Patent · US Active

System for determining weight-on-wheels using LIDAR

US10317533B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by
3References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 2015
Grant dateJun 11, 2019
Priority date—
Expiry dateMay 23, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S17/89
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for determining weight on wheels for an aircraft with at least one landing gear; a sensor associated with machinery Light Detection And Ranging scanner; a processor; and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive signals indicative of LIDAR image information for a landing gear; evaluate the LIDAR image information against a landing gear model; determine information indicative that the landing gear is locked in response to the evaluating of the LIDAR image information; and determine information indicative that the landing gear is compressed in response to the evaluating of the LIDAR image information against the landing gear model.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.