US 12,217,617 B2
Aircraft excursion report
Matthew Holt, Bristol (GB); and Simon Cameron, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,748.
Claims priority of application No. 2020377 (GB), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198948 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/06 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 5/06 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of obtaining an excursion report for an aircraft, the aircraft on a runway or taxiway comprising a landing gear, one or more sensors and a vision system, the method comprising:
obtaining sensor data from the one or more sensors;
storing and time-stamping the sensor data;
operating the vision system and detecting an excursion of the aircraft from the runway or taxiway, wherein operating the vision system to detect the excursion comprises detecting the landing gear leaving the runway or taxiway;
recording a time of the excursion; and
compiling an excursion report,
the excursion report comprising: the time of the excursion, and a subset of the sensor data which was time-stamped during the excursion.