A system for enabling passengers to observe the surroundings of an aircraft has one or more weatherproof cameras mounted on an external surface of the aircraft; a network switch in communication with the one or more cameras, configured to receive and transmit the signal from the one or more cameras; a control unit in communication with the switch configured to process the camera signals into camera images; and one or more digital devices to which the camera images are transmitted from the control unit, configured to display the camera images. In an embodiment, the cameras are encased in polycarbonate. The cameras may show a cockpit view, and/or show starboard and port views, and/or show front and rear views, and/or show top and bottom views. The camera images may be transmitted by wireless signal, and the control unit may restrict the transmission of the camera images.
AIRCRAFT CAMERA VIEWING SYSTEM
SYSTEME DE VISIONNEMENT D'UNE CAMERA D'AERONEF
2018-03-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English