Method for measuring the internal space of an aircraft

US8576409B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG · DE

Inventor

• Oliver Thomaschewski · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S17/89
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for measuring the internal space of an elongate body. The elongate body has in a global xyz-coordinate system a longitudinal axis x. A laser profile scan is carried out, in which a laser scanner, which carries out scans in a plane, is moved through the internal space of the elongate body. The scan plane is tilted about the y-axis by a tilt angle α or about the z-axis by a tilt angle γ. Preferably, the scan plane is tilted about the y-axis and the z-axis corresponding to the global coordinate system of the internal space. An apparatus for carrying out the method.