Patent ID: 6752357
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
An aircraft refueling boom distance measuring system comprising:at least one refueling boom adapted to be supported from a refueling aircraft; at least one camera installed on said refueling aircraft; a computer installed on said refueling aircraft; each said refueling boom having a boom nozzle; said boom nozzle being connectable with a receiving aircraft refueling receptacle; a mounting location of each said camera on said refueling aircraft operably providing a simultaneous line-of-sight view of both said boom nozzle and said refueling receptacle to said camera; each said camera operably receiving a plurality of boom nozzle images and a plurality of refueling receptable images along said line-of-sight view; and wherein said computer operably receives each of said boom nozzle and said refueling receptacle images for analysis to extrapolate therefrom a distance between said boom nozzle and said refueling receptacle.