Embodiments described herein provide for detecting an angle of a cable attached to a rotorcraft for transporting a hanging payload using a pair of linear displacement sensors that are coupled to both the rotorcraft and the cable. One embodiment is a cable angle detector mounted to an underside of a rotorcraft. A cable has one end coupled to the rotorcraft and another end coupled to a payload. A pair of linear displacement sensors has one end coupled to the underside of the rotorcraft and another end coupled to the cable. The detector measures the displacement of the sensors and calculates an angle of the cable relative to the rotorcraft based on the measurements.
Movement detection of hanging loads
2017-05-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01B MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS , Messen der Länge, der Dicke oder ähnlicher linearer Abmessungen / G01R Messen elektrischer Größen , MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES |
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