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Taxiing aircraft vicinity visualization system and method

  • US 9,108,739 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2013
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aircraft comprising:

  • a fuselage, a cockpit connected to the fuselage, and an aircraft component connected to the fuselage;

    the aircraft component comprises a first sensor, a first communication module, and a first power line;

    the first sensor is responsive to an environment in the vicinity of the aircraft to provide first sensor data; and

    the first communication module receives the first sensor data and places a first power line data signal on the first power line by modulating a power line data carrier with the first sensor data;

    the fuselage comprises a second communication module and a second power line;

    the second power line is connected to the first power line; and

    the second communication module receives the first power line data signal on the second power line, retrieves the first sensor data from the first power line data signal, and transmits a wireless data signal within the fuselage by modulating a wireless data carrier with the first sensor data retrieved from the first power line data signal; and

    the cockpit comprises a human interface unit and a third communication module;

    the third communication module receives the wireless data signal, retrieves the first sensor data from the wireless data signal, and provides the first sensor data to the human interface unit; and

    the human interface unit receives the first sensor data provided by the third communication module, and presents the first sensor data in a human-perceivable form.

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