Patent ID: 7640083

Claim:
An aircraft flight data recorder adapted to be carried aboard an aircraft, the aircraft flight data recorder being adapted to receive from a plurality of sensors located on the aircraft a plurality of digital data signals, at least one of the sensors including a camera adapted to output at least one digital image data signal including respective image data, the image data including at least one of still frame image data and motion video data, the at least one digital image data signal being compressed at the camera by at least one compressor located at the camera, the at least one compressed digital image data signal being encoded in IP format by at least one IP encoder located at the camera, the at least one compressed digital image data signal in IP format being transmitted to the aircraft flight data recorder, the aircraft flight data recorder comprising: a nonvolatile memory array; and an interface, the interface being adapted to receive the plurality of digital data signals, the interface being adapted to convert into IP format any digital data signal not received by the interface in IP format, a set of digital data in IP format corresponding respectively to each converted digital data signal, the interface being adapted to introduce into the memory array the sets of digital data in IP format, the interface being adapted to receive the at least one compressed digital image data signal in IP format, the interface being adapted to introduce into the memory array at least one set of compressed digital image data in IP format, the at least one set of compressed digital image data in IP format corresponding to the received at least one compressed digital image data signal in IP format.