Foreign object detection for passenger-accessible stowage compartments

US11072436B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Ralf Rene Cabos · Großkrotzenburg, DE
• Nils Kneuper · Bergkamen, DE
• Jennifer Mayer · Hasselroth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2045/009
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods relating to foreign object detection with respect to passenger-accessible stowage compartments are provided. According to one example, sensor data is captured via a sensor subsystem that includes a sensor associated with each of a plurality of stowage compartments. For each of the stowage compartments, a baseline condition is identified in which foreign objects are absent from the stowage compartment. A foreign object is detected within a stowage compartment based on the sensor data received for the stowage compartment and the baseline condition identified for the stowage compartment. An audit of the stowage compartments is conducted, and based on the audit, an indication that the foreign object is detected within the stowage compartment is output. This indication may identify the stowage compartment containing the foreign object among the plurality of stowage compartments.