Method for automated docking of a passenger bridge or a goods handling bridge to a door of an aircraft
First Claim
1. A method of automatically docking a passenger bridge or a goods handling bridge to a door of an airplane at an airport gate, comprising:
- bringing the airplane (5) to a pre-determined position and stopped in said position by contactless measuring of a distance between the airplane and a fixed point;
indicating the distance on a display (6) mounted in front of a pilot of the airplane or on an airport structure (26);
causing the display (6) to show to the pilot the position of the airplane (5) relative to the airplane pre-determined position, and to show a type and a version of the type of airplane concerned;
activating said distance measuring and display functions by an airport installed data system (17); and
controlling movements of the passenger bridge with a control computer (14),wherein subsequent to activation of a distance meter (13) for measuring said distance and of the display (6) for positioning an arriving airplane there is received from a person, a start signal (24),said start signal received subsequent to having established that the correct type of airplane and the correct version of the airplane type has been set to enable the control computer (14) to cause the passenger bridge (1;
2) to be moved for docking with the airplane (5), provided that the airplane has stopped within a given pre-determined position interval, andthe distance meter (13) sends a signal to said control computer (14), which has access to data relating to the positions of the airplane doors on different airplane types and versions of airplane types, to guide movement of the passenger bridge (1;
2) to a position in which the cabin (15;
16) of the passenger bridge connects with the door (3;
4) of the airplane (5) in the absence of the influence of a driver.
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Abstract
Method for automatically docking a passenger bridge (1, 2) to an airplane (5) door (3, 4) at an airport gate, wherein the airplane is brought to and stopped in a predetermined position by contact less measurement of the distance between the airplane and a fixed point and wherein a control computer (14) is adopted to control the movement of the passenger bridge and wherein a start signal (24) is required from a person after the person has established the correct type of airplane and version of the airplane type to enable the control computer to cause the passenger bridge to be moved for docking.
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1. A method of automatically docking a passenger bridge or a goods handling bridge to a door of an airplane at an airport gate, comprising:
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bringing the airplane (5) to a pre-determined position and stopped in said position by contactless measuring of a distance between the airplane and a fixed point; indicating the distance on a display (6) mounted in front of a pilot of the airplane or on an airport structure (26); causing the display (6) to show to the pilot the position of the airplane (5) relative to the airplane pre-determined position, and to show a type and a version of the type of airplane concerned; activating said distance measuring and display functions by an airport installed data system (17); and controlling movements of the passenger bridge with a control computer (14), wherein subsequent to activation of a distance meter (13) for measuring said distance and of the display (6) for positioning an arriving airplane there is received from a person, a start signal (24), said start signal received subsequent to having established that the correct type of airplane and the correct version of the airplane type has been set to enable the control computer (14) to cause the passenger bridge (1;
2) to be moved for docking with the airplane (5), provided that the airplane has stopped within a given pre-determined position interval, andthe distance meter (13) sends a signal to said control computer (14), which has access to data relating to the positions of the airplane doors on different airplane types and versions of airplane types, to guide movement of the passenger bridge (1;
2) to a position in which the cabin (15;
16) of the passenger bridge connects with the door (3;
4) of the airplane (5) in the absence of the influence of a driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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