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公开(公告)号:US20240262512A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18191579
申请日:2023-03-28
IPC分类号: B64D15/20
CPC分类号: B64D15/20
摘要: A system for detecting ice accretion on a rotor of an aircraft includes a processing system that is configured to: receive torque data indicative of actual torque supplied from an electric motor to the rotor; implement a model of the electric motor and the rotor that determines an estimated torque that should be supplied from the electric motor to the rotor; compute a load on the rotor from the actual torque and the estimated torque; compare the computed load to a predetermined magnitude; and when the computed load exceeds the predetermined magnitude, generate an alert that indicates ice is accreting on the rotor.
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公开(公告)号:US12024300B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US16700770
申请日:2019-12-02
发明人: Jeffrey Stewart
摘要: A system including an apparatus for determining the presence of ice on an external surface of a structure is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that includes first and second parallel ink or paint conductive traces separated by a gap. The apparatus also includes a circuit configured to measure the impedance or change in impedance between the first and second parallel ink or paint conductive traces.
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公开(公告)号:US20240174366A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-30
申请号:US18060370
申请日:2022-11-30
申请人: THE BOEING COMPANY
发明人: Michael Christian Büddefeld , Miriam Cornel , Stuart Cocks , Millie Irene Sterling , Andres Munoz Hernandez
IPC分类号: B64D15/20 , B64D11/00 , B64D45/00 , B64D47/08 , G06V10/56 , G06V10/60 , G06V10/764 , G06V20/56
CPC分类号: B64D15/20 , B64D11/0015 , B64D45/00 , B64D47/08 , G06V10/56 , G06V10/60 , G06V10/764 , G06V20/56
摘要: A method of detecting ice on a surface of an aircraft includes obtaining a first series of images captured by one or more cameras onboard the aircraft. The method also includes performing data reduction operations to generate a second series of images. The method further includes generating feature data based on the second series of images, where the feature data is indicative of changes over time of pixel data of the second series of images. The method also includes generating, based on the feature data, input data for a trained classifier and determining, using the trained classifier, whether ice is present on one or more surfaces of the aircraft.
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公开(公告)号:US11922331B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17003012
申请日:2020-08-26
CPC分类号: G06N5/04 , B64D15/20 , G06N20/00 , G05D1/1062
摘要: Systems and methods for machine-learning-based aircraft icing prediction use supervised and unsupervised learning to process real-time environmental data, such as onboard measurements of outside air temperature and dew point, to predict a risk of icing and determine whether to issue an icing risk alert to an onboard crewmember or a remote operator, and/or to recommend an icing avoidance maneuver. The systems and methods can use reinforcement learning to generate a confidence metric in the predicted risk of icing, to determine a time or distance to predicting icing, and/or to not issue an alert or recommend a maneuver in consideration of historical data in a “library of learning” and/or other flight data such as airspeed, altitude, time of year, and weather conditions. The predictive systems and methods are low-cost and low-power, do not require onboard weather radar, and can be effective for use in smaller aircraft that are completely icing-intolerant.
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公开(公告)号:US20240010344A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US17811723
申请日:2022-07-11
发明人: Andrew Gilb , Lisa C. Graham
CPC分类号: B64D15/20 , B64D15/12 , B64D43/00 , G01K13/028
摘要: In some applications, aircraft air data probes are heated to prevent rain, ice, or other moisture from attaching to the air data probe, ensuring proper functionality of the air data probe. But the elevated temperatures can have negative effects on the electronic components positioned within the air data probe. Therefore, thermal isolating features are added to a housing to thermally isolate the heated parts of the air data probe from the electronic components within the air data probe, which are required to stay relatively cool for proper functioning.
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公开(公告)号:US11851193B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US16953807
申请日:2020-11-20
摘要: An optical ice detector and airspeed probe includes an ice detection module and an airspeed module. The ice detection module detects the presence or absence of ice, water, or ice and water particles, and the airspeed module determines a line-of-sight speed along a directional vector, each based on backscatter light returns emitted from a common collimated light source. An electronics module determines an airspeed of an aircraft based on the line-of-sight speed determined by the airspeed module and at least one aircraft parameter received from the air data system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230166849A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17537611
申请日:2021-11-30
申请人: Goodrich Corporation
摘要: An electrothermal ice protection system (IPS) installed on an aircraft includes a sensor, a parting strip assembly, and a controller. The sensor monitors a direction of a local incident airflow that is imparted on the sensor. The parting strip assembly is coupled to the critical surface and includes a plurality of heating sections. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and the parting strip assembly. The controller determines a direction of surface airflow incident on a critical surface of the aircraft based on the local incident airflow and selectively concentrates power to at least one targeted heating section among the plurality of heating sections with respect to non-targeted heating sections among the plurality of heating sections based on the direction of the surface airflow.
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公开(公告)号:US20220267014A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17181964
申请日:2021-02-22
发明人: Haifeng Wang , Jing Song
摘要: In some examples, a system includes a receiver configured to receive temperature data for a region of airspace from a data source external to the vehicle. The system also includes processing circuitry configured to determine one or more moisture values for the region of airspace based on radar returns received by a weather radar onboard the vehicle. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a potential for icing at a location within the region of airspace based on the one or more moisture values and further based on the temperature data received from the data source. The processing circuitry is also configured to generate an output based on the determined potential for icing at the location.
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公开(公告)号:US20220161933A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US16953807
申请日:2020-11-20
摘要: An optical ice detector and airspeed probe includes an ice detection module and an airspeed module. The ice detection module detects the presence or absence of ice, water, or ice and water particles, and the airspeed module determines a line-of-sight speed along a directional vector, each based on backscatter light returns emitted from a common collimated light source. An electronics module determines an airspeed of an aircraft based on the line-of-sight speed determined by the airspeed module and at least one aircraft parameter received from the air data system.
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公开(公告)号:US20220155332A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-19
申请号:US17589332
申请日:2022-01-31
摘要: A probe head for an air data probe includes a ceramic body and a heater embedded within the ceramic body.
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