摘要 |
<p>Method for the monitoring and assessment of an aircraft using one or more sensors (1) mounted on the aircraft structure and viewing selected external locations (2) of the aircraft, in which method: the sensors break down the external view of the aircraft structure into a series of discrete areas forming pixels, radiation of wavelength greater than visible light being detected by the or each sensor for each said area, the sensor or sensor output signals being processed to provide data relating to a parameter defined by radiation detected within each said area.</p> |