Monitoring device and method for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9720011-B2
Application number	US-201214357538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2012
Priority date	Nov 16, 2011
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A monitoring device for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, having at least one movement sensor which is configured to detect a first monitoring space of the monitoring device and at the same time a second monitoring space of the monitoring device which differs from the first monitoring space. Also a method for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: detection of a first monitoring space of the monitoring device by at least one movement sensor; and simultaneous detection of a second monitoring space, which is different from the first monitoring space, by the at least one movement sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring device for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
at least one movement sensor which is configured to detect a first monitoring space of the monitoring device and at the same time a second monitoring space of the monitoring device which differs from the first monitoring space;
a first detection region, which is elliptically shaped; and
a second detection region, which is elliptically shaped, the first detection region and the second detection region extending from the monitoring device along their respective major axes and overlapping each other at least in portions, the first detection region representing the first monitoring space of the monitoring device, and a differential region of the first detection region and of the second detection region, which can only be detected by the second detection region, representing the second monitoring space of the monitoring device;
wherein the detection regions are configured spatially with a length along the respective major axis of the second detection region being greater than a length along the respective major axis of the first detection region, and
wherein the major axis of the first detection region is arranged coaxially to the major axis of the second detection region.

2. The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device comprises a control device which is configured to compare an output signal from the at least one movement sensor with values of a table of values stored in the control device.

3. The monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein first monitoring space values of the table of values are associated with the first monitoring space and second monitoring space values of the table of values are associated with the second monitoring space.

4. The monitoring device according to claim 2 , wherein associated with each door of the aircraft or spacecraft is a table of values adapted to the respective door, the table of values being stored in the control device of the monitoring device.

5. The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device has a first movement sensor to produce the first detection region and a second movement sensor to produce the second detection region.

6. The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the major axis of the first detection region is arranged obliquely at an angle to the major axis of the second detection region.

7. The monitoring device according to claim 1 further comprising:
a door for an aircraft or spacecraft.

8. The monitoring device according to claim 1 further comprising an aircraft or spacecraft.

9. A method for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
detecting a first monitoring space of the monitoring device using at least one movement sensor; and
simultaneously detecting a second monitoring space, which is different from the first monitoring space, using the at least one movement sensor;
producing a first detection region, which is elliptically shaped; and
producing a second detection region, which is elliptically shaped, the first detection region and the second detection region extending from the monitoring device along their respective major axes and overlapping one another at least in portions, the first detection region monitoring the first monitoring space of the monitoring device and a differential region of the first detection region and of the second detection region, which is only monitored by the second detection region, monitoring the second monitoring space of the monitoring device;
wherein the detection regions are configured spatially with a length along the respective major axis of the second detection region being greater than a length along the respective major axis of the first detection region, and
wherein the major axis of the first detection region is arranged coaxially to the major axis of the second detection region.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, when an object moves into the first monitoring space, a first signal is output by the monitoring device and when the object moves into the second monitoring space, a second signal which is different from the first signal is output.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Riedel Christian

Classifications

• G01P13/00 Primary

  Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement (electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00) · CPC title

• B64D25/14 Primary

  Inflatable escape chutes · CPC title

• B64C1/1407

  Doors; surrounding frames · CPC title

• B64G1/66

  Arrangements or adaptations of apparatus or instruments, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B64D45/00

  Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for · CPC title