Taxiing Aircraft Vicinity Visualization System and Method

摘要

According to an embodiment, a method provides information regarding the vicinity of a vehicle. The method includes, in the vehicle, providing a sensor signal representative of an environmental condition in a vicinity of the vehicle, transmitting the sensor signal over a power line in the vehicle, receiving the sensor signal transmitted over the power line and transmitting a corresponding wireless sensor signal in the vehicle, receiving the wireless sensor signal and recovering the sensor signal, and presenting the recovered sensor signal in a human-perceivable form.

主权项

1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage, a cockpit connected to the fuselage, and an aircraft component connected to the fuselage; the aircraft component including a first sensor, a first communication module, and a first power line;
the first sensor being functionally connected to the first communication module, and responsive to an environment in the vicinity of the aircraft to provide first sensor data; andthe first communication module being functionally connected to the first power line, and configured to place a first power line data signal on the first power line by modulating a power line data carrier with the first sensor data; the fuselage including a second communication module and a second power line;
the second power line being connected to the first power line; andthe second communication module being functionally connected to the second power line, and configured to receive the first power line data signal on the second power line, retrieve the first sensor data from the first power line data signal, and transmit a wireless data signal by modulating a wireless data carrier with the first sensor data retrieved from the first power line data signal; and the cockpit including a human interface unit and a third communication module;
the third communication module being configured to receive the wireless data signal, retrieve the first sensor data from the wireless data signal, and provide the first sensor data to the human interface unit; andthe human interface unit being functionally connected to the third communication module, and configured to present the first sensor data in a human-perceivable form.