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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Laveen Vikram Sundararaj, Hyderabad, IN;
Vikramasimha Reddy Patanna, Hyderabad, IN;
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft cargo handling system with augmented weight sensing capability is disclosed. In embodiments, the aircraft cargo handling system includes a loadmaster control station including a controller with a user interface communicatively coupled to the controller. The user interface is configured to receive user-input weight data for one or more cargo units. The aircraft cargo handling system further includes one or more sensors configured to detect weight data for the cargo units or one or more carriers for the cargo units. The sensors may be coupled to respective transmitters that are configured to transmit the detected weight data to a data gateway device that is communicatively coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to compare the user-input weight data to the detected weight data and generate an alert when the difference between the user-input weight data and the detected weight data is greater than a threshold weight difference.