US 12,170,029 B2
Aircraft door camera system for evacuation slide deployment monitoring
Joseph T. Pesik, Eagan, MN (US); and Jonathan Boer, Lakeville, MN (US)
Assigned to Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed by Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,840, filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048021 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/06 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 25/36 (2006.01); B64D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/065 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/0005 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/759 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B64C 1/1423 (2013.01); B64C 25/36 (2013.01); B64D 25/14 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring an external environment of an aircraft, the system comprising:
an aircraft door;
a camera with a field of view toward the external environment of the aircraft and disposed within the aircraft door such that an evacuation slide deployment path is within the field of view of the camera;
a display device disposed within an interior of the aircraft; and
a processor operatively coupled to the camera and to the display device to:
receive image data captured by the camera that is representative of the external environment of the aircraft;
output the captured image data for display at the display device; and
analyze the image data for evacuation slide deployment by:
identifying a first region of pixel coordinates within the captured image data that correspond to the evacuation slide deployment path;
determining whether the evacuation slide deployment path will generate a failed deployment outcome;
accessing pixel coordinates of captured image data associated with the evacuation slide deployment path;
causing a computer-readable memory to store the pixel coordinates corresponding to the evacuation slide deployment path;
comparing the pixel coordinates corresponding to an evacuation slide during operation in a baseline state with the pixel coordinates corresponding to the evacuation slide deployment path; and
producing a warning associated with the evacuation slide deployment path in response to determining that the evacuation slide deployment path will generate the failed deployment outcome.