MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE FOR AN AIRCRAFT BY AUGMENTED REALITY

摘要

A method for supporting aircraft maintenance, performed in a system comprising a display selection device and a portable device with a camera and an augmented reality display. The method comprises the steps of acquiring images of an equipment of the aircraft with the camera, and sending them to the display selection device; identifying the equipment present in these images with the display selection device and determining the identifier thereof, referred to as the useful identifier; on the basis of the useful identifier, sending maintenance assistance data with the display selection device to the augmented reality display; in response, displaying, in augmented reality, images corresponding to the data with the augmented reality display device. The method also comprises steps for displaying guidance data guiding towards one equipment in particular. A device for implementing such a method is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for supporting aircraft maintenance, performed in a system comprising:
display selection means; and a portable device comprising a camera and augmented reality display means; comprising the following steps: acquiring images with the camera of an equipment of the aircraft, and sending these images to the display selection means; identifying the equipment present in the said images with the display selection means and determining an identifier of the identified equipment, referred to as the useful identifier; selecting maintenance assistance data by the display selection means from this useful identifier relating to the identified equipment and sending these data to the augmented reality display means; displaying images corresponding to the maintenance assistance data by the augmented reality display means display, in augmented reality, supplying the data selection means by the portable device with a position of the portable device; performing a comparison between the position of the portable device and a position of an equipment of interest by the display selection means, the equipment of interest corresponding to an identifier of interest from a list of identifiers of interest such that the display selection means send out maintenance assistance data only when the useful identifier corresponds to one of the identifiers of interest from the list; and selecting guidance data by the display selection means guiding towards an equipment of interest and sending these data to the augmented reality display means; and displaying, by the augmented reality display means, in augmented reality, images corresponding to these guidance data.