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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles Steven Meis, Renton, WA (US);
Erik Marc Langhofer, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/20 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 15/22 (2006.01); G08B 19/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/20 (2013.01); G01N 1/2202 (2013.01); G01N 1/2214 (2013.01); G01N 15/0227 (2013.01); B64D 15/22 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2833 (2013.01); G08B 19/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting an icing condition. The apparatus comprises a sensor system and an icing condition detector. The sensor system is configured to collect drops of water from air on an exterior of an aircraft and generate a number of images of the drops of water collected. The icing condition detector is configured to detect a presence of a number of types of icing conditions for the aircraft using the number of images from the sensor.