초록 ▼

The invention is of an aviation incident surveillance system which is to be carried on-board aircraft and stand ready at any time for deployment to visually record the final seconds of the downed aircraft. The system of the present invention centers on a rotocraft capsule which suspends itself appro

The invention is of an aviation incident surveillance system which is to be carried on-board aircraft and stand ready at any time for deployment to visually record the final seconds of the downed aircraft. The system of the present invention centers on a rotocraft capsule which suspends itself approximately at an altitude at which the capsule is deployed from the distress aircraft while on-board video cameras and data recording systems record the environment surrounding the capsule which, of course, will include the aircraft from which the capsule was deployed. The capsule is provided with a self deploying, ballistic parachute system for gently landing the School upon expiration of the capsule's internal power sources for driving the rotocraft components.

대표청구항 ▼

1. An aircraft incident surveillance system comprising:a housing member having a protective shell component and a transparent lens member; a video camera member mounted within said housing member and configured and position for capturing images visible through said transparent lens member; data reco

1. An aircraft incident surveillance system comprising:a housing member having a protective shell component and a transparent lens member; a video camera member mounted within said housing member and configured and position for capturing images visible through said transparent lens member; data recording means for recording video images captured by said video camera member and for resiliently storing said images for later viewing by video player means; a rotocraft assemblage attached to and extending from said housing member, blades of said rotocraft assemblage being driven by a motor/gear box means within said housing member under power of an internal battery power source, said rotocraft assemblage for aerodynamically suspending said aircraft incident surveillance system for a time period during which said video camera member records images through said lens member; and ballistic parachute means for facilitating a controlled dissent of said aircraft incident surveillance system upon exhaustion of said battery power source for said rotocraft assemblage.