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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Mark Garrett, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Concepts and technologies described herein provide for the detection of aircraft contrails through the identification of contrail shadows in real time imagery provided during a flight. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, an antisolar point is located on a surface from the perspective of the aircraft in flight. Real time imagery encompassing the antisolar point is received and analyzed for a contrail indicator. When the contrail indicator is detected, it is determined that the aircraft is creating a contrail.