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WO2018096773A1 - Passerelle d'embarquement de passagers - Google Patents

Passerelle d'embarquement de passagers Download PDF

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WO2018096773A1
WO2018096773A1 PCT/JP2017/033968 JP2017033968W WO2018096773A1 WO 2018096773 A1 WO2018096773 A1 WO 2018096773A1 JP 2017033968 W JP2017033968 W JP 2017033968W WO 2018096773 A1 WO2018096773 A1 WO 2018096773A1
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秀利 松平
貴裕 吉本
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • B64F1/305—Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft, e.g. telescopic, vertically adjustable

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  • This disclosure relates to passenger boarding bridges.
  • a passenger boarding bridge is known as a facility used for passengers getting on and off between an airport terminal building and an aircraft.
  • the cab of the passenger boarding bridge is installed in the boarding / alighting section of the aircraft, a walking path for passengers to the aircraft is formed using the passenger boarding bridge.
  • the passenger boarding bridge includes a tunnel portion composed of a plurality of nested tunnels, and the drive columns are connected at appropriate positions of the tunnel portion so as to sandwich the tunnel portion from both the left and right sides. .
  • the tire of the driving device provided at the lower end of the drive column travels on the ground on the apron, the power of telescopic movement and / or horizontal movement in the front-rear direction is transmitted to the tunnel portion.
  • the cab arranged at the tip of the tunnel portion is attached to the landing portion of the aircraft.
  • the lower end portion of the aircraft door may move below the floor surface of the getting on / off portion of the aircraft when opening and closing.
  • the position of the floor of the cab is set so that there is no step between the floor of the boarding area and the floor of the cab, its lower end hits the walking path of the cab when opening and closing the aircraft door, The aircraft door cannot be opened or closed.
  • the floor of the cab is often arranged at a position lower than the floor of the boarding / alighting part, for example, about 150 mm-200 mm. If the relative distance (level difference) between the floor of the cab and the floor of the aircraft entry / exit is too large, passengers may get in and out of cargo and load cargo, and if it is too small, the aircraft door and cab The possibility of collision with the floor is increased.
  • Patent Documents 1 and 2 propose a wheel-type auto leveler for performing this control.
  • This auto leveler has a function of detecting the relative movement amount of the aircraft up and down. Thereby, the shift amount of the relative distance can be known.
  • the drive column is controlled so that the cab moves following the vertical movement of the aircraft.
  • One aspect of the present disclosure has been made in view of such circumstances, and without using a wheel-type auto-leveler, the cab mounted on the landing part of the aircraft is more appropriately moved up and down than the conventional one. Providing a passenger boarding bridge that can be moved to follow.
  • a passenger boarding bridge includes a rotander connected to a terminal building, a tunnel portion connected to the rotander so as to be movable up and down, and the tunnel portion ascends and descends.
  • a non-contact position measurement device that performs measurement without contacting the airframe; and a control device that transmits the position data from the non-contact position measurement device.
  • the control device includes a cab mounted on a boarding / alighting portion of the aircraft. Controls the lifting device so as to follow the vertical movement of the aircraft based on the position data.
  • the passenger boarding bridge has an effect that the cab mounted on the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft can be moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft more appropriately than before without using a wheel-type auto-leveler.
  • Drawing 1 is a figure showing an example of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • Drawing 2 is a figure showing an example of the cab of the passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • Drawing 3 is a figure showing an example of a cab of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • Drawing 4 is a figure showing an example of a cab of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • Drawing 5 is a figure used for explanation of a measuring method of a non-contact position measuring device of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • Drawing 6 is a figure used for explanation of a measuring method of a non-contact position measuring device of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a passenger boarding bridge according to a first modification of the embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the first modification of the embodiment.
  • Drawing 11 is a figure showing an example of a cab of a passenger boarding bridge of the 2nd modification of an embodiment.
  • the auto leveler includes, for example, a foil, a contact limit switch when the foil moves forward, and a rotation limit switch when the foil rotates.
  • the above-mentioned contact limit switch is adjusted in advance so that the foil pressure on the aircraft body surface is optimized, and when the foil moves forward, the contact limit switch is turned on, and this forward movement is desired. It can be stopped with the amount of movement. Accordingly, the auto leveler can press the foil against the aircraft body surface with an optimum pressure, and can appropriately detect the relative vertical position of the passenger boarding bridge with respect to the aircraft. That is, when the aircraft moves up and down, the wheel of the auto leveler rotates. Therefore, whether the aircraft has moved upward or downward is detected by the rotation direction of the foil, and the relative position of the passenger boarding bridge with respect to the aircraft is detected by the rotation amount of the foil. In this way, it is possible to measure the amount of shift in the relative distance between the floor surface of the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft and the floor surface of the cab by the auto leveler.
  • the rotation limit switch is adjusted to turn on when the foil rotates clockwise and counterclockwise by a predetermined angle.
  • the rotation limit switch When the rotation limit switch is turned on, the cab follows the vertical movement of the aircraft.
  • the drive column is controlled to move. That is, when the rotation limit switch is turned on, the passenger boarding bridge (tunnel part) moves up and down using the drive column so that the amount of relative distance deviation becomes zero.
  • conventional auto-levelers are used to maintain a constant relative distance (step) between the floor of the cab and the landing of the aircraft when the cab is mounted on the landing of the aircraft. Therefore, it is impossible to know whether or not the above step is appropriate by the conventional auto leveler. In other words, the conventional auto leveler only measures the amount of deviation of the step, and cannot measure the step itself.
  • the conventional auto leveler is equipped with various mechanical parts such as limit switches and foils, and is designed to keep the above steps constant by using this mechanical part.
  • mechanical parts such as limit switches and foils
  • the limit switch and foil may fail or stick.
  • the inventors arrived at the idea of providing a non-contact position measurement device on the passenger boarding bridge that measures the relative distance between the floor surface of the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft and the floor surface of the cab without contacting the aircraft body. did.
  • the passenger boarding bridge has been devised based on the above knowledge, and a rotander connected to the terminal building, and a tunnel portion connected to the rotander so as to be capable of ascending and descending.
  • a lifting device that supports the tunnel portion so that the tunnel portion is raised and lowered, a cab provided at the tip of the tunnel portion, and provided on the cab, after the cab is mounted on the landing portion of the aircraft,
  • a non-contact position measurement device that measures position data without contacting the aircraft body, and a control device that transmits the position data from the non-contact position measurement device.
  • the lifting device is controlled so that the mounted cab moves following the vertical movement of the aircraft based on the position data.
  • the cab mounted on the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft can be moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft more appropriately than before without using the wheel-type auto-leveler. Therefore, various problems of the foil type auto leveler can be solved.
  • the passenger boarding bridge according to the second aspect of the present disclosure is the passenger boarding bridge according to the first aspect.
  • the control device is configured to provide a space between the floor surface of the passenger board and the cab floor surface based on the position data. The relative distance is calculated, and if the relative distance is not a predetermined reference amount, the alarm device is controlled to issue an alarm.
  • the relative distance (step) between the floor surface of the boarding / alighting part and the floor surface of the cab is calculated based on the position data of the boarding / alighting part from the non-contact position measuring device in the cab. Therefore, when such a level difference is not a predetermined reference amount, an alarm for prompting the cab to be remounted on the boarding / alighting portion of the aircraft can be issued.
  • the passenger boarding bridge according to the third aspect of the present disclosure is the passenger boarding bridge according to the first aspect or the second aspect, in which the control device controls the floor surface of the passenger board and the cab floor based on the position data.
  • the amount of relative distance deviation from the surface is calculated, and if the amount of relative distance deviation is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the cab is moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft.
  • the cab can be appropriately moved to follow the vertical movement of the aircraft according to a change in the amount of deviation in the relative distance between the floor surface of the aircraft getting on and off and the floor surface of the cab.
  • the non-contact position measurement device is a laser displacement meter.
  • the passenger boarding bridge of this aspect can move the cab mounted on the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft following the vertical movement of the aircraft simply by providing the laser displacement meter. Therefore, for example, mechanical parts such as a foil and a limit switch used in a foil-type auto leveler are not necessary, and reliability when maintaining the above step difference is improved as compared with the conventional example.
  • the passenger boarding bridge according to the fifth aspect of the present disclosure is the passenger boarding bridge according to the fourth aspect.
  • the wide laser of the laser displacement meter is irradiated to the lower edge of the boarding / exiting section, and the position data is Contains location information.
  • the laser displacement meter can detect the position of the lower edge of the boarding / alighting part corresponding to the flooring of the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft. You can know the distance (step).
  • the passenger boarding bridge according to the sixth aspect of the present disclosure is the passenger boarding bridge according to the first aspect.
  • the non-contact position measurement device is configured such that the cab and the aircraft door are moved before the cab is mounted on the boarding / alighting portion of the aircraft. Relative position data is measured, and the control device controls guidance of the cab to the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft based on the relative position data.
  • the cab of the passenger boarding bridge can be appropriately and easily guided to the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft using the relative position data between the cab and the aircraft door.
  • the passenger boarding bridge of the seventh aspect of the present disclosure is the passenger boarding bridge of the sixth aspect, wherein the non-contact position measuring device is a laser displacement meter.
  • the passenger boarding bridge of this aspect can guide the passenger boarding cab to the boarding / alighting section of the aircraft simply by providing the laser displacement meter.
  • the wide laser of the laser displacement meter is irradiated to a gap formed between the aircraft door and the boarding / exiting part
  • the relative position data includes distance information between the gap on one side and the cab, and information on the distance between the gap on the other side in the direction intersecting with the one side and the cab.
  • the cab of the passenger boarding bridge can be guided to the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft.
  • the relative position data measured by the laser displacement meter includes distance information between the gap on the long side and the cab
  • the relative position in the left-right direction between the passenger boarding bridge cab and the aircraft landing part Can know.
  • the relative position data includes the distance information between the gap on the short side and the cab, it is possible to know the relative position in the vertical direction between the cab of the passenger boarding bridge and the landing part of the aircraft.
  • Drawing 1 is a figure showing an example of a passenger boarding bridge of an embodiment. Here, a state in which the entire length of the tunnel portion 10 is extended is shown.
  • FIG. 9 the direction in which the entire length of the tunnel portion 10 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 expands and contracts is the front-rear direction, and the direction in which gravity acts on the passenger boarding bridge 100 is the vertical direction.
  • the width direction (the direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction and the up-down direction) will be described as the left-right direction.
  • the aircraft 200 side is described as “front”, and the terminal building (not shown) side is described as “rear”.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 includes a rotander (rear circular chamber) 12 connected to a terminal building, a tunnel portion 10 connected to the rotander 12 so as to be movable up and down and turnable in a horizontal direction, and a tunnel portion 10.
  • a cab (front circular chamber) 20 provided at the front end of the head, a drive column 15 that supports the tunnel portion 10 so that the tunnel portion 10 moves up and down around the rotander 12, and an auxiliary staircase 16.
  • adjacent tunnels 10A and 10B are fitted in a nested manner in a relative relationship between the inside and the outside, and the entire length of the tunnel portion 10 is configured to be extendable in the front-rear direction.
  • the drive column 15 is a device that is connected to the tunnel portion 10 and used for the vertical movement of the tunnel portion 10. That is, the drive column 15 is connected to an appropriate position of the outer tunnel 10B (specifically, a front portion of the outer tunnel 10B) so as to sandwich the tunnel portion 10 from both left and right sides. Thereby, the tunnel part 10 and the cab 20 can be rock
  • a driving device is disposed at the lower end of the drive column 15.
  • the drive device is a device that supports the drive column 15 and is used for the expansion and contraction movement and / or the horizontal turning movement of the tunnel portion 10. For example, when the tire 14 of the driving device travels in the left-right direction on the ground 18 of the apron, the power of the horizontal turning movement is transmitted to the tunnel portion 10. When the tire 14 of the drive device travels in the front-rear direction on the ground 18 of the apron, the power of the telescopic movement in the front-rear direction is transmitted to the tunnel portion 10.
  • the cab 20 disposed at the front end of the tunnel part 10 reaches the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 by extending the entire length of the tunnel part 10, the boarding / alighting part (not shown) of the airport terminal building and the aircraft 200.
  • a passenger walking passage (not shown in FIG. 1) is formed between the passenger boarding and unloading portion 201.
  • the cab 20 is rotatably disposed at the front end of the tunnel portion 10.
  • An operation panel (not shown in FIG. 1) is installed in the cab 20, and an operator can operate the equipment (for example, the drive column 15) of the passenger boarding bridge 100 using the joystick of the operation panel.
  • the detailed configuration of the cab 20 will be described later.
  • the auxiliary staircase 16 is provided on the side of the tunnel portion 10 so as to connect the inside of the tunnel portion 10 and the ground 18 of the apron.
  • the auxiliary staircase 16 is used, for example, for an operator to enter and exit the cab 20.
  • FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are diagrams showing an example of a passenger boarding bridge cab according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the front end portion of the cab 20 in the vertical direction.
  • FIG. 3 shows a view of the cab 20 as viewed from the front.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side view of cab 20 after cab 20 is mounted on boarding / alighting portion 201 of aircraft 200.
  • the cab 20 includes a walking passage 21, a closure 24, and an operation panel 30.
  • the walking passage 21 includes a fixed floor 21B connected at the tip of the tunnel portion 10 (see FIG. 1) and an inclined floor 21A connected to the fixed floor 21B and configured to be tiltable in the left-right direction.
  • a tilting mechanism of the tilted floor 21A is publicly known, it will be outlined below without detailed illustration and description of this mechanism.
  • the fixed floor 21 ⁇ / b> B and the inclined floor 21 ⁇ / b> A are connected via a connecting hinge portion schematically illustrated by a two-dot chain line.
  • the right end or left end of the inclined floor 21A moves up and down by the power of a power generator (not shown) such as a power cylinder or an electric motor.
  • a power generator such as a power cylinder or an electric motor.
  • the front end portion of the inclined floor 21A swings around the connecting hinge portion.
  • the inclined floor 21A can be inclined in the left-right direction.
  • a synthetic rubber bumper 21C is disposed at the front end of the inclined floor 21A.
  • the bumper 21 ⁇ / b> C has a function of mitigating impact when the inclined floor 21 ⁇ / b> A contacts the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200, and a function of maintaining a distance between the front end part of the inclined floor 21 ⁇ / b> A and the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200.
  • the closure 24 includes a bellows portion 24 ⁇ / b> A that can be expanded and contracted in the front-rear direction, a portal-type contact portion 24 ⁇ / b> B that is provided at the front end of the bellows portion 24 ⁇ / b> A, and that contacts the aircraft 200.
  • the operation panel 30 is disposed at an appropriate position on the fixed floor 21 ⁇ / b> B of the cab 20.
  • a control device 50 is disposed in the operation panel 30.
  • the non-contact position measuring device 25 is provided in the operation panel 30 of the cab 20, and the arrangement position of the non-contact position measuring device 25 is specified in advance. Therefore, the non-contact position measurement device 25 can measure the position data of the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 without contacting the aircraft body after the cab 20 is mounted on the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200. Further, the non-contact position measurement device 25 can measure relative position data between the cab 20 and the aircraft door during movement before the cab 20 is mounted on the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200.
  • the non-contact position measuring device 25 may have any configuration as long as it can perform such measurement.
  • the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 is used as the non-contact position measuring device 25, but a three-dimensional laser displacement meter may be used.
  • one two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 is used, but the number of two-dimensional laser displacement meters 25 may be two or more.
  • the wide laser 25 ⁇ / b> A is applied to the lower edge 201 ⁇ / b> E of the getting-on / off unit 201.
  • the planar wide laser 25 ⁇ / b> A is irradiated so as to hit the lower edge 201 ⁇ / b> E near one of the four corners of the substantially rectangular boarding / alighting portion 201. That is, the position data of the getting on / off unit 201 includes at least position information on the lower edge 201E of the getting on / off unit 201. Then, using the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25, it is possible to know the vertical distance between the lower edge 201E of the getting-on / off unit 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20.
  • a wide laser 25A of the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 is formed between the aircraft door 201B and the boarding / alighting part 201.
  • the substantially rectangular annular gap 202 (for example, a recess of about 2 mm) is irradiated.
  • the dimension of this clearance gap is an illustration and is not limited to this example.
  • the planar wide laser 25A is irradiated so as to hit both the short-side gap 202 and the long-side gap 202 near one of the four corners of the substantially rectangular annular gap 202. That is, the relative position data between the cab 20 and the aircraft door 201B is at least the distance information between the gap 202 on the one side (long side) and the cab 20 and the other side in the direction intersecting the one side. The distance information between the gap 202 on the (short side) and the cab 20 is included.
  • the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 uses the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25, the amount of deviation in the vertical direction between the gap 202 on the short side and the cab 20, the amount of deviation in the left and right direction between the gap 202 on the long side and the cab 20, and It is possible to know the distance from the cab 20 to the aircraft door 201B (the distance in the front-rear direction in FIG. 1).
  • the control device 50 controls the drive column 15 so that the cab 20 attached to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 moves following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 based on the position data of the boarding / alighting unit 201. Specifically, the control device 50 calculates a shift amount of the relative distance between the floor surface 201A of the boarding / alighting unit 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 based on the position data of the boarding / alighting unit 201. When the distance deviation amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the cab 20 is moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200.
  • control device 50 calculates a relative distance between the floor surface 201A of the boarding / alighting part 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 based on the position data of the boarding / alighting part 201, and this relative distance is a predetermined reference. If not, control an alarm (not shown) to issue an alarm. Further, during movement before the cab 20 is mounted on the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200, the control device 50 applies to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 based on the relative position data between the cab 20 and the aircraft door 201 ⁇ / b> B. The guidance of the cab 20 is controlled.
  • control device 50 The details of the operation of the control device 50 will be described later.
  • the control device 50 may have any configuration as long as it has a control function.
  • the control device 50 includes, for example, an arithmetic circuit (not shown) and a storage circuit (not shown) that stores a control program.
  • Examples of the arithmetic circuit include a PLC, an MPU, and a CPU.
  • Examples of the memory circuit include a semiconductor memory.
  • the control device 50 may be composed of a single controller or a plurality of controllers.
  • [Operation] 7 and 8 are flowcharts illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the embodiment.
  • the following automatic control operations of the passenger boarding bridge 100 are performed by the control program of the control device 50. However, it is not always necessary to perform the following automatic control operation by the control device 50. An operator may perform some of the operations. Further, in the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 described above, the order of the steps can be changed as necessary. Further, other known steps can be added as necessary. For example, in the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the present embodiment, after the start button is turned on in step S3, the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 is turned on in step S4. However, the operation of step S3 and the operation of step S4 may be performed simultaneously, or the order may be reversed. Further, for example, a known step such as an operation of extending the bellows portion 24A of the closure 24 forward may be added.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of the operation of automatically mounting the cab 20 on the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 until the passenger boarding bridge 100 mounts the cab 20 on the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 from the parking position of the passenger boarding bridge 100. Is described.
  • the model selection button of the aircraft 200 is selected by pressing a model selection button on an operation panel (not shown) of the operation panel 30 in step S2. Done. Based on this model selection, a predetermined mounting position corresponding to the model is determined from a plurality of preset mounting positions.
  • step S3 when the operator presses the start button on the operation panel, the following automatic control starts.
  • the start button is configured by a button that is turned on only when the operator is pressing the button, that is, a deadman switch button. Therefore, when the operator releases the button, the following automatic control is forcibly stopped.
  • step S4 the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 is turned on.
  • step S5 relative position data (3D data) between the cab 20 and the aircraft door 201B is transmitted to the control device 50 using the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25.
  • the relative position data includes distance information between the long-side gap 202 and the cab 20 and distance information between the short-side gap 202 and the cab 20, as shown in FIG.
  • this relative position data includes distance information between the gap 202 on the long side and the cab 20, the relative position in the left-right direction between the cab 20 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 and the boarding / exiting portion 201 of the aircraft 200 is known. be able to. Further, since the relative position data includes distance information between the gap 202 on the short side and the cab 20, the relative position in the vertical direction between the cab 20 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 and the boarding / exiting portion 201 of the aircraft 200 is known. be able to.
  • step S6 the control device 50 calculates the mounting posture deviation data of the passenger boarding bridge 100 with respect to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 using the relative position data in step S5. For example, the amount of deviation in the vertical direction between the gap 202 on the short side and the cab 20, the amount of deviation in the horizontal direction between the gap 202 on the long side and the cab 20, and the distance from the cab 20 to the aircraft door 201B ( The distance in the front-rear direction in FIG. 1 is calculated. Accordingly, the rotation angle of the cab 20, the amount of vertical movement of the tunnel portion 10, the rotation angle of the tire 14 of the driving device disposed at the lower end of the drive column 15, and the travel distance, etc. Various control amounts for automatic mounting can be derived.
  • step S7 the control device 50 transmits a drive command to the drive device for the passenger boarding bridge 100 based on the mounting posture deviation data in step S6. Specifically, a drive command is transmitted to the drive column 15, a drive device disposed at the lower end of the drive column 15, a power generator that rotates the cab 20, and the like.
  • step S8 the control device 50 determines whether or not the cab 20 has been attached to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200. That is, it is determined whether or not the mounting posture deviation data is zero.
  • step S8 When the installation of the cab 20 to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 is completed (when the determination result of step S8 is Yes), a stop command to the driving device of the passenger boarding bridge 100 is transmitted by the control device 50 in step S9. Is done.
  • step S5 When the mounting of the cab 20 to the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 is not completed (when the determination result of step S8 is No), the operations after step S5 are performed again.
  • the cab 20 is automatically mounted on the boarding / alighting section 201 of the aircraft 200.
  • FIG. 8 shows an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 after the automatic mounting of the cab 20 to the boarding / exiting portion 201 of the aircraft 200 is completed.
  • step S10 the passenger boarding bridge 100 is set to the auto level mode using a key switch (not shown) of the operation panel 30 by manual operation of the operator.
  • step S ⁇ b> 11 the position data of the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 is transmitted to the control device 50 using the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25.
  • this position data contains the positional information on the lower edge 201E of the boarding / alighting part 201, as shown in FIG. That is, the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 can detect the position of the lower edge 201E of the boarding / alighting part corresponding to the floor surface 201A of the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200.
  • step S12 the control device 50 uses the position data in step S11 to determine the relative distance H between the floor surface 201A of the getting-on / off unit 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 (see FIG. 4). Is calculated. That is, since the lower edge 201E of the getting-on / off part 201 exists on the floor surface 201A of the getting-on / off part 201, the vertical difference in height between the lower edge 201E of the getting-on / off part 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 is. Corresponds to the relative distance H.
  • step S12 using the position data of step S11, a deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H between the floor surface 201A of the getting-on / off unit 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 is calculated. That is, since the vertical position of the lower edge 201E of the getting-on / off unit 201 is constantly monitored using the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25, the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H can be known in a timely manner.
  • step S13 it is determined whether or not the relative distance H in step S12 is a predetermined reference amount.
  • the predetermined reference amount may be a desired step value (for example, 150 mm) or a desired step range (for example, 150 mm-200 mm).
  • step difference range is an illustration, Comprising: It is not limited to this example.
  • step S14 If the relative distance H in step S12 is not a predetermined reference amount (if the determination result in step S13 is No), an alarm by an alarm device (not shown) is issued in step S14.
  • the alarm may be, for example, an alarm message (character display), an alarm horn (voice display), or both an alarm message and an alarm horn.
  • step S15 the auto level mode of the passenger boarding bridge 100 is canceled by the manual operation of the operator using the key switch of the operation panel 30.
  • step S16 after the cab 20 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 is mounted on the boarding / exiting portion 201 of the aircraft 200 by the operator's manual operation, the operations in and after step S10 are performed again.
  • step S12 when the relative distance H in step S12 is a predetermined reference amount (when the determination result in step S13 is Yes), the process proceeds to the next determination step 17, and the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H in step S12 is a predetermined value. It is determined whether or not this is the case.
  • step S11 When the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H is a slight amount less than the predetermined value (when the determination result in step S17 is NO), the cab 20 is not moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200. In this case, the operations after step S11 are performed again.
  • step S17 when the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value (when the determination result in step S17 is YES), the cab 20 is moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 in step S18. That is, the passenger boarding bridge 100 (tunnel unit 10) is moved up and down using the drive column 15 so that the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H becomes zero. Thereby, for example, when the aircraft 200 moves up and down due to passengers getting on and off, the cab 20 can be moved following the vertical movement. Thereafter, the operations after step S11 are performed again.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 can move the cab 20 mounted on the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 more appropriately following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 without using the wheel-type auto-leveler. Therefore, various problems of the foil type auto leveler can be solved.
  • the cab 20 mounted on the boarding / alighting part 201 of the aircraft 200 can be moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 only by providing the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25. Therefore, for example, mechanical parts such as a foil and a limit switch used in a foil-type auto leveler are not required, and thus reliability when the above step is kept constant is improved as compared with the conventional example.
  • the cab 20 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 is appropriately and easily guided to the boarding / exiting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 using the relative position data between the cab 20 and the aircraft door 201B. obtain. That is, the cab 20 of the passenger boarding bridge 100 can be guided to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 only by providing the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 described above.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a passenger boarding bridge according to a first modification of the embodiment. Here, a state in which the entire length of the tunnel portion 10 is extended is shown.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 of this modification includes a rotander 12, a tunnel unit 10, a cab 20, a drive column 15, an auxiliary staircase 16, and a distance measuring device 23. Since the rotander 12, the tunnel portion 10, the cab 20, the drive column 15, and the auxiliary stairs 16 are the same as those of the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
  • the distance measuring device 23 measures a reference distance L from the apron ground 18 to the cab 20 or the tunnel portion 10.
  • the distance measuring device 23 is a sensor that measures the reference distance L from the ground 18 of the apron to the cab 20.
  • the distance measuring device 23 may be any device as long as the reference distance L can be measured.
  • An example of the distance measuring device 23 is a laser sensor.
  • the distance measuring device 23 is disposed on the cab frame 22, but is not limited thereto, and may be disposed on the lower surface of the accommodating portion 24 ⁇ / b> C of the closure 24, for example.
  • the cab frame 22 and the accommodating portion 24C are members arranged on the foremost side of the cab 20, and are not connected to the inclined floor 21A (see FIG. 2) of the cab 20 and are not inclined together with the inclined floor 21A. It is convenient to provide the distance measuring device 23 described above. Further, the measurement position is farther from the rotander 12 when measuring the reference distance L from the ground 18 to the cab 20 than when measuring the reference distance L from the ground 18 to the tunnel portion 10. Easy to capture changes.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 of this modification may be configured in the same manner as the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment except for the above-described features.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the passenger boarding bridge according to the first modification of the embodiment.
  • the following automatic control operations of the passenger boarding bridge 100 are performed by the control program of the control device 50. However, it is not always necessary to perform the following automatic control operation by the control device 50. An operator may perform some of the operations. Further, in the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 described above, the order of the steps can be changed as necessary. Further, other known steps can be added as necessary.
  • the operations of the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment are the same as the operations of Step S1 to Step S9 in FIG. 10 is the same as the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment (the operation of Step S10 to Step S18 of FIG. 8), and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the distance measuring device 23 is set to ON in step S19.
  • step S20 using the distance measuring device 23, the reference distance L from the ground 18 of the apron to the cab 20 is transmitted to the control device 50, and then the process proceeds to the next step S11.
  • step S17 when the amount of deviation ⁇ H of the relative distance H between the floor surface 201A of the getting-on / off unit 201 and the floor surface of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value (if the determination result in step S17 is YES) ), And proceeds to the next determination step S21.
  • step S21 it is determined whether or not the reference distance L in step S20 has changed.
  • the detection of the change in the reference distance L used in step S21 includes detection when a predetermined detection width (threshold) is exceeded.
  • step S20 If the reference distance L in step S20 has not changed (if the determination result in step S21 is NO), the cab 20 is moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 in step S18. That is, the passenger boarding bridge 100 (tunnel unit 10) is moved up and down using the drive column 15 so that the deviation amount ⁇ H of the relative distance H becomes zero. Thereby, for example, when the aircraft 200 moves up and down due to passengers getting on and off, the cab 20 can be moved following the vertical movement.
  • step S22 when the reference distance L in step S20 changes (when the determination result in step S21 is YES), the passenger boarding bridge 100 is stopped (emergency stop) in step S22.
  • the cab 20 connected to the boarding / alighting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 can be moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 more appropriately than before.
  • the distance measuring device 23 is used to monitor the change of the reference distance L, while the floor surface 201A of the boarding / exiting part 201 of the aircraft 200 and the floor of the inclined floor 21A of the cab 20 are used.
  • the cab 20 can be moved following the vertical movement of the aircraft 200 more appropriately than in the past in accordance with the change in the amount of deviation ⁇ H of the relative distance H from the surface.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 of this modification when the reference distance L from the ground 18 of the apron to the cab 20 changes, there is a high possibility that an emergency such as a failure of the passenger boarding bridge 100 has occurred. Therefore, in this case, the passenger boarding bridge 100 can be brought to an emergency stop.
  • the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 according to the present modification may be the same as the operation of the passenger boarding bridge 100 according to the embodiment except for the above features.
  • Drawing 11 is a figure showing an example of a cab of a passenger boarding bridge of the 2nd modification of an embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 shows a plan view of the front end portion of the cab 20 in the vertical direction.
  • the non-contact position measuring device 25 is provided in the operation panel 30.
  • a non-contact position measurement device 125 similar to the non-contact position measurement device 25 is provided in a cover 60 disposed adjacent to the closure 24.
  • the passenger boarding bridge 100 of this modification may be configured in the same manner as the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment except for the above-described features.
  • the detection distance of the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 125 can be made shorter than the two-dimensional laser displacement meter 25 of the embodiment.
  • the non-contact position measuring device 125 of this modification can be configured at low cost.
  • the non-contact position measuring device 25 is provided in the point of precise measurement equipment installation, like the passenger boarding bridge 100 of the embodiment. It is preferable to provide in the operation panel 30.
  • the technology of the present disclosure can be applied not only to automatic mounting of the cab 20 to the boarding / exiting unit 201 of the aircraft 200 but also to any mode in guiding the cab 20 to the boarding / exiting unit 201.
  • the present invention can be applied to a mode in which an operator is assisted when the cab 20 is manually mounted on the boarding / alighting unit 201, a mode in which the cab 20 is automatically approached to the boarding / alighting unit 201, and the like.
  • the embodiment, the first modified example, and the second modified example may be combined with each other as long as they do not exclude each other.
  • the passenger boarding bridge can move the cab mounted on the boarding / alighting part of the aircraft more appropriately following the vertical movement of the aircraft than before without using a wheel-type auto-leveler. Therefore, one aspect of the present disclosure can be used for, for example, a passenger boarding bridge.

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Passerelle d'embarquement de passagers pourvue : d'un rotonde reliée à un bâtiment de terminal ; d'une section tunnel reliée à la rotonde d'une manière qui permet l'élévation ; d'un dispositif d'élévation qui supporte la section tunnel de façon à élever et à abaisser la section tunnel ; d'une cabine disposée au niveau de la pointe de la section tunnel ; d'un dispositif de mesure de position sans contact disposé à l'intérieur de la cabine pour mesurer, sans entrer en contact avec un corps d'avion, des données de position d'une section d'embarquement d'un avion après que la cabine a été fixée à la section d'embarquement de l'avion ; et d'un dispositif de commande auquel les données de position sont envoyées par le dispositif de mesure de position sans contact. Le dispositif de commande commande le dispositif d'élévation de telle sorte que la cabine fixée à la section d'embarquement de l'avion suit et se déplace avec le déplacement vertical de l'avion sur la base des données de position.
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