[특허]Air cargo power drive unit for detecting motion of an overlying cargo container

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Air cargo power drive unit for detecting motion of an overlying cargo container

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G01C-003/08 B64C-001/22
미국특허분류(USC)	356/005.05; 244/137.1; 356/445; 356/614
출원번호	UP-0469643 (2006-09-01)
등록번호	US-7643133 (2010-02-11)
발명자 / 주소	Milender, Jeffrey Steven Ockert, William Richard Buckhouse, Adam Edmund
출원인 / 주소	Goodrich Corporation
대리인 / 주소	Womble Carlyle
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 14 인용 특허 : 22

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An air cargo power drive unit has a motor, at least one driver roller element coupled to said motor, a light source, a light detector, and a processor having memory associated therewith, said memory storing instructions. The device is configured to emit light from the light source, receive reflected light from the light detector when an air cargo is overhead, and convert the detected light into a time series of a digital samples representing a time-varying intensity of the received light. The processor then performs calculations on the digital samples to...

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of detecting motion of an unit load device in a cargo hold of an aircraft, comprising: providing a floor of the cargo hold of an aircraft with a power drive unit having a motor, at least one driver roller element coupled to said motor, a light source, a light detector, and a processor having a memory associated therewith for storing instructions; emitting, with the light source, a plurality of pulses of light in a direction of an underside of an unit load device, when an unit load device is over the power drive unit; detecting, with the light detector, light reflected from the underside of the unit load device; sampling the detected light to form a time series of digital samples, each digital sample representative of an intensity of reflected light; and performing calculations on a plurality of said digital samples to determine whether the unit load device is moving, wherein: said calculations include at least one from the group consisting of: (a) determining the number of spikes among the digital samples; and (b) taking at least one statistic of the digital samples and comparing said at least one statistic with a corresponding at least one threshold. 2. The method according to claim 1, comprising: deciding that the unit load device is moving, only if at least one received pulse contains at least an integer number K spikes. 3. The method according to claim 2, comprising: deciding that the unit load device is moving, only if two or more successive received pulses each contain at least K spikes. 4. The method according to claim 2, comprising: deciding that the unit load device is moving, only if a first integer number X out of a second integer number Y successive received pulses each contain at least K spikes, wherein Y≧X. 5. The method according to claim 2, comprising: calculating a mean value of a plurality of the digital samples; deciding that the unit load device is moving, only if at least K digital samples from at least one received pulse differ from said mean value by at least a first threshold. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein: at least one digital sample is greater than the mean value; and at least one other digital sample is less than the mean value. 7. The method according to claim 2, comprising: for at least one received pulse, calculating a difference between one digital sample within the pulse, and each of a plurality of other digital samples within that same pulse; and deciding that the unit load device is moving, only if at least K digital samples differ from said one digital sample by at least a first threshold. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein: fewer than all of the other digital samples within that same pulse are compared with said one digital sample. 9. The method according to claim 2, wherein K is 2. 10. The method according to claim 1, comprising: calculating at least one first order statistic; and deciding that said unit load device is in motion, only if said at least one first order statistic exceeds a first threshold. 11. The method according to claim 1, comprising: calculating at least one second order statistic; and deciding that said unit load device is in motion, only if said at least one second order statistic exceeds a first threshold. 12. The method according to claim 1, comprising: calculating a plurality of statistics, each statistic belonging to a different order; and deciding that said unit load device is in motion, only if each of said plurality of statistics exceeds a corresponding threshold. 13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of performing calculations on a plurality of said digital samples comprises performing said calculations on a plurality of said digital samples present in each of a plurality of windows belonging to at least one received pulse. 14. An air cargo power drive unit comprising: a motor, at least one driver roller element coupled to said motor, a light source, a light detector, and a processor having a memory associated therewith for storing instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause the processor to: cause the light source to emit a plurality of pulses of light in a direction of an underside of an unit load device, when an unit load device is located over the power drive unit; obtain a time series of digital samples, each digital sample representative of an intensity of light reflected from an underside surface of an unit load device and detected by the light detector, when an unit load device is located over the power drive unit; and perform calculations on a plurality of said digital samples to determine whether the unit load device is moving, wherein said calculations include at least one from the group consisting of: (a) determining the number of spikes among the digital samples; and (b) taking at least one statistic of the digital samples and comparing said at least one statistic with a corresponding at least one threshold. 15. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: decide that the unit load device is moving, only if at least one received pulse contains at least an integer number K spikes. 16. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: decide that the unit load device is moving, only if two or more successive received pulses each contain at least K spikes. 17. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: decide that the unit load device is moving, only if a first integer number X out of a Second integer number Y successive received pulses each contain at least K spikes, wherein Y≧X. 18. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: for at least one received pulse, calculate a mean value of a plurality of the digital samples; and decide that the unit load device is moving, only if at least K digital samples from said at least one received pulse differ from said mean value by at least a first threshold. 19. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: decide that the unit load device is moving only if: at least one digital sample is greater than the mean value; and at least one other digital sample is less than the mean value. 20. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: calculate a difference between one digital sample within the pulse, and each of a plurality of other digital samples within that same pulse; and decide that the unit load device is moving, only if at least K digital samples differ from said one digital sample by at least a first threshold. 21. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: compare fewer than all of the other digital samples within that same pulse, with said one digital sample. 22. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 15, wherein the instructions require that K equal 2. 23. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: calculate at least one first order statistic; and decide that said unit load device is in motion, only if said at least one first order statistic exceeds a first threshold. 24. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: calculate at least one second order statistic; and decide that said unit load device is in motion, only if said at least one second order statistic exceeds a first threshold. 25. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: calculate a plurality of statistics, each statistic belonging to a different order; and decide that said unit load device is in motion, only if each of said plurality of statistics exceeds a corresponding threshold. 26. The air cargo power drive unit according to claim 14, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: perform calculations on a plurality of said digital samples present in each of a plurality of windows belonging to at least one received pulse. 27. A cargo aircraft having an air cargo loading system including at least one power drive unit, the at least one power drive unit having an unit load device overhead, said at least one power drive unit comprising: a motor, at least one driver roller element coupled to said motor, a light source, a light detector, and a processor having a memory associated therewith for storing instructions that, when executed by said processor, cause the processor to: cause the light source to emit a plurality of pulses of light in a direction of an underside of the unit load device; obtain a time series of digital samples, each digital sample representative of an intensity of light reflected from an underside of an unit load device and detected by the light detector; and perform calculations on a plurality of said digital samples to determine whether the unit load device is moving; wherein said calculations include at least one from the group consisting of: (a) determining the number of spikes among the digital samples; and (b) taking at least one statistic of the digital samples and comparing said at least one statistic with a corresponding at least one threshold. 28. The cargo aircraft according to claim 27, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: perform calculations on a plurality of said digital samples present in each of a plurality of windows belonging to at least one received pulse.

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