US 12,339,119 B2
Method and system for automating and configuring an aircraft de-icing pad facility
Jeffery Paul Campbell, Cambridge (CA)
Assigned to JCAI Inc., Mississauga (CA)
Filed by JCAI Inc., Mississauga (CA)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/282,825.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/633,674, filed on Feb. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0257656 A1, Aug. 22, 2019
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/23 (2017.01); B64F 5/20 (2017.01)
CPC G01C 21/005 (2013.01) [B64F 1/002 (2013.01); B64F 5/23 (2017.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating de-icing for an aircraft comprising:
placing the aircraft in an inbound queue;
determining a location for de-icing of the aircraft;
illuminating directional lights to guide the aircraft to the location; and
using positioning technologies to slow and stop the aircraft at the location within a safety zone for de-icing of the aircraft,
wherein illuminating directional lights to guide the aircraft to the location includes:
determining aircraft type;
generating the safety zone based on the aircraft type; and
guiding the aircraft to the location based on the aircraft type and the safety zone.