Aircraft collision avoidance system
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1. An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
- at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising;
a housing for containing at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and an energy source, wherein the energy source is contained within the housing and provides energy to the at least one separation monitoring device;
at least one transmitter capable of selectively transmitting signals which are reflected off of an object and received by at least one receiver, the reflected signals defining a separation distance between the at least one receiver and the object and wherein the at least one transmitter outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance; and
a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the at least one transmitter and outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the at least one separation monitoring device is within a predetermined distance from the object.
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Abstract
An aircraft collision avoidance system comprising (a) at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising (1) at least one transmitter and (2) at least one receiver and (b) a master unit.
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1. An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
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at least one separation monitoring device connectable to at least a portion of an aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising; a housing for containing at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, and an energy source, wherein the energy source is contained within the housing and provides energy to the at least one separation monitoring device; at least one transmitter capable of selectively transmitting signals which are reflected off of an object and received by at least one receiver, the reflected signals defining a separation distance between the at least one receiver and the object and wherein the at least one transmitter outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance; and a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the at least one transmitter and outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the at least one separation monitoring device is within a predetermined distance from the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An aircraft collision avoidance system, comprising:
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at least one wireless transceiver capable of selectively transmitting signals and receiving signals which are reflected back to the wireless transceiver off of an object in order to define a separation distance between the wireless transceiver and the object and wherein the wireless transceiver outputs a separation distance signal representative of the separation distance, and a housing for containing at least one transceiver and an energy source, wherein the energy source is contained within the housing and provides energy to the at least one separation monitoring device; and a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the wireless transceiver, the master unit outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the wireless transceiver is within a predetermined distance from an object.
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18. An aircraft collision avoidance system for monitoring the position of at least a portion of an aircraft relative to an object, the system comprising:
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at least one separation monitoring device connected to at least a portion the aircraft, the separation monitoring device comprising a housing for containing at least one transmitter and an energy source, wherein the energy source is contained within the housing and provides energy to the at least one separation monitoring device; at least one transceiver, the transceiver capable of transmitting signals and receiving signals which are reflected back to the transceiver off of at least a portion of the object to define a separation distance and wherein the at least one transceiver wirelessly outputs a separation distance signal; and a master unit for receiving and analyzing the separation distance signals output by the at least one transceiver and outputting a warning signal to a warning device when the at least one transceiver is within a predetermined distance from the object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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