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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Rida Hamza, Maple Grove, MN (US);
David Pepitone, Sun City West, AZ (US);
Rida Hamza, Maple Grove, MN (US);
David Pepitone, Sun City West, AZ (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a volume of space surrounding an aircraft having a plurality of extremity portions includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is disposed at a respective corresponding one of the aircraft extremity portions. Each sensor is configured to generate an image of a monitored area covering a predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the sensor is disposed. A processing device is configured to determine, from an image generated by a first sensor of the plurality, a characteristic of an object within the monitored area covering the predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the first sensor is disposed. The processing device is further configured to generate a signal in response to determining the object characteristic.