Concepts and technologies described herein provide for the detection of aircraft contrails through the identification of contrail shadows in real time imagery provided during a flight. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, an antisolar point is located on a surface from the perspective of the aircraft in flight. Real time imagery encompassing the antisolar point is received and analyzed for a contrail indicator. When the contrail indicator is detected, it is determined that the aircraft is creating a contrail.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Aircraft contrail detection


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2016-04-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



    AIRCRAFT CONTRAIL MONITORING AND TARGETED MITIGATION

    STRATTON RUSSELL | European Patent Office | 2025

    Free access


    Aircraft type influence on contrail properties

    Jeßberger, Philipp / Voigt, Christiane / Schumann, Ulrich et al. | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | 2013

    Free access

    AIRCRAFT CONTRAIL MONITORING AND TARGETED MITIGATION

    STRATTON RUSSELL | European Patent Office | 2025

    Free access

    AIRCRAFT CONTRAIL MONITORING AND TARGETED MITIGATION

    STRATTON RUSSELL | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access