Image-based flight data recording for United States Air Force aircraft

Abby L. Bassie; Dale W. Carter; Jeffrey Barnette; Robert J. Moorhead

doi:10.1117/12.2299851

27 April 2018 Image-based flight data recording for United States Air Force aircraft

Abby L. Bassie, Dale W. Carter, Jeffrey Barnette, Robert J. Moorhead

Proceedings Volume 10649, Pattern Recognition and Tracking XXIX; 1064905 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2299851
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2018, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Flight data recorders (FDRs) play a critical role in determining root causes of military aviation mishaps. Some United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft record limited amounts of information during flight (e.g. T-1 Jayhawk), while others have no FDR on board the aircraft (B-52 Stratofortress). This study explores the use of image-based flight data recording to overcome a lack of available digitally-recorded FDR data. In this work, images of simulated cockpit gauges were unwrapped vertically, and 2-D cross-correlation was performed on each image of the unwrapped gauge and an template of the unwrapped gauge needle. Points of high correlation between the two images were used to locate the gauge needle, and interpolation and extrapolation were performed (based on known pixel locations of gauge tick marks) to quantify the value to which the gauge needle pointed. Results suggest that image-based flight data recording could provide key support to USAF mishap investigations when aircraft lack sufficient FDR data.

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Abby L. Bassie, Dale W. Carter, Jeffrey Barnette, and Robert J. Moorhead "Image-based flight data recording for United States Air Force aircraft", Proc. SPIE 10649, Pattern Recognition and Tracking XXIX, 1064905 (27 April 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2299851

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