Patent ID: 6362750
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B64F,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
A process for automatically guiding an aircraft to a parking position in a parking zone, comprising:(a) detecting the aircraft by at least one video camera and outputting video signals; (b) supplying the video signals from the at least one video camera to an evaluation unit; (c) in the evaluation unit, determining the current position of the aircraft from the video signals; (d) in the evaluation unit, determining correction instructions for direction and speed of the aircraft from the video signals; (e) transmitting the correction instructions to the aircraft; (f) processing the video signals into video sequences; (g) storing the video sequences on a storage medium; (h) displaying the correction instructions and the video sequences on a control monitor of a ground control together with additional monitoring data; and (i) calling up the video sequences and the additional monitoring data on the control monitor of the ground control.