upon the load sensed by said load responsive means, the visual display comprising a plurality of columns of indicators, one indicating the desired path of the vehicle and two other indicator columns one on each side of said one column which when actuated indicate divergence of the vehicle to a side of the desired vehicle path, said indicators that indicate divergence being connected to an responding to load responsive means off the desired path of travel of the vehicle.
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